University of Florida
2. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF JOB DUTIES
This agent is responsible for designing and coordinating educational programs relevant to sugarcane and rice growers in south Florida. Educational programs are developed based on suggestions from the sugarcane/rice advisory committee. The agent works closely with UF/IFAS and USDA scientists to deliver research-based information, relevant on-farm demonstration trials, and field days to clientele. Issues include sugarcane and rice pest (insects, weeds, pathogens) management, crop nutrition (particularly N and P), water quality impacts of sulfur, and sugarcane harvesting options (burn vs. green). The agent also conducts agricultural worker trainings to improve safety, including restricted use pesticide trainings, worker protection standard workshops, and Africanized honey bee safety awareness presentations. The agent assists in 4-H and other youth educational programs. As the Agricultural Extension Program Leader, this agent supervises and mentors 3 additional agriculture extension agents, develops annual budgets for the Agricultural Extension Department, assists the County Extension Director with administrative duties, and works with other extension program leaders to organize high-profile educational events that highlight Palm Beach County Extension programs.
Specific duties by percentage
I. Improving Sugarcane Production Technologies in South Florida 40 %
II. Promoting Sugarcane Best Management Practices 20 %
III. Promoting Agricultural Safety/Awareness 25 %
IV. Agriculture Extension Program Leader 10 %
V. 4-H/Youth Development and other Extension Activities 5 %
Total 100%
3. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
• Sugarcane and rice agronomy
• Calibrated soil-test methodologies
• Restricted use pesticide training
• Worker protection standard training
• Water quality and fertilizer best management practices
• Honeybees
4. ASSIGNED ACTIVITY SINCE LAST PROMOTION
|Activity |2010-11 |2009-10 |2008-09 |2007-08 |2006-07 |
|Teaching |0% |0% |0% |0% |0% |
|Research |0% |0% |0% |0% |0% |
|Service |0% |0% |0% |0% |0% |
|Extension |100% |100% |100% |100% |100% |
| |0% | | | | |
|Clinical |0% |0% |0% |0% |0% |
| | | | | | |
|TOTAL |100% |100% |100% |100% |100% |
5. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
|University | |Program Area | |Degree |Year |
|University of Florida | |Agronomy |PhD |1993 |
|Stanford University |Biological Sciences |MS |1982 |
|Stanford University | | | | | |
|Stanford University |Biological Sciences |BS |1982 |
6. EMPLOYMENT
|University/ Organization | |Permanent | |
| |Title |Status* |Year |
|UF/IFAS Cooperative Extension |Agronomic Crops Agent III |accruing |07/29/05 - present |
|Service - Palm Beach County | | | |
|Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of |Research Agronomist |Non-accruing |10/15/02 - 07/28/05 |
|Florida | | | |
|UF/IFAS Everglades REC |Director, Everglades Soil Testing Laboratory |Non-accruing |12/02/02 - 07/28/05 |
|UF/IFAS Everglades REC |Assistant Professor |Tenure Accruing |11/15/96 - 10/14/02 |
|UF/IFAS Everglades REC |Assistant In Post Doc Associate |Non-accruing |07/01/93 - 11/14/96 |
|UF/IFAS Agronomy Department |Research Assistant |Non-accruing |01/01/88 - 06/01/93 |
|U.S. Peace Corps (Bangkok, |Ag. Technical Coordinator | |02/01/86 - 11/01/86 |
|Thailand) | | | |
|U.S. Peace Corps (Korat, Thailand)|Fisheries Extension | |06/01/82 - 01/31/86 |
*Permanent status accruing or not
7. YEAR TENURE/PERMANENT STATUS WAS AWARDED BY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA – NA
8. UF TENURE, PERMANENT STATUS, AND PROMOTION CRITERIA
The university’s criteria for granting tenure, promotion, or permanent status shall be relevant to the performance of the work that the faculty member has been employed to do and to his/her performance of the duties and responsibilities expected of a member of the university community. These criteria recognize three broad categories of academic service as follows:
(A) Teaching – Instruction, including regular classroom teaching and distance/ executive/continuing education, direction of theses and dissertations, academic advisement, extension education programs, and all preparation for this work, including study to keep abreast of one’s field.
(B) Research – Research or other creative activity including peer-reviewed publications.
(C) Service – Public and professional.
Extension contributions in academic service may be inclusive of the three broad categories described above.
In most cases, tenure and promotion require distinction in at least two areas, one of which shall be that of the faculty member’s primary responsibility, and those areas should be teaching and research unless the faculty member or extension faculty member has an assignment that primarily reflects other responsibilities, such as the Florida Cooperative Extension Service. Merit should be regarded as more important than variety of activity.
IFAS AND DEPARTMENTAL DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC CLARIFICATIONS OF THE UF CRITERIA
Faculty are expected to perform at an outstanding level in their assigned areas of responsibility with productivity that is proportional to their assignment. Regardless of the number of functional areas of assignment, it is expected that the faculty member will meet the professional responsibilities normally expected for service.
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (Teaching):
For faculty with a teaching assignment, evidence of distinction as an educator for that portion of FTE assigned to teaching is necessary. Distinction may be evidenced in a number of ways, including course and curriculum development and improvement, student and peer evaluations of instruction and advisement, and involvement in counseling students in programs of study and research including service on graduate committees and supervision of masters’ theses, doctoral dissertations and other student research. Other indicators of distinction include the development and use of innovative teaching methods, teaching contracts and grants, relevant publications, software and other creative activities (the scholarship of teaching), as well as teaching awards and the faculty member’s involvement in professional development opportunities designed to enhance teaching proficiency and service to students.
Florida Agricultural Experiment Station (Research):
For faculty with a research assignment, distinction in the scholarship of discovery, innovation and applications based research is necessary for tenure and/or promotion. There must be evidence of an organized, significant and long-term research program proportional to the percent of FTE assigned to research. Demonstration of competence in design, conduct and interpretation of original research must be documented. Research distinction may be evidenced by scholarly work published in refereed journals, development of or contributions to publications for use by producers and other clientele, and scholarly products and activities such as books, patents, cultivar releases, software and other creative works. Other indicators include extramural support, interdisciplinary or cooperative research efforts, and scholarly presentations at professional meetings and conferences. Service on graduate committees and supervision of masters' candidates and doctoral candidates to degree completion is required.
Florida Cooperative Extension Service (Extension):
For faculty with an extension assignment, effective contribution to the planned non-degree educational programs of UF/IFAS for that portion of FTE assigned to extension is necessary for promotion and tenure. Distinction in this area may be evidenced by effectiveness in obtaining, integrating and organizing educational resources into programs directed to meet the needs of extension clientele (general public, producers, industry groups, families, youth and other relevant audiences); the design and implementation of educational experiences (the scholarship of application) appropriate to priority needs identified; the packaging of research based information into program materials such as bulletins, fact sheets, newsletters, mass media messages, electronic publications, distance education, and public displays; and the development and utilization of result demonstrations and other teaching methods as a part of the educational process. Other indicators include participation in professional development and training opportunities to remain current with scientific and methodological developments, extramural funds received, and recognition by peers and clientele as a leader in the assigned areas of responsibility.
9. TEACHING, ADVISING, AND/OR OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS – None
10. TEACHING EVALUATIONS – None
11. GRADUATE FACULTY STATUS – No
12. GRADUATE COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES – None
13. CONTRIBUTION TO DISCIPLINE/RESEARCH NARRATIVE
This agent has worked closely with UF/IFAS research faculty and the agriculture research departments at major sugar companies to design, install, monitor, and analyze on-farm sugarcane research experiments and rice variety trials.
Continuing with a grant that this agent originally secured in 2004 (Developing a Calibrated P Fertilizer Recommendation for EAA Sugarcane: Assessment of 7 Soil-P Extraction Methods and Their Correlation to Sugarcane Yields Under Variable P Inputs), numerous replicated phosphorus fertilization trials combined with comparisons of soil extraction procedures for organic soil have resulted in a newly proposed soil extraction procedure and calibrated soil-P test for sugarcane using the Mehlich 3 extraction. The proposed procedure and calibration analysis has been submitted for peer review to the Soil Science Society of America Journal. A companion paper analyzing sugarcane performance in response to variable P inputs has been submitted to the Agronomy Journal.
This agent has been a member of the multi-disciplinary UF/IFAS and agricultural industry research team that has installed 2 commercial-size on-farm green cane harvest experiments, one on organic soils and another on sandy mineral soils. This agent participated in the design and planting of these large-scale experiments, and for the subsequent 12 multi-day harvest events over a 3-year period, this agent specialized in reconciling sugar mill biomass and sugar yield data with truck and/or train rail car transports to specific experimental units in the field.
This agent wrote the Sulfur literature review for Review of current sugarcane fertilizer recommendations: A white paper from the UF/IFAS Sugarcane Fertilizer Standards Task Force, published as a peer review paper in the Proceedings of the Soil and Crop Science Society of Florida. This document has since served as a roadmap for the design and implementation of timely, responsive, and relevant crop nutrition research in sugarcane. To this end, this agent has been involved in the coordination and reporting on 8 on-farm nitrogen fertilization experiments with the objective to update/revise UF/IFAS nitrogen fertilization recommendations for sugarcane grown on sandy mineral soils and also to assess the potential for reducing nitrogen input requirements by using controlled- and slow-release fertilizer products. The aforementioned “white paper” also identified a need to quantify sugarcane sulfur requirements, and this agent has helped design and coordinate several on-farm sulfur-response sugarcane experiments.
An important objective for this agent is to support the rice farmers in the Everglades Agricultural Area, recognizing that the sugarcane-rice crop rotation is an environmentally friendly best management practice that supports grower efforts to protect organics soils while also reducing phosphorus levels in farm drainage water. To this end, this agent annually conducts rice variety trials by contacting out-of-state rice breeding programs to obtain conventional and hybrid rice seed for testing. This agent annually plants three to four on-farm replicated rice variety trials (with 8 to 15 breeding lines) for yield and disease evaluation. The objective is to find new rice varieties that perform well in south Florida growing environments in order to maximize genetic diversity across the rice industry.
14. CREATIVE WORKS OR ACTIVITIES
Instructional Multimedia Presentations
Rice, R.W. 2011. Sugarcane and Vegetable/Fruit Extension in the Glades. One of three presenters for the March 4, 2011 First Friday Seminar, Everglades REC, Belle Glade.
Rice, R.W. 2010. 4-H Demonstrations & Illustrated Talks. An overview of good powerpoint presentation design, including examples of effective (and distracting) use of animation, effective use of bullet points and photographs, and an overview of 4-H presentation judging criteria (13 slides).
Rice, R.W. 2010. The 2008-2009 Florida Sugarcane Variety Census. Summary of the planted acreage for all sugarcane varieties by crop age, soil type, and planting method, including 10-year histories to highlight any trends towards unfavorable dominance by a single variety (13 slides).
Rice, R.W. 2010. Floating Aquatic Weeds and EAA Farm Phosphorus Loads. Summary of best management practices (canal drainage flow management and floating aquatic vegetation control) that greatly reduce particulate phosphorus levels in farm drainage water (19 slides).
Rice, R.W. 2010. Understanding the Fertilizer Label. A module for bi-annual Master Gardener training and certification classes, Palm Beach County (18 slides).
Baucum, L.E. and R.W. Rice. 2010. Sugarcane Fertility. A summary of recommended soil and leaf tissue sampling protocols for sugarcane, including interpretation of analyses, review of UF/IFAS fertilizer recommendations for syrup sugarcane (and why these differ from commercial cane fertilizer recommendations), and a demonstration of how soil organic matter amendments improve sugarcane performance on sandy mineral soils. Presented at the annual Sugarcane Syrup Field Day, North Florida REC, Quincy (41 slides).
Rice, R.W. 2009. Sugar and the Everglades. A review of environmentally-friendly production practices adopted by south Florida sugarcane, vegetable and rice growers, for EARTH Day, West Palm Beach (35 slides).
Rice, R.W. 2009. Soils in South Florida. A module for bi-annual Master Gardener training and certification classes, Palm Beach County (60 slides).
Rice, R.W. 2009. Sugarcane Nutrient Deficiency Symptoms. A layman’s explanation of the roles that required plant nutrients play in plant physiology, with supporting photographs depicting nutrient deficiency symptoms in different parts of the sugarcane plant, Belle Glade (39 slides).
Rice, R.W. 2009. Rain Barrels – Preserving Water Resources. A discussion on how to design and construct rain water capture devices to support homeowner “green” initiatives, with examples from different countries, for the Vegetable Symposium, West Palm Beach (26 slides).
Rice, R.W., L.E. Baucum, J. Summersill, and L. Amador. 2009. Spray Application Requests: Common Errors and Required Documentation. Interactive demonstration with audience role-playing to highlight sensible protocols to ensure accurate/safe pesticide applications and good record keeping that survives a regulator audit, Belle Glade (22 slides).
Rice, R.W. and L.E. Baucum. 2009. Certified Pesticide Applicator Training – Calibration Math for Aquatic Systems. Step-by-step calculations for numerous calibration scenarios that might be encountered when applying herbicides to different aquatic systems, used in the best management training for the aquatic weed control staff of the local South Florida Conservancy District, Belle Glade (98 slides).
Baucum, L.E. and R.W. Rice. 2009. Certified Pesticide Applicator Training - Aquatic Pest Control . Overview of different aquatic herbicide active ingredients and their correct use, environmental impacts when used incorrectly, and aquatic weed characteristics and identification, used in the best management training for the aquatic weed control staff of the local South Florida Conservancy District, Belle Glade (59 slides).
Sellers, B., L.E. Baucum, and R.W. Rice. 2009. Herbicide Drift Management. Used at annual Spray Smart Workshops to highlight conditions that cause spray drift and identifies operational and equipment strategies that mitigate drift (20 slides).
Rice, R.W. 2008. Historical Perspective of the United States Extension Service and the University of Florida’s Sugarcane Focus Action Team. Developed this module to support curriculum development for the new Sugarcane Short Course at EARTH University, delivered the presentation to the first class of students, Costa Rica (30 slides).
Rice, R.W. 2008. Honey Bees in Florida. Used to educate county government employees, civic groups, local clubs, Master Gardeners, and the general public about the role of honeybees in agriculture, behavioral differences between European and Africanized bees, and colony collapse disorder, Palm Beach County (33 slides).
Rice, R.W. 2008. Controlling Weeds in EAA Farm Canals. Used in bi-annual best management practices training and certification workshops for sugarcane farm managers, Belle Glade and Clewiston (29 slides).
Wright, A.L., S. Daroub, M. McCray, and R.W. Rice. 2008. EAA Sulfur Fertilizer Use and Management. A presentation to board members of the Everglades Agricultural Area Environmental Protection Division and the attending public in support of a grant application to pursue sulfur-related water quality studies, Belle Glade (10 slides).
Rice, R.W. 2007. Organic Soils and Soil-Testing for Agriculture. Developed for the Palm Beach Community Youth Summer College Program to teach youth (and the general public) about local agriculture, organic soil properties, and the science underlying soil-testing methodologies, Belle Glade (22 slides).
Rice, R.W. 2007. Sulfur – The Sugarcane Fertilization Standards Task Force. A historical review of sulfur crop nutrition research underlying sulfur application recommendations, and the role sulfur plays in the methylation of mercury in wetland ecosystems, Belle Glade (16 slides).
Rice, R.W. 2007. Current UF/IFAS Fertilizer Recommendations for Sugarcane and Vegetable Crops. Developed for several grower crop nutrition workshops, highlighting the historical research underlying calibrated fertilizer recommendations for crops grown on south Florida organic soils, Belle Glade and LaBelle (15 slides).
Rice, R.W. and B. Kern. 2007. Africanized Honey Bees. Developed for emergency responders, county government employees working in outdoor environments, civic clubs, and the general public, includes hyperlinks to two different videos depicting a re-enactment of a bee attack and strategies used by emergency responders to safely subdue aggressive bees, Palm Beach County (42 slides).
Rice, R.W. and K. Harper. 2007. Cooperative Extension: Providing Solutions for Your Life. An overview of Palm Beach County Extension programmatic efforts, with emphasis on agriculture and worker protection educational programs, developed for civic groups and general citizenry (15 slides).
Dodd, A.R., D.M. Parmenter, and R.W. Rice. 2007. Sustainable Agriculture in South Florida: Principles and Possibilities. Developed for various audiences, including nature learning centers, civic organizations, and clubs, West Palm Beach (56 slides).
Rice, R.W. 2006. South Florida Water Flow and Water Quality Monitoring Networks in the Everglades Agricultural Area and Everglades Protection Area. An overview of the south Florida watershed, highlighting the connection between best management practices and water quality sampling, Immokalee (9 slides).
Rice, R.W. 2006. Sugarcane and Crop (Rice) Rotation Timelines. A description of the multi-year sugarcane production cycle, and specific scenarios that favor rotation into rice and/or vegetable crops, for a Gowan Company national workshop, Yuma, AZ (14 slides).
Rice, R.W., L.E. Baucum, and J.M. Shine. 2006. Sugarcane in South Florida. A broad overview of the commercial sugarcane production cycle, developed for the annual North Florida Syrup Cane Grower Field Day, Quincy (32 slides).
Rice, R.W., C.R. Rainbolt, D.M. Parmenter, and L.E. Baucum. 2006. Calibration of Sugarcane Sprayers. Used at annual Spray Smart Workshops to highlight calibration methods for large boom sprayers, backpack sprayers, and spot sprayers, with math exercises for banding and broadcast applications, Belle Glade (20 slides).
Rice, R.W. 2005. The Florida Extension Service and the Sugarcane Focus Action Team. Part of a series of multi-disciplinary presentations by UF/IFAS Everglades REC faculty in support of a mission to identify opportunities for international collaboration and partnerships with EARTH University, La Flor, Costa Rica (16 slides).
Exhibits
Rice, R.W., F. Dowdle, D. Sui, and C. Asuaje. 2011. Agriculture Extension Exhibit: Ground spray and aerial application technologies. Combination of posters and video demonstrations highlighting GPS systems in tractors and Operation S.A.F.E. calibration process for crop dusters. South Florida Fair, West Palm Beach.
Rice, R.W., D. Sui , F. Dowdle, and C. Asuaje. 2010. Agriculture Extension Exhibit: Vegetable gardening. A multi-faceted display involving over 300 live vegetable plants featuring a myriad of Asian leafy vegetables and traditional row crop vegetables. The display included ornamental herb baskets and variegated leaf crops as a central display surrounding a fountain, and an exhibit depicting useful vegetable gardening tools and equipment centered around a rainbarrel equipped with running water. South Florida Fair, West Palm Beach.
Rice, R.W. 2008. Good Honeybees and Africanized Honeybees. 3-panel poster designed for elementary school kids attending annual Progressive Agriculture Safety Day Camp; the poster highlights the role of “good” honeybees in the production of our food supply, but also emphasizes take-home safety precautions regarding aggressive Africanized honey bees in urban and rural environments.
Rice, R.W., J.M. Shine, and R. Taylor. 2008. Sugarcane Production and Milling Practices in South Florida. 7-panel poster depicting sugarcane planting and management in the field and sugar crystal production in the mill, including live mature sugarcane plants, seedling flats, stalk bundles, and sugar products. The display is used by several farmers and Farm Bureau members as the backdrop for agricultural discussions during the fair. Annually displayed at the South Florida Fair (2009-2010), West Palm Beach. Viewed by 6,000+ annually.
Dodd, A.D. , R.W. Rice, D.M. Parmenter, and L.E. Baucum. 2008. Exploring Our Environment: The Everglades Agricultural Area. Multi-panel exhibit designed to educate people about the environmental and economic importance of the Everglades Agricultural Area at the 2008 South Florida Fair, West Palm Beach. Viewed by 3,000+.
Kirstein, A.A., R.W. Rice, D.M. Parmenter, A.R. Dodd, C.R. Asuaje, and E. Myers. 2006. Hydroponic Plant Production. A display of 4 different hydroponic designs suitable for homeowners to grow leafy vegetables, strawberries, flowers, and herbs, exhibited at the 2006 South Florida Fair, West Palm Beach. Viewed by 3,000+.
Rice, R.W., J.M Shine, and R. Taylor. 2005. Sugarcane Production in South Florida. A 4-panel poster chronologically outlining sugarcane production field practices from planting to harvest. Annually displayed at the South Florida Fair (2006-2008), West Palm Beach. Viewed by 6,000+ annually.
Pamphlet (1)
Dodd, A.R., R.W. Rice, D.M. Parmenter, and L.E. Baucum. 2007. The Everglades Agricultural Area: A Self-Guided Tour. A multi-fold pamphlet that highlights parks, marinas, scenic trails, wetland viewing areas, locations of sugar and rice mills, water control structures, museums, agricultural fairs, with maps and seasonal crop calendars to help guide tourists through the area.
Training Manual (1)
Rice, R.W. 2007. Worker Protection Standard Train-the-Trainer Manual. Updated training materials for accuracy, developed new materials to support improved training agendas, converted poor quality and dispersed hard copy materials into electronic files, provided hyperlinks to on-line EPA publications, and organized entire manual on disk to facilitate the rapid and accurate production of hard-copy manuals for bi-annual Worker Protection Standard training events.
TV Broadcast (1)
Rice, R.W. and G. Burroughs. 2006. Africanized Honey Bees. A 25-minute public-safety interview for the Palm Beach County Channel 20 In-View program, emphasizing potentially aggressive Africanized honeybee behaviors, rural and urban public safety issues, strategies to follow if attacked, and emergency first responder protocols.
15. PATENTS AND COPYRIGHTS – None
16. PUBLICATIONS
a. Books, Sole Author (Title, Publisher, Place of Publication, Date, Inclusive Pages) – None
b. Books, Co-authored (Co-author(s), Title, Publisher, Place of Publication, Date,
Inclusive Pages) – None
c. Books, Edited (Editor, Co-editor(s), Title, Publisher, Place of Publication, Date,
Inclusive Pages) – None
d. Books, Contributor of Chapter(s) (Author, Co-author(s), Title of Book and Chapter, Publisher, Place of Publication, Date, Inclusive Pages)
Rice, R.W. 2007. The Physiological Role of Minerals in the Plant. pp. 9-29 in Mineral Nutrition and Plant Disease. L.E. Datnoff, W.H. Elmer, and D. Huber, eds. American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN.
e. Monographs (Author, Co-author(s), Title, Series of Volume, is applicable, Publisher, Place of Publication, Date, Inclusive Pages) – None
f. Refereed Publications (Author, Co-author(s), Title, Name of Journal, Publication, etc., Volume, Date, Inclusive Pages)
McCray, J.M., R.W. Rice, Y. Luo, and S. Ji. 2010. Sugarcane response to phosphorus fertilizer on Everglades Histosols. Agronomy Journal. 102(5):1468-1477.
Gilbert, R.A., G. Kingston, K. Morgan, R.W. Rice, L. Baucum, J.M. Shine, and F. Subiros. 2010. Effect of harvest method on microclimate and sugarcane yield in Florida and Costa Rica. Proc. Int. Soc. Sugar Cane Tech. 27:1-10.
Roka, F.M., L.E. Baucum, R.W. Rice, and J. Alvarez. 2010. Comparing costs and returns for sugarcane production on sand and muck soils of South Florida, 2008-2009. J. Amer. Soc. Sugar Cane Tech. 30:50-66.
Morgan, K.T., J.M. McCray, R.W. Rice, R.A. Gilbert and L. Baucum. 2009. Review of current sugarcane fertilizer recommendations: A white paper from the UF/IFAS Sugarcane Fertilizer Standards Task Force. Proc. Soil Crop Sci. Soc. Florida. Vol 67 (in press, ≈ 12 pages).
Gilbert, R. A., J.M. Shine, J.D. Miller, R.W. Rice, and C.R. Rainbolt. 2006. The effect of genotype, environment and time of harvest on sugarcane yields in Florida, USA. Field Crops Research. 95:156-170.
g. Non-refereed Publications (Author, Co-author(s), Title, Name of Journal, Bulletin, Circular, etc., Volume, Date, Inclusive Pages)
Electronic Data Information Source (EDIS), peer reviewed
Rice, R.W., R.A. Gilbert, and J.M. McCray. 2010 (major revision from 2006). Nutritional requirements for Florida sugarcane. UF/IFAS EDIS document DLN=SC028. Gainesville, Florida. 8 pp.
Baucum, L.E., R.W. Rice, and R. Cherry. 2011. Effect of weed control on wireworm (Coleoptera: Elateridae) populations in fallow fields in South Florida. (for submission to EDIS).
Baucum, L.E., R.W. Rice, and L. Muralles. 2011. Backyard sugarcane (Spanish translation, for submission to EDIS).
Rice, R.W., L.E. Baucum, and R. Cherry. 2011. Seasonal population dynamics of wireworm populations in South Florida. (for submission to EDIS).
Rice, R.W., L.E. Baucum, and B. Glaz. 2011. Sugarcane variety census: Florida 2008. (for submission to EDIS).
Rice, R.W., L.E. Baucum, and B. Glaz. 2011. Sugarcane variety census: Florida 2007 (for submission to EDIS).
Morgan, K.T., J.M. McCray, R.W. Rice, R.A. Gilbert and L.E. Baucum. 2009. Review of current sugarcane fertilizer recommendations: A report from the UF/IFAS Sugarcane Fertilizer Standards Task Force. UF/IFAS EDIS document DLN=SS508. Gainesville, Florida. 6 pp.
Wright, A.L., E.A. Hanlon, D. Sui, and R.W. Rice. 2009. Soil pH effects on nutrient availability in the Everglades Agricultural Area. UF/IFAS EDIS document DLN=SS500. Gainesville, Florida. 5 pp.
Baucum, L., R.W. Rice, and L. Muralles. 2009 (major revision from 2006). Backyard sugarcane. UF/IFAS EDIS document DLN=SC052. Gainesville, Florida. 5 pp.
Baucum, L., and R.W. Rice. 2009 (minor revision from 2006, added photographs). An overview of Florida sugarcane. UF/IFAS EDIS document DLN=SC032. Gainesville, Florida. 8 pp.
McCray, J.M., R.W. Rice, T.A. Lang, I. Ezenwa, and L. Baucum. 2009 (major revision from 2006). Sugarcane plant nutrient diagnosis. UF/IFAS EDIS document DLN=SC075. Gainesville, Florida. 25 pp.
Gilbert, R.A. and R.W. Rice. 2009 (minor revision from 2006). Nutrient requirements for sugarcane production on Florida muck soils. UF/IFAS EDIS document DLN=SC026. Gainesville, Florida. 4 pp.
Hochmuth, G., R.W. Rice, and E. Simonne. 2009 (minor revision from 2003). Phosphorus management for vegetable production in Florida. UF/IFAS EDIS document DLN=HS105. Gainesville, Florida. 5 pp.
Ezenwa, I.V., J.M. McCray, P.R. Newman, and R.W. Rice. 2008 (minor revision from 2005). Sugarcane leaf tissue sample preparation for diagnostic analysis. UF/IFAS EDIS document DLN=SC076. Gainesville, Florida. 4 pp.
Diaz, O.A., S.H. Daroub, R.W. Rice, T.A. Lang, V.M. Nadal, and M. Chen. 2007. Mejores prácticas de manejo en el Area Agrícola de los Everglades: Prevención de el derramamiento de fertilizantes. (Best management practices in the Everglades Agricultural Area: Fertilizer spill prevention) UF/IFAS EDIS document DLN=SL231SP. Gainesville, Florida. 3 pp.
Gilbert, R. A., J.M. Shine, and R.W. Rice. 2007. Performance of CP sugarcane cultivars grown in different locations in Florida. UF/IFAS EDIS document DLN=SC086. Gainesville, Florida. 7 pp.
Diaz, O., S.H. Daroub, R.W. Rice, T.A. Lang, and M. Chen. 2005. Best management practices in the Everglades Agricultural Area: Fertilizer spill prevention. UF/IFAS EDIS document DLN=SL231. Gainesville, Florida. 3 pp.
Trade Journal Articles
Rice, R.W., L.E. Baucum, and B. Glaz. 2010. Sugarcane variety census: Florida 2009. Sugar Journal. 73:2. pp. 10-15.
Rice, R.W. 2010. Calibration Equation (with 10 test questions for 1 CORE ceu). Florida Grower. 103:11. pp. 32-33.
Rice, R.W., L.E. Baucum, and B. Glaz. Sugarcane variety census: Florida 2010. Sugar Journal (due Jun 2011).
Rice, R.W. 2-page article with 10 test questions for 1 CORE ceu). Florida Grower. (due Nov 2011) …
Rice, R.W., L.E. Baucum, and B. Glaz. 2009. Sugarcane variety census: Florida 2008. Sugar Journal. 72:2. pp. 6-12.
Rice, R.W. 2009. Take care: Cautious pesticide handling yields safe results (with 10 test questions for 1 CORE ceu). Florida Grower. 102:8. pp. 20-22.
Wright, A., V. Guzman, D. Sui, and R.W. Rice. 2009. Banding fertilizer in celery yields multiple benefits. Citrus & Vegetable Magazine. 73:5 (May). p. 22.
Fact Sheet
Dodd, A. R., D.M. Parmenter, R.W. Rice, and L.E. Baucum. 2006. An introduction to the Everglades Agricultural Area. UF/IFAS Palm Beach County Extension, West Palm Beach, Florida. 2 pp.
Newsletter Edited
Rice, R.W., A.R. Dodd, K.R. Harper, and C.R. Asuaje. 2008. Palm Beach County Agriculture Extension Newsletter. West Palm Beach, Florida. 2 issues. (4 pages, circulation of 870).
Rice, R.W., A.R. Dodd, K.R. Harper, and C.R. Asuaje. 2007. Palm Beach County Agriculture Extension Newsletter. West Palm Beach, Florida. 6 issues. (4 pages, circulation of 845).
Parmenter, D. M., A.R. Dodd, R.W. Rice, K.R. Harper, and C.R. Asuaje. 2006. Palm Beach County Agriculture Extension Newsletter. West Palm Beach. 6 issues. (4 pages, circulation of 815).
Parmenter, D. M., A.R. Dodd, C.R. Asuaje, L.A. Powell, and R.W. Rice. 2005. Palm Beach County Agriculture Extension Newsletter. West Palm Beach. 2 issues. (4 pages, circulation of 780).
Newsletter Articles
Sui, D., A.L. Wright, Y. Luo, N. Havranek, R.W.Rice, and R. Ye. 2010. Elemental sulfur use for increasing phosphorus availability to lettuce in Everglades Agricultural Area soil. Vegetarian Newsletter (UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department). Vol. 558, 4 pages.
Sui, D., J.H. Crane, A.L. Wright, and R.W. Rice. 2010. Cold weather protection for vegetables and tropical fruits in South Florida. Vegetarian Newsletter (UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department). Vol. 555, 3 pages.
Wright, A.L., D. Sui, and R.W. Rice. 2009. Managing pH of muck soils for vegetable production. Vegetarian Newsletter (UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department). Vol. 546, 3 pages.
Wright, A.L., V.L. Guzman, and R.W. Rice. 2008. Management practices to reduce fertilizer requirements for celery in the Everglades Agricultural Area. Vegetarian Newsletter (UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department). Vol. 534, 4 pages.
Rice, R.W. 2007. Seven new disaster relief programs for 2005 hurricanes. Palm Beach County Agriculture Extension Newsletter. Vol. Mar/Apr 2007.
Rice, R.W. 2006. Africanized honey bees. Palm Beach County Agriculture Extension Newsletter. Vol. Sep/Oct 2006.
Rice, R.W. 2006. The Florida rice season has started. Palm Beach County Agriculture Extension Newsletter. Vol. May/Jun 2006.
Rice, R.W. 2006. February 2006 freeze hits the area. Palm Beach County Agriculture Extension Newsletter. Vol. Mar/Apr 2006.
Wright, A.L. and R.W. Rice. 2006. Minimizing phosphorus export from the Everglades Agricultural Area. Myakka Newsletter (UF/IFAS Soil and Water Science Department). 6-3.
Rice, R.W. 2005. The UF/IFAS sugarcane focus area team. Palm Beach County Agriculture Extension Newsletter. Vol. Oct/Nov 2005.
Newspaper Articles
Quoted primarily in the Palm Beach County Post, Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, Miami Herald, and local Belle Glade Sun newspapers, often for opinions on crop damage estimates following hurricanes, freeze events, or flooding rains. Other opinions requested include best management practices, sugarcane production, and Africanized honey bee issues.
h. Bibliographies/Catalogs (Author, Co-author(s), Title, Publisher, if applicable, Place of Publication, Date, Inclusive Pages) – None
i. Abstracts (Author, Co-author(s), Title, Name of Journal, Publications, etc., Volume, Date, Inclusive Pages)
Baucum, L.E. and R.W. Rice. 2010. Operation S.A.F.E. – Agricultural extension teams up with the Florida Agricultural Aviation Association to provide calibration training for aerial applicators. Extension Professional Associations of Florida 24th Annual Proceedings, Lake Buena Vista, Florida. p. 22.
Álvarez, J., Z.R. Helsel, L.E. Baucum, R.W. Rice, and R.A. Gilbert. 2010. Economic feasibility of growing sugarcane and energycane for energy on the mineral soils of Southern Florida. Sugar Journal: 73:1. p. 8.
McCray, J.M., R.W. Rice, Y. Luo, and S. Ji. 2010. Phosphorus soil test calibration for sugarcane grown on Everglades Histosols. Sugar Journal: 73:1. p. 16.
Rice, R.W., L.E. Baucum, K.A. Morgan, J.M. McCray, and R.A. Gilbert. 2009. Including farmers as partners in the development of improved nitrogen fertilization strategies for sandland sugarcane in South Florida. Extension Professional Associations of Florida 23rd Annual Proceedings, Lake Buena Vista, Florida. p. 21.
Gilbert, R.A., G. Kingston, K. Morgan, R.W. Rice, L. Baucum,, J.M. Shine, and F. Subiros. 2009. Effect of harvest method on microclimate and sugarcane yield in Florida and Costa Rica. Sugar Journal: 72:2. p. 13.
Gilbert, R.A., G. Kingston, K. Morgan, R.W. Rice, L. Baucum,, J.M. Shine, and F. Subiros. 2009. Effect of harvest method on sugarcane growth and yield in Florida and Costa Rica. ISSCT Agronomy Workshop. Universidade Federal de Uberlandia. Mato Grosso, Brazil. May 24-29, 2009.
Kingston, G., N. Gopang, Y. Luo, J.M. Shine, I.V. Ezenwa, and R.W. Rice. 2006. International applications of electromagnetic induction measurements for understanding the impact of soil properties on cane growth. Proc. Int. Soc. Sugar Cane Tech.
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McCray, J.M., Y. Luo, R.W. Rice, and I.V. Ezenwa. 2006. Sugarcane plant crop response to phosphorus fertilizer in 2 locations on organic soils in Florida. Proc. Soil Crop Sci. Soc. Florida.
Luo, Y., R. Muchovej, R.W. Rice and J.M. Shine. 2006. Fractional distribution of phosphorus in Histosols amended with increasing phosphorus rates. Proc. Soil Crop Sci. Soc. Florida. 65:65.
Rainbolt, C.R., J.M. Shine, G. Powell, P. Grose, J. Larsen, and R.W. Rice. 2006. Use of trinexapac-ethyl to improve seed quality in mechanically planted sugarcane in Florida. Proc. Int. Soc. Sugar Cane Tech.
Rainbolt, C.R., G. Powell, G. Montes, R.W. Rice, and J.M. Shine. 2005. Evaluation of trinexapac-ethyl for use as a ripener in Florida sugarcane. J. Amer. Soc. of Sugar Cane Techn. 25:118.
j. Reviews (Author, Co-author(s), Title and Author of Work Reviewed, Where Review was Published, Date, Inclusive Pages) – None
k. Miscellaneous (Author, Co-author(s), Title, Source of Publication, Date, Inclusive Pages) – None
17. LECTURES, SPEECHES OR POSTERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES/MEETINGS
International
Gilbert, R.A., G. Kingston, K. Morgan, R.W. Rice, L. Baucum,, J.M. Shine, and F. Subiros. 2009. Effect of harvest method on sugarcane growth and yield in Florida and Costa Rica. International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists Agronomy Workshop. Universidade Federal de Uberlandia. Mato Grosso, Brazil. May 24-29, 2009. (Selected, R.A. Gilbert presented).
Rice, R.W., L.E. Baucum, and J.M. Shine. 2008. Sugarcane production in south Florida: challenges and opportunities. 2008 Foreign Experts Consultation Tour, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Nanning, China. September 4, 2008. (Invited, R.W. Rice presented).
Kingston, G., N. Gopang, Y. Luo, J.M. Shine, I.V. Ezenwa, and R.W. Rice. 2006. International applications of electromagnetic induction measurements for understanding the impact of soil properties on cane growth. International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists Agronomy Workshop, Khon Kaen, Thailand. May 24, 2006. (Selected, G. Kingston presented).
Rainbolt, C. R., J.M. Shine, G. Powell, P. Grose, J. Larsen, and R.W. Rice. 2006. Use of trinexapac-ethyl to improve seed quality in mechanically planted sugarcane in Florida. International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists Agronomy Workshop. Khon Kaen, Thailand. May 24, 2006. (Selected, C.R. Rainbolt presented)
National
McCray, J.M., S. Ji, R.W. Rice, and Y. Luo. 2009. Sugarcane production related to extractable soil phosphorus in Florida organic soils. American Society of Agronomy Annual Meeting. Pittsburg, PA. November 3, 2009. (Selected, J.M. McCray presented).
Regional
Álvarez, J., Z.R. Helsel, L.E. Baucum, R.W. Rice, and R.A. Gilbert. 2010. Economic feasibility of growing sugarcane and energycane for energy on the mineral soils of Southern Florida. Joint Louisiana and Florida American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists Annual Meeting. Panama City, FL. June 18, 2010. (Selected, R.W. Rice presented).
McCray, J. M., R.W. Rice, Y. Luo, and S. Ji. 2010. Phosphorus soil test calibration for sugarcane grown on Everglades Histosols. Joint Louisiana and Florida American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists Annual Meeting. Panama City, FL. June 18, 2010. (Selected, J.M. McCray presented).
Gilbert, R.A., G. Kingston, K. Morgan, R.W. Rice, L. Baucum, J.M. Shine, and F. Subiros. 2009. Effect of harvest method on microclimate and sugarcane yield in Florida and Costa Rica. Joint Louisiana and Florida American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists Annual Meeting. Biloxi, MS. June 19, 2009. (Selected, R.A. Gilbert presented).
State
McCray, J.M., R.W. Rice, Y. Luo, and S. Ji. 2010. Phosphorus fertilization for sugarcane: Mehlich-3 calibration. American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists Florida Division. Belle Glade, FL. September 24, 2010. (Invited, J.M. McCray presented).
Rice, R.W., L.E. Baucum, K.A. Morgan, J.M. McCray, and R.A. Gilbert. 2009. Including farmers as partners in the development of improved nitrogen fertilization strategies for sandland sugarcane in South Florida. Extension Professionals Association of Florida. Lake Buena Vista, FL. September 2, 2009. (Selected, R.W. Rice presented).
Rice, R.W., K. Morgan, J.M. McCray, and R.A. Gilbert. 2007. A review of sugarcane fertilizer nutrient requirements for different south Florida production environments. Soil and Crop Science Society of Florida. Palm Beach Gardens, FL. June 2007. (Selected, R.W. Rice presented).
McCray, J.M., Y. Luo, R.W. Rice, and I.V. Ezenwa. 2006. Sugarcane plant crop response to phosphorus fertilizer in 2 locations on organic soils in Florida. Soil and Crop Science Society of Florida. Tampa, FL. June 2006. (Selected, J.M. McCray presented).
Luo, Y., R.M. Muchovej, R.W. Rice, and J.M. Shine. 2005. Fractional distribution of phosphorus in Histosols amended with increasing phosphorus rates. Soil and Crop Science Society of Florida. Boca Raton, FL. May 2005. (Selected, Y. Luo presented).
Local
Rice, R.W. 2008. Focus the Nation: An educational initiative on solutions to global warming. Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth, FL. January 31, 2008. (Invited Panelist).
Rice, R.W. 2006. Watersheds, estuaries, and the Everglades. South Florida Natural Resource Extension Programming Summit. Immokalee, FL. March 9, 2006. (Invited Panelist).
18. CONTRACTS AND GRANTS
a. Funded Externally
|Years |Contractor or Grantor |Project Title |Grant Amount |PI, Co-PI or Investigator |If Co-PI, |
| | | | | |Specify % |
|2010-2011 |Everglades Agricultural Area |Elemental Sulfur/Micronutrient Study with Sugarcane|$2,500 of |Investigator |5% |
| |Environmental Protection |Production on Organic Soils in Florida |$50,000 | | |
| |District | | | | |
|2008-2010 |Everglades Agricultural Area |Elemental Sulfur/Micronutrient Study with Sugarcane|$1,000 of |Investigator |5% |
| |Environmental Protection |Production on Organic Soils in Florida |$100,000 | | |
| |District | | | | |
|2006-2009 |Florida Department of |Developing a Calibrated P Fertilizer Recommendation|$0 of $216,090 |Investigator |2% |
| |Agriculture and Consumer |for EAA Sugarcane: Assessment of 7 Soil-P | | | |
| |Services |Extraction Methods and Their Correlation to | | | |
| | |Sugarcane Yields Under Variable P Inputs | | | |
|2005-2006 |Florida Department of |Developing a Calibrated P Fertilizer Recommendation|$107,195 |PI | |
| |Agriculture and Consumer |for EAA Sugarcane: Assessment of 7 Soil-P | | | |
| |Services |Extraction Methods and Their Correlation to | | | |
| | |Sugarcane Yields Under Variable P Inputs | | | |
|Total | | |$108,195 | | |
Summary of External Grant Funding Received (current)
Summary of External Grant Funding (for 2010)
|Role |Total |Direct Costs |Indirect Costs |
|Principal Investigator |$0 |$0 |$0 |
|Co-Principal Investigator |$0 |$0 |$0 |
|Investigator |$2,500 |$2,500 |$0 |
|Sponsor of Junior Faculty |$0 |$0 |$0 |
|TOTALS |$2,500 |$2,500 |$0 |
| | | | |
Summary of External Grant Funding Received (current)
Summary of External Grant Funding (for 5-year packet ending 2009)
|Role |Total |Direct Costs |Indirect Costs |
|Principal Investigator |$107,195 |$102,090 |$5,105 |
|Co-Principal Investigator |$0 |$0 |$0 |
|Investigator |$1,000 |$1,000 |$0 |
|Sponsor of Junior Faculty |$0 |$0 |$0 |
|TOTALS |$108,195 |$103,090 |$5,105 |
| | | | |
b. Funded Internally None
|Years |Contractor or Grantor |Project Title |Grant Amount |PI, Co-PI or |If Co-PI, |
| | | | |Investigator |Specify % |
|2008 |UF/IFAS Extension Ag-Awareness |Exploring Our Environment: The |$1,187 of $4,750 |Co-PI |25% |
| |Mini-Grant |Everglades Agricultural Area | | | |
|2007 |UF/IFAS International Programs |Professional Development Travel Grant|$558 |PI | |
| | |– Costa Rica | | | |
|Total | | |$2,745 | | |
Summary of Internal Grant Funding (Current)
|Role |Total |
|Principal Investigator |$558 |
|Co-Principal Investigator |$1,187 |
|Investigator |$0 |
|Sponsor of Junior Faculty |$0 |
|TOTALS |$2,745 |
c. Submitted, Pending Decision
|Years of | | |PI, Co-PI, or |If Co-PI |
|Contract or |Contractor or | |Investigator |Specific Responsibilities |
|Grant |Grantor |Project Title | | |
|2010-2012 |USDA National |An Integrated Systems Approach to |Investigator |Develop BMP trainings and |
| |Institute of Food |Sustainable Commercial Production of | |grower guide, bridge |
| |and Agriculture / |Biofuels and Biobased Products for | |on-going research with |
| |Agriculture and Food|the Southeast Coastal Region | |field demonstrations and |
| |Research Initiative | | |non-formal education |
| |(NIFA/AFRI) | | |events, develop web-based |
| | | | |objects that address |
| | | | |bioenergy topics, develop |
| | | | |powerpoints to support |
| | | | |outreach, develop |
| | | | |in-service training |
| | | | |programs for extension |
d. Submitted But Not Funded None
|Years of Contract | | |PI, Co-PI, or Investigator |If Co-PI |
|or Grant |Contractor or Grantor | | |Specific Responsibilities |
| | |Project Title | | |
|2008-2010 |Florida Department of |Demonstration of Alternative Sulfur |Investigator |Experimental design, leaf |
| |Environmental Protection |Fertilization Practices and Assessment of| |tissue collection, data |
| | |Potential Sulfur Export from Organic | |review, co-author extension |
| | |Soils Under Sugarcane in the EAA | |and journal articles |
|2008-2009 |Florida Department of |Development of Fertilizer Recommendations|Investigator |Select cooperating growers, |
| |Agriculture and Consumer |for Salad Greens in the Everglades | |initial soil sampling, |
| |Services |Agricultural Area | |harvest data collection, data|
| | | | |review, co-author extension |
| | | | |and journal articles |
|2008-2009 |USDA Southern Regional |Environmental Effects of Sulfur Inputs |Investigator |Select cooperating growers, |
| |Sustainable Agriculture |and Cycling in the Everglades | |initial soil sampling, water |
| |Research and Education |Agricultural Area | |quality samples, data review,|
| | | | |co-author extension and |
| | | | |journal articles |
|2007 |Florida Fruit & Vegetable |Minimization of Blackbird Damage to |Investigator |Select cooperating growers |
| |Research & Education |Agricultural Crops in the Everglades | | |
| |Foundation, Inc. |Agricultural Area | | |
|2007 |USDA Southern Regional |Utilization of Green Harvest Residues for|Investigator |Select cooperating growers, |
| |Sustainable Agriculture |Weed Management in Organic Sugarcane | |experimental design, data |
| |Research and Education | | |review, co-author extension |
| | | | |and journal articles |
e. In-kind Contributions
|Year |Type |Donor |Amount |
|2010 |Sponsorship, Operation S.A.F.E. crop duster aircraft |FMC Corporation, Everglades Farm Equipment |$6,000 |
| |calibration | | |
|2010 |Green Cane Harvest Demonstration Trials (organic |Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida |$15,000 |
| |soils): Land (34 acres), crop management and harvest | | |
| |personnel/equipment, mill trucks, sugar lab analyses,|(at $15,000/year) | |
| |field labor | | |
|2010 |Green Cane Harvest Demonstration Trials (sandy |United States Sugar Corporation |$38,400 |
| |mineral soils): Land (160 acres), similar in-kind as | | |
| |above except used train rail cars for mill transport |(at $38,400/year) | |
|2010 |Rice Variety Demonstration Trials: Land, crop |Okeelanta Corporation |$2,000 |
| |management, planting and hand-harvest, threshing | | |
| | |(at $2,000/year) | |
|2010 |Growing sugarcane seedlings and potted plants, |Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida |$1,680 |
| |transport and set-up labor for South Florida Fairs | | |
| | |(at $1,680/year) | |
|2010 |Meal sponsorships for 9 Extension programs (425 |Agricultural businesses |$5,525 |
| |people) | | |
|2010 |Facility rental fee sponsorship for 4 Extension |Agricultural businesses |$800 |
| |programs | | |
|2010 |600 lbs of rice (various packaging) for |Sem-Chi Rice Mill |$300 |
| |County/University-sponsored events | | |
|2010 |400 lbs of sugar (various packaging) for |Florida Crystals, Inc |$200 |
| |County/University-sponsored events | | |
|2010 |Total volunteer hours |96 hours @ $18.20/hour |1,747 |
|2010 Total |$71,652 |
| |
|Information below is for the 5-year packet |
|2009 |Sponsorship, Operation S.A.F.E. crop duster aircraft |Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Agricultural Crime |$9,000 |
| |calibration |Unit and Syngenta Crop Protection | |
|2007-2010 |Green Cane Harvest Demonstration Trials (organic |Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida |$60,000 |
| |soils): Land (34 acres), crop management and harvest | | |
| |personnel/equipment, mill trucks, sugar lab analyses,|(at $15,000/year) | |
| |field labor | | |
|2007-2010 |Green Cane Harvest Demonstration Trials (sandy |United States Sugar Corporation |$153,600 |
| |mineral soils): Land (160 acres), similar in-kind as | | |
| |above except used train rail cars for mill transport |(at $38,400/year) | |
|2006-2009 |Rice Variety Demonstration Trials: Land, crop |Okeelanta Corporation |$10,000 |
| |management, planting and hand-harvest, threshing | | |
| | |(at $2,000/year) | |
|2006-2010 |Growing sugarcane seedlings and potted plants, |Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida |$8,400 |
| |transport and set-up labor for South Florida Fairs | | |
| | |(at $1,680/year) | |
|2006-2010 |2,100 lbs of rice (various packaging) for South |Sem-Chi Rice Mill |$1,050 |
| |Florida Fairs and County/University-sponsored events | | |
|2006-2010 |600 lbs of sugar (various packaging) for South |Florida Crystals, Inc |$300 |
| |Florida Fairs and County/University-sponsored events | | |
|2006-2009 |Potted plants, green house products, fresh produce |Vegetable/fruit farmers and agricultural |$2,860 |
| |displays for South Florida Fairs and |businesses | |
| |County/University-sponsored events | | |
|2006-2009 |Meal sponsorships for 25 Extension programs (1,399 |Agricultural businesses |$18,187 |
| |people) | | |
|2006, 2009 |Supplies and printing costs for multi-panel posters |Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida |$500 |
| |for South Florida Fairs and local agriculture events | | |
| |(Sugar Festival, etc.) | | |
|Total (for 5-year packet) |$263,897 |
f. Monetary Contributions
|Year |Donor |Amount |
|2010 |Everglades Agricultural Area Rice Council |$3,600 |
|2007 |Rice Tech |$1,000 |
|2007-2009 |Various agricultural businesses ($100 donations to support the Agriculture Extension |$1,800 |
| |Newsletter) | |
| |Total (for 5-year packet) |$6,400 |
19. UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE AND SERVICE
| | |Your Role, |
|Years |Name of Activity, Committee, etc. |e.g., member, chair, etc. |
|2011 |Board Member – Florida Association of County Agricultural Agents |South District Director |
|2011 |Professional Excellence Committee – Florida Association of County |Member |
| |Agricultural Agents | |
|2011 |Agriculture Abstract Committee – Extension Professional |Co-Chair |
| |Associations of Florida | |
|2011 |Sugarcane Handbook - Electronic Data Information Source (EDIS) |Editor |
|2011 |Sugarcane/Rice Focus Area Team |Co-Chair |
|2010 |Agriculture Abstract Committee – Extension Professional |Chair |
| |Associations of Florida | |
|2010 |Professional Excellence Committee – Florida Association of County |Member |
| |Agricultural Agents | |
|2010 |Reviewed promotion packet and wrote letter of support for Robert A.|Reviewer |
| |Gilbert, Associate Director Everglades REC | |
|2009-2010 |Sugarcane Handbook - Electronic Data Information Source (EDIS) |Editor |
|2010 |South Florida Fair: Palm Beach County Extension Exhibit |Chair |
|2007-2010 |Sugarcane Focus Area Team |Co-Chair |
|2009-2010 |Weed Scientist Search & Screen Committee - UF/IFAS Everglades |Member |
| |Research and Education Center | |
|2010 |South Extension District Meetings (2) |Participant |
|2010 |Florida Association of County Agricultural Agents Board Meeting (1)|South District Director |
|2010 |Florida Association of County Agricultural Agents Mid-year meeting |Participant |
| |(1) | |
|03/2009 |Rice Cultivar Release Advisory Committee |Member |
|10/2008 |South Extension District Meeting |Chair, Ag Committee |
|06/2008 |Sugarcane Agronomist Search & Screen Committee – USDA-ARS Sugarcane|UF/IFAS representative |
| |Breeding Field Station, Canal Point | |
|04/2008 |South Extension District Meeting |Chair, Ag Committee |
|01/2008 |Focus the Nation: PBCC Lake Worth |Invited Panelist, representing UF/IFAS and |
| | |agricultural interests |
|2005-2007 |Sugarcane Focus Area Team |Member |
|10/2006 - 04/2007 |UF/IFAS Sugarcane Fertilization Standards Task Force |Wrote sulfur literature review for White |
| | |Paper, established the Sulfur Research |
| | |Working Committee |
|10/2006 |South Extension District Meeting |Chair, Ag Committee |
|09/2006 |UF/IFAS –wide Focus Area Team Workshop |Reconciled Sugarcane Focus Area Team |
| | |priorities with USDA Key Focus Areas to |
| | |facilitate UF/IFAS reporting to USDA |
20. CONSULTATIONS OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY – None
21. EDITOR OF A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL, SERVICE ON AN EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD OR REVIEWER FOR A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL
Accepted the request by Dr. Paul H. Moore (Hawaii Agriculture Research Center) to be one (of two) peer reviewers for a book chapter authored by Dr. Graham Kingston titled “Mineral Nutrition of Sugarcane” for the Wiley-Blackwell book titled Physiology of Sugarcane. Roughly 107 pages with tables, figures, and appendices.
Invited to enhance professionalism for the 2010 annual meeting of the Joint (Louisiana and Florida) American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists (Panama City, FL) by producing hyperlinked PowerPoint® agendas that seamlessly load presentations, video, and internet sites for the plenary/business sessions, keynote speaker addresses, and 5 different technical sessions, totaling roughly 40 speaker presentations.
Organized/moderated the 2010 Florida Division American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists (Belle Glade) Technical Meeting, developed agenda and secured 6 speakers to address the sugarcane political landscape, an atrazine regulatory update, the new Mehlich-3 phosphorus soil-test for sugarcane, progress in sandland sugarcane variety improvement, UF/IFAS research directions in energy cane and biofuels, and the economic feasibility of growing energy crops in South Florida.
Editor, Sugarcane Handbook, UF/IFAS Electronic Data Information System (EDIS), . Processed 3 new articles for publication requiring peer review, 2 archived articles for revisions, and developed a list of potential article topics for members of the Sugarcane Focus Area Team to write.
Typically provide peer-reviews for roughly 6 articles per year. Publications include the Agronomy Journal, Crop Science, Hort Science, Hort Tech, American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists Journal, International Society of Sugar Cane Technologist Congress Proceedings, and the National Association of County Agriculture Agents Journal.
2009-2010: Editor, Sugarcane Handbook, UF/IFAS Electronic Data Information System (EDIS), . An on-line collection of over 70 sugarcane-related articles addressing general biology/agronomy, pests (weeds, diseases, insects) identification/management, soils, crop nutrition, sugarcane variety descriptions and their sugar profiles, annual variety census reports, economics and national/global sugar policy, and best management practices. As editor, this agent has processed 11 articles for publication, 5 requiring peer review and 6 requiring minor revisions.
Invited to moderate/chair the Agriculture Division Technical Sessions at annual meetings of the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists in 2006 (St. Petersburg, FL), 2007 (New Orleans), and 2008 (Orlando, FL). Reviewed/edited the 21 abstracts included in these sessions.
Invited to enhance professionalism for two annual meetings of the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists in 2008 (Orlando, FL) and 2010 (Panama City, FL) by producing hyperlinked PowerPoint® agendas that seamlessly load presentations, video, and internet sites for the plenary/business sessions, keynote speaker addresses, and 5 different technical sessions, totaling roughly 40 speaker presentations per annual meeting.
Typically provide peer-reviews for roughly 6 articles per year. Publications include the Agronomy Journal, Crop Science, Hort Science, Hort Tech, American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists Journal, International Society of Sugar Cane Technologist Congress Proceedings, and the National Association of County Agriculture Agents Journal.
22. INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
February 8, 2011 – Requested to co-host discussions/tours of the Everglades Agricultural Area for a French farm group sponsored by Experience International. Requested topics include sugarcane field operations, milling, sugarcane marketing, and cooperatives. A professional translator will be used.
Organize the 3rd International Sugarcane Orange Rust Workshop (August).
August 4, 2010 – Organized the 2nd International Sugarcane Orange Rust Workshop to include Central America and Brazilian involvement. Coordinated with UF/IFAS Video Services to video-conference the event, allowing the participation in real-time from off-site presenters in Washington D.C. (USDA-ARS), Costa Rica (LAICA/DIECA and EARTH University), Guatemala (Cengicaña) and Brazil (Universidade Estadual de Londrina). The program also included visiting scientists from Penn State University, Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil), and Universidade Federal do Parana (Brazil). Roughly 37 different organizations/institutions (in Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and Louisiana) indicated their intention to connect to the videostream and also requested the IP address to view the video recording of the Workshop (made available for viewing for roughly 1 month). The Workshop was physically attended by 87 people. Off-site viewers were much higher, estimated at over 500 people. The Workshop presented impacts of the orange rust pathogen on sugar yield (both in Florida and in 3 other countries), new recommendations for effective fungicide treatments, theories on the possible origin and spread of sugarcane orange rust into the Western hemisphere, quantification of orange rust infections across the Florida sugarcane landscape, sugarcane varieties at risk, new information on environmental factors favoring orange rust epidemics, and insights on the development of rust-resistant sugarcane varieties.
July 29, 2010 – Hosted discussions and field tours for Japanese scientists representing the Agriculture & Livestock Industries Corporation (ALIC). Topics reviewed included the Florida sugarcane variety census, differences in sandland vs organic soil sugarcane production practices, major pests/diseases (including orange rust), fertilization strategies, the P-reduction BMP program, status of energy crop research in Florida, and the Canal Point breeding program. Communicated through a professional interpreter.
May 2009 – Organized an International Sugarcane Orange Rust Workshop to include Brazilian involvement. Coordinated with UF/IFAS Video Services to video-conference the event, which allowed international participants from Brazil to participate in real time. In a number of locations, the captured video stream was projected to large screens to accommodate larger audiences. Pre-selected Embrapa (Brazilian Organization for Agricultural Research) sites were configured to allow interaction with the Florida audience. The Workshop was physically attended by 76 people, including 7 Brazilian sugarcane breeding research scientists and university faculty. An Embrapa official assigned to USDA Washington DC confirmed that 81 different audiences in Brazil totaling roughly 500 people were able to participate. The Workshop presented impacts of the orange rust pathogen on sugar yield, evolving recommendations for effective fungicide treatments, status of orange rust infections across the sugarcane growing region, farmer observations, instructions on how to correctly scout and identify orange rust pustules, and changes in the sugarcane breeding program designed to accelerate the release of rust-resistant sugarcane varieties.
May 2009 – Coordinated with the USDA-ARS Sugarcane Breeding Field Station (Canal Point) and Embrapa to host a post-Sugarcane Orange Rust Workshop meeting between USDA, UF/IFAS, and the delegation of Brazilian scientists to explore opportunities to collaborate on projects addressing sugarcane orange rust issues. Brazil is particularly fearful of this new pathogen, suggesting it is almost a national security issue, since a significant fraction of their sugarcane is used to produce ethanol and other biofuels. The Brazilian researchers gave 7 presentations to the audience of Florida sugarcane industry leaders, USDA Washington DC representatives, and sugarcane research scientists from Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. The Brazilians defined their institutional capabilities to address sugarcane orange rust and collaboration opportunities were discussed in full.
September 2008 – Invited to the Peoples Republic of China by the Guangxi Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs to be group leader for the 2008 Foreign Experts Consultation Tour, comprised of 22 delegates representing universities, agri-businesses, and consulting companies from 13 different countries. Group leader responsibilities included preparing/delivering 8 formal speeches to national and provincial government officials, university faculty, and local agribusiness leaders, occasionally involving interviews with local television and radio stations. As a delegate representing the University of Florida, this agent was specifically invited to highlight the Florida sugarcane industry. This agent developed and presented Sugarcane Production in South Florida: Challenges and Opportunities (69-slides) at 6 different venues throughout Guangxi province (a major sugarcane production region), including the Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Nanning). When the Director of this Academy (Dr. Yang-Rui Li) visited the USDA-ARS Sugarcane Field Station in August 2009, this agent was invited to join his delegation and USDA scientists to discuss collaboration opportunities.
May 2008 – Developed a 3-hour education module to support curriculum development for a new Sugarcane Short Course at Earth University, Costa Rica, a sabbatical project coordinated by Dr. Rob Gilbert (sugarcane agronomist at the UF/IFAS Everglades Research and Education Center, Belle Glade). Developed/presented Historical Perspective of the United States Extension Service and the University of Florida’s Sugarcane Focus Action Team (30 slides) and coordinated sugarcane field work designed to teach the students good experimental design.
May 2006 – Attended the International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists Agronomy Workshop in Khon Kaen, Thailand. Was co-author on two oral presentations and was selected by the international contingent to deliver the farewell speech to our Thai hosts.
August 2005 – Member of a multi-disciplinary south Florida UF/IFAS team that was sent to Costa Rica to establish cooperative research/extension linkages with EARTH University. Developed/presented The Florida Extension Service and the Sugarcane Focus Action Team to EARTH University faculty, local sugarcane industry leaders, and scientists at the La Flor Campus in the Guanacaste Region of Costa Rica.
23. EXTENSION PROGRAM
The Extension program addresses sugarcane/rice production issues and includes a growing commitment to agricultural safety education and training to ensure that Palm Beach County agricultural enterprises are in compliance with state and federal safety requirements. Many educational programs are identified and designed in response to guidance from the Sugarcane/Rice Extension Advisory Committee, which takes direction from a Prioritized Research/Extension List that is annually reviewed and released by the South Florida Sugarcane Industry Research Committee (SIRC). This Prioritized Research/Extension List was reviewed and updated annually by UF/IFAS sugarcane Extension agents to better reflect Research/Extension programs desired by the sugarcane industry. Furthermore, this extension agent contacted all UF/IFAS faculty, USDA scientists, and other entities involved in sugarcane Research/Extension and compiled summaries of current sugarcane-related work to produce a document used by SIRC to leverage funding from sugarcane growers (based on net tons of sugarcane harvested) to support research and extension programs. Generally, UF/IFAS Research/Extension efforts are coordinated through the UF/IFAS Sugarcane/Rice Focus Area Team which meets twice annually. In summary, sugarcane/rice Research/Extension programs have been guided by the above organizational scheme. The Sugarcane Advisory Committee consists of 12 people (all male: 8 white, 1 black, and 3 hispanic). The advisory committee formally meets twice annually, and takes guidance from SIRC to identify timely and relevant educational programs/workshops. Key sugarcane industry leaders on the advisory committee are also members of the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists (ASSCT) Executive Board. This extension agent is currently the President of the ASSCT, and thus enjoys informal discussions with industry leaders during monthly ASSCT meetings which is helpful for identifying new programming areas of interest to the sugarcane community.
Titles of Programs
| |Program title |
|I. |Improving Sugarcane Production Technologies in South Florida |
|II. |Promoting Sugarcane Best Management Practices |
|III. |Promoting Agricultural Safety/Awareness |
|IV |Agriculture Extension Program Leader |
|V. |4-H and Other Extension Activities |
I. Improving Sugarcane Production Technologies in South Florida
Situation
Sugarcane is planted on roughly 390,000 acres in south Florida. The sugarcane industry must effectively address many issues to remain profitable under static sugar prices, 2006-2008 drought conditions, and ever-increasing production costs associated with fuel, labor issues, and safety training requirements. Some of the most important challenges cane growers are facing include green cane harvest, availability of better disease-resistant varieties, new diseases such as Orange Rust, and weed control. Agronomic and economic impacts of green cane harvest (GCH) and “trash blanket” (the non-burned leaves and other biomass litter) management options need to be assessed. The scenario of a rapid transition to 100% GCH is unpopular with sugarcane producers and sugarcane processors (millers). With GCH, harvest operations are significantly slower (particularly for high-yielding fields), sugarcane harvest transport costs to the mill are more expensive since trucks and train rail cars carry appreciable volumes of low-sugar leaf litter, mill grinding efficiencies are reduced by excessive leaf litter, and sugar recoveries are negatively impacted by GCH debris. These factors equate to increased harvest/processing costs, with some cost-increase estimates as high as 30%. However, public concerns over sugarcane burning highlights a need for GCH demonstration studies (on both organic and sandland production environments) to determine how GCH systems can be accommodated.
The industry relies on the consistent release of new sugarcane varieties as older cultivars succumb to disease pressures. Variety-specific growth performance, sugar maturity accumulation rates, tolerance to weed/pest pressures, response to fertilizer inputs, tolerance to water stress, and response to newly labeled crop protection products need to be understood for sugarcane grown on both organic soil and sandy soil environments. Improving the success of sandland variety development with multiple-ratoon ability and promoting the planting of improved stress-tolerant varieties for sandy mineral soils is a priority. Sugarcane Orange Rust is a new pathogen discovered for the first time (in our hemisphere) in south Florida in July 2007 and has proven to seriously impact sugarcane production. Receiving approval from EPA to use fungicides on sugarcane is required, and thereafter, the development of fungicide application strategies using new fungicide chemistries needs to be identified to limit sugarcane yield losses to Orange Rust until resistant varieties can be developed. Weeds continue to be the highest-cost production issue in south Florida sugarcane. In 2000, over $51 million was spent on weed control in the USA. Atrazine is used in virtually every annual weed-control protocol yet atrazine continues to be targeted for cancellation, thus alternative weed control chemistries need to be tested. It is estimated that uncontrolled infestations by fall panicum grass alone can reduce sugarcane yields by 50%. The general rule-of-thumb is that 80% of weed control failures are due to incorrect application timing, application errors, and incorrectly identifying weed species. Thus, weed identification education coupled with equipment calibration workshops and field demonstration trials highlighting new herbicide products are needed to improve weed control practices in sugarcane.
With diminished budgets within sugar company agricultural research departments, the industry increasingly relies on UF/IFAS research and extension to address their production and management issues. This agent actively participates with the UF/IFAS Extension Sugarcane Focus Area Team to identify, develop, deliver and evaluate research/extension programming that is responsive and relevant to client needs. Many extension activities are coordinated with the Sugarcane Industry Research Committee, Sugarcane/Rice Advisory Committee and Hendry County sugarcane extension agent.
Target audience(s):
Sugarcane growers (farmers, sugarcane mill personnel, industry leaders) on organic and sandland mineral soils, UF/IFAS research faculty and USDA-ARS sugarcane scientists.
Program Objectives
Objective 1: Following a series of workshops and field demonstrations highlighting sugarcane orange rust, 70% of sugarcane farmers, field supervisors/managers, and crop scouting consultants attending these events will correctly identify sugarcane orange rust in the field, identify the most susceptible sugarcane cultivars, and will correctly identify economically feasible fungicide application strategies that suppress orange rust populations and avoid the development of fungicide resistance by the orange rust pathogen.
Objective 2: Encourage/motivate farmers to treat at least 30 commercial sugarcane fields (roughly 1,200 acres) with an extension-recommended fungicide application program in order to increase grower knowledge and confidence in management tools designed to subdue sugarcane orange rust infections for improved crop biomass and sugar yields.
Objective 3: Following the 2010 Operation S.A.F.E. Field Calibration Fly-In at the Belle Glade airport, participating pilots representing 30% of the aerially-sprayed sugarcane acreage in Florida will quantify in-flight baseline spray swath/droplet patterns, make recommended calibration adjustments and equipment re-configurations based on analytical results, and repeat with additional flight tests until optimum spray patterns and calibrations are confirmed.
Objective 4: Following several years of educational programming and bi-annual field days highlighting recommendations on newly released sugarcane varieties, encourage the sugarcane industry to commercially test and adopt a new USDA Canal Point “CP” variety on enough acreage to make it a new “principal” variety (by definition, a “principal” sugarcane variety occupies at least 1% of the planted sugarcane acreage).
Educational Methods and Activities
Educational methods used for this program included field days (at cooperator farms sites, UF/IFAS Everglades REC – Belle Glade, and the USDA-ARS Sugarcane Field Station – Canal Point), workshops to present improved sugarcane production strategies to growers, field tours and presentations that highlighted new sugarcane variety recommendations, a sugarcane orange rust symposium using Polycom and on-line video conferencing to include sugarcane research audiences in South America (particularly Brazil), Central America, and the Caribbean Islands, and hands-on calibration workshops for field and aerial pesticide applicators.
Group Learning Events: Total Events = 14, Total Participants* = 1,124
* includes an estimated 507 off-site internet-connected participants for the 2nd International Sugarcane Orange Rust Workshop
Demonstration/Field Trials
Green Cane Harvest (GCH): Oversee harvest operations at the two (organic and sandy soil sites) GCH demonstrations; reconcile field wagons, trucks, and railcar loads to specific plots and subsequent agronomic and sugar yield data from the mill (January).
Spray Smart Spray Rodeo Day (January)
Everglades REC Field Day (April)
Field Day: Sugarcane Orange Rust (August)
Operation S.A.F.E. Fly-In Calibration
3 Field Days demonstrating application/timing comparisons of newly released fungicide chemistries to suppress the damaging effects of the orange rust pathogen, hands-on experience to correctly identify and then distinguish orange rust pustules from the ubiquitous brown rust symptoms, and in-field observations of different sugarcane cultivars, including newly released and recommended varieties (136 participants).
Continuation of a commercial-scale green cane harvest demonstration trial (40-acres, organic soils) comparing the effects of traditional burning of sugarcane prior to harvest with two non-burning harvest strategies, where heavy leaf litter “trash blankets” were left intact or raked off of the sugarcane rows. Comparisons of interest include weed/insect population dynamics, soil temperature effects, sugarcane regrowth rates, and annual biomass and sugar accumulation.
Continuation of a commercial-scale green cane harvest demonstration trial (110-acres, sandy mineral soils) comparing the effects of traditional burning of sugarcane prior to harvest with three non-burning harvest strategies, where heavy leaf litter “trash blankets” were left intact, disked into the soil, or raked off of the sugarcane rows. Comparisons of interest include weed/insect population dynamics, soil temperature effects, soil organic matter accumulation, sugarcane regrowth rates, and annual biomass and sugar accumulation.
Workshops
Green Cane Harvest Research Update (May)
Farm Help: Fall Spray Day (November)
This agent has cooperated with farmers, agribusinesses, extension specialists, and extension agents to provide field-oriented workshops emphasizing equipment calibration, weed identification, sugarcane variety improvement and selection, and a broad range of agronomic issues of interest to clients.
3 spray-related workshops, including aerial calibration (Operation S.A.F.E.), ground-rig calibration and drift mitigation, personal protection equipment and worker safety, review of new pesticide chemistries and their proper use, and weed identification (143 participants).
3 workshops addressing energy crops and biofuel crops, and updates on UF/IFAS plans to pursue research/extension efforts in this rapidly evolving agronomic field (120 participants).
5 general sugarcane agronomy workshops addressing sugarcane orange rust issues locally and globally, weed science extension programming, atrazine regulatory issues, soil-testing and plant nutrition, open discussions between growers and USDA sugarcane breeders to improve sandland sugarcane variety development, and pest management updates (725 participants, including an estimated 507 off-site internet connected participants).
Support Materials
2 slide presentations developed/presented
2 peer-reviewed refereed articles as co-author
1 non-refereed EDIS article as primary author
1 trade journal article as primary author
2 professional conference abstracts as co-author
1 professional society (regional) presentation as co-author (R.W. Rice presented)
1 professional society (state) presentation as co-author
2 commercial-scale field demonstrations of green cane harvest
1 grant submitted (multi-state) to USDA NIFA/AFRI on biofuel development
1 notice of release/yield data/seedcane purchase for new sugarcane variety CP03-1912
1 notice of release/yield data/seedcane purchase for new sugarcane variety CPCL00-4111
Summary of group teaching events for Program I.
|Instructor |Number of Events |Number of Participants |
|Self |14 |1,124 |
Summary of clientele reached for Program I.
|Number of Educational Materials Developed |12 |
|field consultations |42 |
|office consultations |50 |
|telephone consultations |165 |
|group teaching participants |1,124 |
|e-mail consultations |280 |
Outcomes and Impacts
Objective 1: Following a series of workshops and field demonstrations highlighting sugarcane orange rust, 70% of sugarcane farmers, field supervisors/managers, and crop scouting consultants attending these events will correctly identify sugarcane orange rust in the field, identify the most susceptible sugarcane cultivars, and will correctly identify economically feasible fungicide application strategies that suppress orange rust populations and avoid the development of fungicide resistance by the orange rust pathogen.
Outcomes:
During a Sugarcane Orange Rust Field Day, 41 people observed 2 sets of sugarcane leaves; the first set was mostly infested with brown rust while the second set had both brown rust and an appreciable population of orange rust. After touring the fungicide trial, participants were asked to distinguish between brown rust and orange rust pustules and roughly 95% (39 people) correctly made the distinction and expressed their confidence that they could do this back at their farm sites. Furthermore, subsequent visits with 6 farm managers that oversee sugarcane on very large acreages correctly identified environmental factors that favor the development of orange rust pustules, correctly identified the two sugarcane varieties (which occupy 23% of the sugarcane acreage) that are currently most susceptible to the orange rust pathogen, and were very familiar with the 2 recommended (legal) fungicide chemistries that have received emergency exemptions for use on sugarcane orange rust. These efforts in 2010 reached farmers, sugar company farm managers, and crop scouting consultants that collectively represent and/or work for roughly 65% of the sugarcane industry.
Objective 2: Encourage/motivate farmers to annually treat at least 30 commercial sugarcane fields (roughly 1,200 acres) with an extension-recommended fungicide application program in order to increase grower knowledge and confidence in management tools designed to subdue sugarcane orange rust infections for improved crop biomass and sugar yields.
Outcomes:
Following numerous educational programming events over the past few years, on-going cooperation with BASF and industry/university researchers, and a growing willingness by farmers and industry to “practice” using 2 new fungicide (Headline and Caramba) chemistries, the sugarcane acreage treated for orange rust exceeded 8,500 acres. 100% of these growers alternated the two different fungicide active ingredients (pyraclostrobin and metconazole), a critically important resistance-management best management practice designed to prevent the development of fungicide resistance within the orange rust pathogen population. Recommended rates and application schedules have provided economically beneficial suppression of sugarcane orange rust.
Impacts:
Early estimates of yield losses in commercial plantings of sugarcane derived from comparisons of treated and untreated fields indicate losses due to orange rust of roughly 11.5% in sugarcane biomass yield and 13% loss in sucrose per acre. Extension-recommended fungicide control measures significantly attenuated these biomass and sucrose losses, and after accounting for the cost of 4 to 6 sequential fungicide applications, economic losses to orange rust effects were reduced by approximately $150/acre, thus improving revenues from 1,800 treated sugarcane acres (the sampled acreage for this analysis) by roughly $270,000.
Given that a sugarcane variety like CP80-1743 is a susceptible variety to orange rust which occupies 18.8% of the planted sugarcane acreage in Florida, use of extension-recommended fungicide application programs on this variety to preserve just a 10% improvement in sugar yield equates to roughly $11.6 million in improved revenues, assuming conservative estimates for cane yield (33 tons/acre), sugar content (11%) and a sugar price of $0.20/(lb sugar).
Objective 3: Following the 2010 Operation S.A.F.E. Field Calibration Fly-In at the Belle Glade airport, participating pilots representing 30% of the aerially-sprayed sugarcane acreage in Florida will quantify in-flight baseline spray swath/droplet patterns, make recommended calibration adjustments and equipment re-configurations based on analytical results, and repeat with additional flight tests until optimum spray patterns and calibrations are confirmed.
Outcomes:
Pilots and their maintenance crews (totaling 30 people) servicing roughly 55% of the sugarcane acreage in south Florida were taught how to properly calibrate the spray equipment on 12 aircraft representing over 1,000,000 sprayed acres annually. The Operation S.A.F.E. data analysis team confirmed that all aircraft were initially below optimum calibration and/or exhibited airflow problems that disrupted nozzle outputs in localized areas (typically those nozzles near wing struts). Installation of drop nozzles near wing struts, nozzle and hose replacements, and nozzle angle adjustments led to an estimated 5 to 10% improvement in spray pattern and droplet size uniformity across the 12 aircraft. Spray drift mitigation was also estimated at a 5 to 10% improvement.
Impacts:
According to just a single aerial applicator company (operates 2 large aircraft that spray EAA sugarcane), the improved spray uniformity profiles resulting from the Operation S.A.F.E. Workshop would translate into appreciable savings in flight time (by reducing the number of required spray events) and cost of total applied materials. A single large aircraft spraying roughly 150,000 acres/year at an average product cost of $15/acre = $2.25 million/year. The confirmed 5% reduction in spray output (quantified with Operation S.A.F.E.) would save an estimated $112,500/year in material costs alone. Furthermore, the pilot suggests that due to improved spray profile uniformity across the boom, he could realistically eliminate 1 in 20 spray events since eventually a re-spray event would not be needed due to improved application uniformity. Even a more conservative savings of 1 in 25 spray events translates into an annual savings of $90,000 to sugar cane growers requesting the applications.
Objective 4: Following several years of educational programming and bi-annual field days highlighting recommendations on newly released sugarcane varieties, encourage the sugarcane industry to commercially test and adopt a new USDA Canal Point “CP” variety on enough acreage to make it a new “principal” variety (by definition, a “principal” sugarcane variety occupies at least 1% of the planted sugarcane acreage).
Outcomes:
Based on annual Florida sugarcane variety census data, the sugarcane landscape has been dominated by the same six CP varieties (CP89-2143, CP88-1762, CP80-1743, CP78-1628, CP84-1198, and CP72-2086) over the past 10-year period. The sudden arrival of virulent sugarcane orange rust in June 2007, and subsequent rapid infection of several leading varieties (particularly CP80-1743, 20% of the 2007 sugarcane industry), and with increasing susceptibility being documented in CP89-2143 (30% of the 2007 sugarcane industry), the need to increase the genetic diversity through new variety adoption is urgent. Also, following 3 freeze events in 2010 alone, it is very clear that several currently popular varieties are sensitive to freeze damage. Increasing genetic diversity will hopefully also provide growers with varieties that resist cold damage.
Following a 2009 industry-wide survey of sugarcane variety acreages performed by this agent, a new variety (CP96-1252) has finally been adopted at a scale that makes it a new principal CP variety, the first new principal variety in over a decade.
Impacts:
Relative to 2008 acreages, 2009 acreage of CP96-1252 more than doubled across both sand and muck soils. Plant-cane acreage (new plantings) in 2009 (3,691 acres) represents a 3.3-fold increase relative to the 2008 plant cane acreage of 854 acres. The current acreage of CP96-1252 represents 1.6% of the total Florida sugarcane acreage, thus it is now a “principal” variety. The encouraging news is that the 2009 plant cane acreage of CP96-1252 represents roughly 3% of the crop planted in 2009, thus given the multi-year growth cycle of sugarcane, it is anticipated that CP96-1252 acreage will continue to increase over the next few years. While too early to determine economic impacts, the current need to genetically diversify is great. The increasing adoption of CP96-1252 by the Florida sugarcane industry represents a change in variety selection behavior that had dominated for at least 10 years.
Success Stories
Small research/demonstration plot trials have indicated yield losses to sugarcane orange rust exceeding 40%. Since it’s initial discovery in Florida in June 2007, several “principal” varieties have proven to be highly susceptible to orange rust, including CP80-1743 (15.1% of the 2009 Florida sugarcane acreage). Recent updates by USDA Canal Point Field Station research scientists reveal suspicions that CP88-1762 (23.1% of the 2009 acreage) is also highly susceptible. Concerns are growing that the mainstay of the sugarcane crop (CP89-2143, at 29.8% of the acreage) is beginning to reveal increasing susceptibility to this virulent pathogen. Two newly-labeled fungicide chemistries have proven economically effective, and during the 2008 growing season, over 6,000 acres of sugarcane were treated at a rough cost of $25/acre, equating to $150,000 across the sugarcane industry. Recommendations are to be proactive with early-season spraying before the orange rust inoculum can increase, thus avoiding excessive pustule populations during the hot summer grand growth period. Despite the expectation to continually “push” this recommendation, sugarcane extension agents, in consultation with researchers and crop scouts, modified the fungicide recommendation for 2010. Back-to-back freeze events (January 5-12, 2010) effectively eliminated sugarcane leaf tissue which greatly reduced orange rust inoculum populations. Thereafter, weather was unseasonably cool, which does not favor the rapid build up of orange rust spores. Entering the grand growth period of sugarcane with the onset of hot summer months, very few infected plants could be found, which was not the scenario in 2008 and 2009. Given the low inoculums pressures, growers were advised at Sugarcane Orange Rust Workshops and through field visits and emails to forego automatic fungicide applications and instead rely on careful scouting reports. As a result, only 700 acres of sugarcane received the full fungicide application schedule, which equates to a cost of only $17,500 across the industry. Compared to the previous year, this simple message and reliance on science saved growers at least $132,000.
Race and Ethnicity Data
| |Projected | |*Parity |Projected |
| |Target Audience |Audience Reached |(± 4%) |Target Audience |
|Race and Ethnicity |(for 2010) |in 2010 |Reached |(for 2011 POW) |
| |No. |% |No. |% |Yes or No |No. |% |
|Hispanic |170 |22% |682 |61% |No |550 |56% |
|Multi-racial | | | | | | | |
|Pacific Islander | | | | | | | |
|American Indian |1 | ................
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