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The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture ANNUAL REPORTING FORM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Grandle, Associate Professor & Interim Head Biosystems Engineering & Soil Science Annual Performance Period: January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 A. SUMMARY AND IMPACTS. 1. Summary. Provide an overall summary (500 words or less) of your accomplishments during the reporting period. On-site planning assistance was provided to 4 different agricultural producers to demonstrate the cost effectiveness of forward planning in the construction of their facilities. Four special plans were prepared to assist these and other producers in planning their new and/or remodeled agricultural facilities. Public use of the Agricultural Building and Equipment Plan List on the department web site continued to increase. 2. Impacts. List up to three significant impacts of your program. Impact statements should be one to three sentences and should be written in a way that would be meaningful to the public. The costs of inadequate planning, poor site selection, inefficient farmstead arrangement, improper ventilation, and unsafe facilities do not appear in monthly expense statements; they appear in the form of increased labor, feed, medication, and manure handling costs. The effects of construction errors are not easily quantified because they are confounded with the effects of management practices. Additionally, producers were constantly reminded of the environmental impacts of their planning, constructing and operating decisions. The estimated construction value of the four producers assisted is at least $200,000. Conservatively, the four agricultural producers which were assisted experienced an average savings of at least $4000 in construction costs. In other words, a total construction cost savings of $16,000 resulted from the use of research-based planning advice on these farms. The savings were mainly from decreased costs of concrete in the suggested plans compared to what would have been used in the producers' original planning ideas. Agricultural structures and facilities represent long term investments, so the benefits of sound forward planning are not all evidenced immediately. The use of more efficient facilities will reduce the average operating costs on these four farms by at least $125 per month over the twenty-year life of the facilities. So, the total operating cost savings is estimated at $120,000. The long term savings will stem primarily from reduced labor for cleaning, reduced maintenance, and increased production resulting from improved animal comfort. Additional long term benefits of this educational effort are expected as neighboring producers see the results. Further program benefits and economic impacts will be realized as the four agricultural community organizations which were assisted complete fund raising activities and construct their facilities. B. PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS (EXTENSION, RESEARCH AND TEACHING). As applicable, list title, names of participants (PIs, Leaders, Co-PIs, Co-leaders, Collaborators etc.), project number, sponsor, your role ( leader/co-leader/collaborator) and your percent effort on the project as stated in the project description or document. C. INSTRUCTION, TEACHING AND EXTENSION EDUCATION. Detail credit and non-credit instruction and teaching activities. 1. College credit instruction. List courses in which you were an instructor or guest lecturer during the current calendar year. Include special topics, independent study and internship courses. Provide course number and title, your involvement, semester(s), credit hours and number of students. Please append a summary of teaching evaluations (student and/or peer) if this information is available.
2. Formal continuing education (certification programs, seminar series, in-service training, field days, faculty and/or staff training, journal club, etc.). Provide descriptive title of activity, your involvement, number of participants or students involved, number and duration of each session.
3. Extension presentations and workshops. Indicate title, type, and scope of presentation; number of times presented; attendance estimates. Include evidence of effectiveness (e.g. evaluation summaries) where applicable.
4. Public addresses to lay audiences (TV/radio presentations, service groups, etc.). Indicate title, type, scope of presentation; number of times presented; attendance estimates. Include evidence of effectiveness (e.g. evaluation summaries) where applicable.
5. Presentations at professional meetings, without published abstracts. List presenter, co-authors (if any), title, date and name of meeting (list scientific oral or poster presentations having published abstracts or proceedings at D5). 6. Student mentoring. Fill in the boxes to indicate number of students in each category.
7. Student or commodity club activities (e.g. club advisor, team competitions, honor or professional societies, etc.). List the club or group; your role with the club or group; and the activities, honors or awards received by this group under your mentorship. 8. Other instructional and teaching activities. D. PUBLICATIONS. List only publications that were published during the annual reporting period (for #8, submitted during reporting period). Format citations as typical and appropriate for outlet. If a co-author(s) is a student or was working under your direct supervision, place an asterisk after that person's name. 1. Refereed articles or refereed reviews appearing in peer-reviewed professional journals. 2. Book chapters or books. 3. Bulletins, reports, circulars, pamphlets, factsheets. 4. Popular press, trade, UTIA magazine or newsletter articles. 5. Abstracts from scientific or discipline meetings, papers from conference proceedings, etc. 6. Theses/Dissertations completed by students that you directed. 7. Other publications. Grandle, G. F. 2006. "Dairy Facilities for Gary Walters". UT Extension Plan No. T1245. Grandle, G. F. 2006. "Farmstead & Fencing Layout for Tony Deal". UT Extension Plan No. T1244. Grandle, G. F. 2006. "Cattle Handling Facility for Jon Walton". UT Extension Plan No. T1243. Grandle, G. F. 2006. "Cattle Handling Facility for Kenneth Hensley". UT Extension Plan No. T1242. 8. Articles submitted during the reporting period that are in review, in press or rejected. Please do not list articles in preparation. E. FUNDING. Format each entry as a citation, include as applicable: investigators (with percent effort shown on grant or contract document), title, source/agency. 1. Grant and contract proposals submitted but not awarded during this reporting period. Indicate date of submission and status (still pending, rejected). 2. Grants and contracts awarded during this reporting period. List inclusive period of support (start and end dates) and total amount of award. 3. Grants and contracts awarded in past years that continued into this reporting period. List inclusive period of support (start and end dates) and total amount of award. 4. Gifts. List recipients, donor, items or amount donated and dollar equivalent received during the reporting period. 5. Grant reports submitted. List authors, title, to whom submitted, date submitted. 6. Other (e.g. sales, royalties). F. OTHER CREATIVE ACTIVITIES.
G. SERVICE. List client outreach activities (both public and private sectors) and professional service.
H. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (meetings, workshops, classes, trips, etc.). List the event or activity, sponsor, duration of event and your role. I. PERSONNEL SUPERVISION. List the postdoctoral fellows, research associates, research assistants, technicians, extension associates, extension assistants, graduate assistants, undergraduate students, clerical personnel or others that you supervised during the year.
J. HONORS AND AWARDS. List honors and awards received during reporting period, including the name of the organization presenting the award. Gamma Sigma Delta President | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||