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Power & Promise
Agbioscience in the North Central United
States
The Importance of North Central Experiment Stations, Extension
Services and their Land-grant Universities in the Global Bioscience
Economy
Simon J. Tripp, Senior Director
Battelle Memorial Institute
Technology Partnership Practice
June 2011
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Battelle
Who is Battelle?
• One of world’s largest non-profit
R&D organizations ($6 billion in
revenues)
• A worldwide leader in
development, commercialization,
and transfer of technology
• Contract research with nearly
1,400 firms annually
• Manager of national labs
(Brookhaven, Idaho, Pacific
Northwest, Oak Ridge, National
Renewable Energy, Lawrence
Livermore, National Biodefense)
• 20,000 employees; over 5,600
projects annually
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Power & Promise
Project Goals
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Reasons for Undertaking this
Project
• Lack of accurate awareness and knowledge among state and national leaders
regarding the relevance of agriculture in the modern economy.
• Lack of accurate awareness and knowledge regarding the relevance of extension
services and agricultural experiment stations in the modern economy.
• The observation of Battelle, in developing science and technology based
economic development strategies across the nation, is that in a 21st Century
driven by biotechnology, bioscience and the fast emerging “bioeconomy”, the
activities and functions of agricultural experiment stations and extension services
are actually more critically important and relevant than ever – however, key
external parties have not yet had this adequately explained to them.
• As a result of the lack of sufficient awareness of the current and future value of
extension and experiment stations, these critically important functions for our
economic and societal future are experiencing challenging funding conditions.
PROVIDE A WHITE PAPER/TOOL TO ADDRESS THE AWARENESS GAP
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Audiences
• Policymakers
• Funding agencies
• Foundation community
• General public
• Private capital investors
• Media
• Thought leaders
• Internal university audiences
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•Iowa State University
•Kansas State University
•Michigan State University
•North Dakota State
University
•The Ohio State University
•Purdue University
•South Dakota State
University
•University of Illinois
•University of Minnesota
•University of Missouri
•University of Nebraska
•University of Wisconsin
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Report Structure
1. Agriculture and Agbiosciences – Of Central Importance
in Meeting Expanding Global Needs
2. Agriculture and Agbioscience in the United States
3. The Twelve-State North Central Region, a U.S.
Agricultural and Agbioscience Powerhouse
4. A Powerful Support System – North Central Region
Land-grant Universities, Experiment Stations and
Extension Services
5. The North Central Region and the Agbioscience
Opportunity – Key Regional Assets for Agricultural and
Agbioscience-Based Development
6. Into The Future – North Central Agbioscience as
a Driver of Promise and Progress
7. A System at Risk – Threats and Challenges to U.S. and
North Central Agbioscience-Based Development
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I. AGRICULTURE AND
AGBIOSCIENCES – OF CENTRAL
IMPORTANCE IN MEETING
EXPANDING GLOBAL NEEDS
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Basic and Applied Research and Development
Ag Machinery
& Equipment
Seed
Production
Crop
Residues
Processing
Equipment
Crops
Inputs to
Production
Veterinary
Products
Primary
Production
Fertilizers
& Pesticides
Ornamentals
Production
Specialized
Services to
Agriculture
Oilseed
Crushing
Dedicated
Energy
Crops
Sugar
Extraction
Grain
Milling
Agricultural
Processing
Livestock
Production
Fiber
Extraction
Forest
biomass
Sawmills
& Pulping
Livestock
Processing
Commodity
Wholesaling
and Storage
Operations
Food
Ingredients
Finished
Food
Products
Livestock
Nutrition
Landscaping
Industry
Energy
Generation
Specialty
Health
Products
Chemical
Intermediates
Industrial
Products
and Fuels
Food, Nutrition
and Health
Nutraceuticals
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Biofuels
Beverage
Brewing &
Distilling
Fiber
& Textiles
Specialty
Chemicals
Plastics &
Biomaterials
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Major Opportunity Driven by
Powerful Forces
• Powerful forces converging:
– Environmental
– Economic
– Strategic
• Driving new thinking on:
– Food & health
– Power generation
– Liquid fuels
– Chemicals
– Materials
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Worldwide population is projected to
increase from 7 billion in 2010 to 9.3 billion
by 2030 (an increase of 2.3 billion,
equivalent to doubling the entire current
populations of China and India).
To meet the rising
demand for food (driven
both by rising
population and
increasing income levels)
it is anticipated that by
2030 we may actually
need to double global
food production, yet
most cultivatable land is
already in production.
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There is no other arena
of economic activity, or
field of science and
innovation, that so
directly addresses
human survival and
quality of life, global
economic development,
and prospects for an
environmentally
sustainable future as
agriculture and
agbioscience.
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Modern agbioscience and biotechnologies are highly
dynamic, providing new feedstocks and pathways to
a host of novel and high-value materials, products
and technologies.
Biofuels, biobased chemicals and materials, plant and
animal derived drugs and therapeutic products,
advanced nutrition products and other emerging
agbioscience product categories are opening up new
horizons of opportunity and economic promise.
Some have termed the 21st Century the “BioCentury,”
and against this background of bio-based opportunity,
agriculture has emerged once
again as a robust platform for
economic growth and solutions
to broad-ranging human needs.
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Meeting the demands of a growing population,
for more and better food, and the demand for the
fiber, fuels and materials required as inputs for
economic growth, is made all the more difficult
by the pressing need to do so while reducing
environmental impacts and global climate
change associated with human economic
activity.
Against this background of global
need and challenges, of threats
and opportunities, it becomes
clear that the role of agriculture,
and associated agbioscience
advancements, has come once
more to the fore as a critical driver
of humankind’s future
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FOOD SECURITY
HUMAN HEALTH
It is generally recognized that the growth of global population, in
combination with rising incomes and associated food demands, mean that
by 2030 global food supply may need to be doubled. The Council for
Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) notes:
“This growth is a staggering challenge for agriculture because most of the
world’s usable farmland is already in production. In 1991, 0.81 acres of
farmland was available to feed each person. By 2050, only 0.37 acres of
farmland will be available for each person. It means that the productivity
of each unit of land must be increased.”
Food access
Starvation
Food variety and
nutritional content
The World Health Organization states that malnutrition is the gravest
single threat to the world’s public health. The United Nations Special
Rapporteur on the Right to Food reports that mortality due to malnutrition
accounted for 58% of global deaths in 2006 – a total of 36 million people
dying of hunger or diseases attributable to deficiencies in their nutrition.
The World Health Organization states that malnutrition is the leading
contributor to the death of children, present in half of all cases.
Agbioscience advancements in advanced food, nutrition and health
products are central to enhancing global health.
Immune system
deficiencies
Vitamin deficiency
Access to clean water
Agricultural productivity
Obesity
Pre and post-harvest losses
Diabetes
Infectious diseases
Global Challenges with Agricultural and Agbioscience Solutions
Poverty
Global climate change
Economic competition
Waste
Rural and urban development
Resource price volatility
Soil erosion
Pollution
Chemical runoff
Economic sustainability
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Crushing poverty in much of the world and increasing global competition
in the developed world place an imperative on economic development.
Agbioscience is at the forefront of a new wave of economic development
opportunities built around biobased resources. Furthermore, the growth
of biobased feedstocks, coupled with their conversion to value added
food, health, fuel and industrial products, provides economic opportunities
for both rural and urban communities and for both the developed and
developing world.
Water resources
Species extinctions
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Our environment is being degraded at an increasing pace by human
activity. Deforestation, soil erosion, toxic waste, persistent plastics
pollution, greenhouse gas emissions – each of these present a threat to
the environment upon which we and every organism on this planet
depend.
Agriculture and agbiosciences are providing solutions to environmental
challenges. Biofuels and bio-based chemicals and materials provide a
sustainable alternative to non-sustainable and polluting oil and other
fossil-resource based products. Innovations in fertilizer use efficiency, pest
resistance and water use efficiency are leading to reduced agricultural
production inputs.
Part of the the 21st Century Bioeconomy
Red Biotechnology
Medical Biotech
Grey Biotechnology
Industrial Biotech
Industrial
Enzymes
Drugs
Medical Devices
Chemicals
Medicinal
Ingredients
Production
Technologies
Tissue
Biobased
Chemicals
Diagnostics
Biopharming
Veterinary
Biotech
Fibers and
Materials
Nutraceuticals
Instrumentation
and Devices
Novel Genes and
Chemical Compounds
Functional
Foods
Transgenic
Organisms
Biomarkers
Biofuels
Crop
Agriculture
Biosecurity
Biomass
Production
Green Biotechnology
Agricultural and
Environmental Biotech
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Biomass Production
Livestock
Residue/Waste
Streams
Aquaculture
Environmental
Technologies
Blue Biotechnology
Marine Biotech
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The importance and relevance of agriculture and agbiosciences to central
challenges facing states, the nation and the globe are further documented in a
recent report entitled “A Science Roadmap for Food and Agriculture” which
highlights the direct impact of land-grant institutions on seven identified “grand
challenges”:
• Enhancing the sustainability, competitiveness, and profitability of U.S. food and
agricultural systems
• Adapting to and mitigating the impacts of climate change on food, feed, fiber, and
fuel systems in the United States
• Supporting the energy security and the development of the bioeconomy from
renewable natural resources in the Unites States
• Playing a global leadership role to ensure a safe, secure, and abundant food
supply for the United States and the world
• Improving human health, nutrition, and wellness of the U.S. population
• Heightening environmental stewardship through the development of sustainable
management practices
• Strengthening individual, family, and community development and resilience.
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy
– Science and Technology Committee, “A Science Roadmap for Food and Agriculture.” November 2010.
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II. AGRICULTURE AND AGBIOSCIENCE
IN THE UNITED STATES
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U.S. Agriculture
• 6.1% of global land area
– 18.7% global grains
– 22.4% oilseeds
– 12% cotton
Within global
agbioscience and
agriculture it is generally
acknowledged that the
U.S. is the worldwide
leader.
– 20.8% beef
– 23.2% poultry
• 2.2 million farms, 922
million acres
• $325 billion in output and
• $96 billion in exports.
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As the BioCentury
continues to unfold, it is
fair to expect that
agbiosciences will
represent a key national
opportunity for economic
expansion.
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Nutrition and Health Products
Food and
feed products
Crop
Residues
Dedicated
Energy
Crops
Crops
Biomass
Production
Forest
Biomass
Nutraceuticals,
biopharming and
specialty health products
Industrial Bioproducts and Fuels
Energy
(generation)
Fuels
Chemicals
Fibers and
materials
Algae
Organic
Waste
Streams
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Landscaping Products and Services
Landscaping products
Commercial and residential
landscaping services
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III. THE TWELVE-STATE NORTH
CENTRAL REGION, A U.S.
AGRICULTURAL AND AGBIOSCIENCE
POWERHOUSE
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The North Central Region of 12 States Comprises 21% of U.S. Land Area
The North Central Region.
The USA’s agricultural productivity and impact leader
21%
The North Central Region
contains 37% of U.S. farmland
The North
Central Region
37%
21% of U.S.
land producing
45% of U.S.
agricultural
exports
The North Central Region is America’s ag-export engine
45%
51%
83%
Soybeans &
Products Exports
60%
85%
Feed Grains &
Products Exports
Wheat &
Products Exports
Live Animals &
Meat Exports
Percent of Total U.S.
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Farms form part of a vertically integrated system of agricultural
production and agri-business. In 2009, in addition to the
800,000+ farms in the region, the North Central states
contained more than 88,000 companies participating in the
value-added chain through the provision of products and
services such as:
• The manufacturing and supply of agricultural, inputs such as seed, fertilizer,
insecticides, farm equipment, etc.
• Agriculture and forestry processing services such as grain milling, oilseed
crushing, and lumber milling.
• The value-added manufacturing of food, nutrition and health products.
• The production of industrial products from biomass including fuels, chemicals,
materials, paper and textiles.
• 2.4 million personnel
• 1.25 location quotient
• $2,600 wage premium over average private sector wage
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• As the new biobased economy emerges, the North
Central region is proving to be the home of intensive
innovation, an early adopter of new technologies,
and the “go-to” location for economic activity in a
new cleantech economy.
• A clear example of this leadership in the emerging
biobased economy can be seen in the geographic
clustering of biofuels enterprise within the North
Central states.
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An Advanced Biofuels Industry
The North Central states accounts for
200 million tons (60 %) of the total
biomass available in the U.S.
• If production capacity were developed
proportionately to biomass availability,
60% of the 16 billion gallons of advanced
cellulosic biofuels—or 9.6 billion gallons
of capacity—could be generated in the
North Central region.
• 9.6 billion gallons per year industry =
192 production plants (at 50 million
gallons per year capacity per plant).
• The total investment for these plants
would be $34 billion ($178 million per
plant)
•Annual direct expenditures benefiting
local and regional economies would total
nearly $10 billion.
•Direct employment of 15,000 workers
(77 employees per plant), as well as
support thousands of additional jobs in
feedstock harvest and transportation.
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North Central Agbioscience
Innovation Ecosystem
• 2009 regional institutions attracted $3.6
billion for academic R&D in
agbioscience and associated
disciplines (22.5% of national total)
• 10 of Top 25 U.S. food manufacturers
HQ’d in the region
• 2 of top 5 global seed companies
• 2 of world’s largest ag equipment
manufacturers
• U.S. hub for the animal health products
industry
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IV. A POWERFUL SUPPORT SYSTEM –
NORTH CENTRAL REGION LANDGRANT UNIVERSITIES, EXPERIMENT
STATIONS AND EXTENSION SERVICES
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Extension and experiment station research and education
forms a proactive and holistic innovation ecosystem – with information,
innovations and solutions moving in both directions within the system
Industry and practitioners provide input on needs, challenges and opportunities
Land grant universities perform
sponsored research and development
leading to new insights, innovations,
technologies, tools and techniques.
Industry
Industry: Inputs to Primary Production
(e.g. seeds, fertilizers, equipment)
Industry Sponsored Inquiry
Existing
Businesses
Primary Agricultural and Forestry Production
Industry: Agricultural Processing
Basic
Science
Applied
R&D
Piloting &
Demonstration
Technology
Transfer
Industry: Commodity Wholesale and Storage
Academic Initiated Inquiry
Land grant universities initiate
exploration in basic science inquiry and
the application of knowledge to tangible
problems, needs and issues. Extension
field knowledge provides input to needs,
challenges and opportunities to inform
and facilitate research.
New Enterprise
Development
Extension services of land grant
universities provide hands-on
assistance in knowledge and
technology transfer and specialized
education services to benefit
industry, the economy and society.
Industry: Food, Nutrition and Health
Products Manufacturing
Industry: Industrial Products Manufacturing
(e.g. fuels, chemicals, materials)
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Biosecurity
Environmental hazards
Zoonotic diseases
Airborne particulates
Food safety
Processing technology
Human Health
Fatty acids
Consumer behavior
Food Research
Breeding and genetics
New crop testing
Crop selection
Grain quality
Crop management
Decision strategies
Emerging diseases
Pest management
Disease management
Nutrition
Health &
Nutrition
Production
Protection
Crops
R&D to advance
human health and
nutrition and
advance food
security
Research in crop development, crop protection
and agronomy for high productivity agriculture
Education
Social change
Family Systems
Livestock
Diagnostics
Disease prevention
Disease control
Ecological, environmental and natural
resource management and technologies R&D
Community
Community
Systems
Protection
R&D to enhance livestock production and
economics and ensure livestock health
Research to enhance quality of life for America’s
rural and urban families and communities
Family economics
Low income issues
Production
Breeding and genetics
Grazing systems
Reproduction
Nutrition
Management systems
Land
R&D to improve
Production economics and
enhance agribusiness practice
and public policy
Soil
Water
Natural
Resources
Fertility
Organics
Enhancements
Drainage
Use efficiency
Landscape ecology
Nitrogen cycling
Wildlife
Business &
Economics
Agricultural engineering
Process engineering
Engineering
Systems
Policy
Trade
Rural policy & welfare
Small & family business
Economics
Agricultural finance
Rural economics
Pricing & markets
Risk management
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Issues
National
economic
competitiveness
Research Relevance
Innovations to enhance agricultural and forest
productivity.
Innovations to enhance the productivity and
competitiveness of value-adding industry.
Field trials, testing and scale-up of new
technologies.
Facilitation of research in specific soils, climatic
and agronomic zones.
Specialized testing and R&D services for industry
Extension Education Relevance
Demonstration and field testing
Education in new technologies and practices for
producers.
Education and technology transfer for industry.
Direct consultation with producers on tools,
techniques, products and markets to enhance
competitiveness.
Advisory services in new business development
and commercialization.
New products and technology innovations for
commercialization.
Business and new technology incubation services.
Adding value to domestic, home-grown resources.
Homeland
security
Development of products for export.
Protecting the U.S. from plant, animal and
zoonotic diseases.
Widespread on the ground monitoring and
observation network.
Specialized research infrastructure for specific
crops, animals and associated threats.
Tangible, hands-on assistance and advice to
producers and processors.
Reducing dependency on foreign imports and
fossil fuel resources.
Specific food safety and handling education.
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Environmental
sustainability
Innovations in production inputs use efficiency,
and plant transformation to reduce agricultural
inputs.
Technologies for reducing waste streams and
waste stream impacts, and for converting waste
to value-added products e.g., energy.
Production scale test sites for evaluation of
environmental impacts and technologies.
Demonstration facilities for environmentally
sustainable practices, tools and technologies.
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Widespread on the ground monitoring and
observation network.
Tangible, hands-on education and advice to
producers and processors.
Education of practitioners, community members
and youth regarding environmental
sustainability.
Water, energy and resource conservation
advisory services.
Demonstration and field testing
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Education,
skilled human
capital and
workforce
development
Direct education of undergraduate and graduate
students.
Continuing education courses.
Continuing education for adult and youth
audiences.
Development of new knowledge and know-how for K-12 programs and STEM (Science, technology,
diffusion into practice.
Engineering and Math) education support.
Facilitation of regional access to expertise and
development resources.
Facilitation of field research in regional crops,
specific agronomic zones, etc.
Societal welfare
Knowledge and know-how diffusion.
Economics research and policy analysis
Policy analysis
Community, urban and rural development research
Education and extension operations research
Research on the American family, youth
development and other key social issues
4-H educational and youth development programs.
Development of web and distance learning systems
and educational materials
4-H programs extending learning hours and
reaching “at risk” youth.
Tangible services in urban and rural economic
development.
Hands-on support and coaching for families,
community groups and civic leaders.
Promote public and individual health for adults,
children and youth.
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12 Institutions
• 7,601 FTE extension personnel
• 6,724 experiment station FTEs
• $700 million in combined extension budgets and
$956 million in experiment station budgets
• 141 experiment station locations covering 171,556
acres.
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Battelle reviewed major assets and placed them into
six categories:
• Plant science, crops, agronomy and
plant transformation assets
• Animal science, animal health and
livestock research assets
• Food product R&D and advanced
nutrition and health products
development assets
• Biosecurity and food safety assets
• Industrial bioeconomy R&D assets (fuels,
chemicals, materials)
• Environmental sciences and
sustainability assets.
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• Oilseed Development Center of
Excellence
• NDSU High Throughput Genotyping
Center
• Northern Crops Institute
• Winter Cereals: Sustainability in
Action
• Barley Genome Project
• Dry Bean Genome Research
• iGrow
• Northern Crops Institute
• SDSU-AES Applied Genomics Solutions
• Winter Cereals: Sustainability in Action
• Plant Pathogen Research
Lab
• Insect Research Lab
• North Central Plant Pest
Disease & Pest Diagnostic
Network
• Northern Crops Institute
• Winter Cereals:
Sustainability in Action
• Barley Genome Project
• Dry Bean Genome
Research
North Central 1862 Land Grant
University Specialized Agbioscience
Infrastructure and Assets:
Plant Science, Crops, Agronomy and
Plant Transformation
• Discovery Farms Program
• National Magnetic
Resonance Facility
• OJ Noer Turfgrass Research
& Education Facility
• North Central Plant Pest
Disease & Pest Diagnostic
Network
• Dry Bean Genome Research
• ISU Plant Transformation Facility
• Seed Science Center
• Core for Applied Genomics & Ecology
• Center for Plant Responses to
(CAGE)
Environmental Stresses
• Plant Transformation Core Research
• Center for Agriculture & Rural
Facility
Development
• Dry Bean Genome Research
• North Central Plant Pest Disease • Integrated Pest Mgmt
• Crop Mgmt & Diagnostic Program
& Pest Diagnostic Network
• Agrability Program for
Disabled Farmers
• North Central Plant Pest
Disease & Pest
• Missouri Plant Sciences
Diagnostic Network
Center
• Plant Breeding Center
• Wheat Genetic & Genomic Research
• Molecular Genetics &
Center
Soybean Genomics Lab
• Department of Grain Sciences &
• Center for Agroforestry
Industry
• Interdisciplinary Plant
• Wheat Quality Lab
Group
• North Central Plant Pest
Disease & Pest Diagnostic
Network
• Wheat Breeding Program
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• Plant Transformation
Center
• North Central Plant
Pest Disease & Pest
Diagnostic Network
• Dry Bean Genome
Research
• Crop Diagnostic
Training &
Research Center
• Discovery Park
• New Ventures in
Food &
Agriculture
• North Central
Plant Pest Disease
& Pest Diagnostic
Network
• Molecular & Cellular
Imaging Center
• Center for Diagnostic
Assays
• North Central Plant
Pest Disease & Pest
Diagnostic Network
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• NDAES Beef Research Complex
• NDAES Vet Diagnostic Lab
• Animal Disease Research &
Diagnostic Laboratory
Center
North Central 1862 Land Grant
University Specialized Agbioscience
Infrastructure and Assets:
Animal Science, Animal Health
and Livestock
• Vet Diagnostic Lab
• Center for Animal
Health & Food Safety
• Emmons Blaine Dairy Cattle
Research Center
• Institute for
Environmentally Integrated
Dairy Mgmt
• Meats Laboratory &
Dairy Plant
• Animal Agriculture
Initiative
• Animal Health Facilities
• Center for Integrated Animal
Genomics
• Iowa State Dairy Farm
• Bioinformatics to Implement
Genetic Selection Project
• Poultry Farm
• Beef Cattle
Research Program
• Swine Research
Center
• Beef Cattle Institute
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• Animal Science
Research &
Education Center
• Food Animal
Research Program
• Center for
Diagnostic Assays
• Pasture-based Dairy
• National Swine Resource &
Research Center
• Show Me Select Replacement
Heifer Project
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North Central 1862 Land Grant
University Specialized Agbioscience
Infrastructure and Assets:
Food Products and Advanced
Nutrition and Health Products
Development
•Center for Agricultural Policy & Trade
Studies
•Pilot Plant Food
Processing Center
•Apple Breeding
Program
•Midwest Dairy Foods
Research Center
•Midwest Dairy Foods Research Center
•Food Processing Center
•Food Allergy Research & Resource
Program
•Nebraska Gateway for
Nutrigenomics
•Gut Function Initiative
•Water for Food Institute
•Food Science Institute
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•Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research
•UW Food Research Institute
•MSU Product Center for
Agricultural & Natural
Resources
•Potato Storage Research
Facility
•Muck Soils Research Center
•Wine Quality Lab
•Midwest Diary Foods Research Center
•Food & Agricultural
Policy Research
Institute
•Institute for Continental
Climate, Viticulture &
Enology
•National Soybean
Research Lab & Pilot
Plant
•MarketMaker
•Center for
Food &
Agricultural
Business
•Center for Advanced
Functional Food Research &
Entrepreneurship
•Food & Agricultural
Technology
Commercialization/Economic
Development Program
•Food Industries Center
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• Great Plains Institute for
Food Safety
• Food Safety Microbiology
Laboratory
• Food Emergency Response
Network
• UNL Extension Food Safety
Education Programs
North Central 1862 Land Grant
University Specialized Agbioscience
Infrastructure and Assets:
Biosecurity and Food Safety
• National Center for Food
Protection & Defense
• Center for Infectious
Disease Research &
Policy
• Center for Animal Health
& Food Safety
• UW Applied Food Safety
Lab
• Center for Advancing
Microbial Risk Assessment
• National Food Safety &
Toxicology Center
• BioSafety Institute for Genetically
Modified Agricultural Products
(BIGMAP)
• Center for
Food Safety
& Engineering
• Biosecurity Research Institute
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• Center for
Applied
Research &
Environmental
Systems (CARES)
• U of I Nutritional
Sciences Food Safety
and Toxicology
Research
• Center for Food &
Agrosecurity
• Plant & Animal
Agrosecurity Research
Facility
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North Central 1862 Land Grant
University Specialized Agbioscience
Infrastructure and Assets:
Industrial Bioeconomy
(Fuels, Chemicals, Materials)
• BioEPIC
• ND AES Pilot Plant
• Center for Biorefining
• Great Lakes
Bioenergy Research
Center
• UW Biotechnology
Center
• Center for Bioprocessing Research
& Development
• Industrial Agricultural Products
Center
• BioCentury Research Farm
• Center for Crops Utilization Research
• BECON Pilot Plant (Biomass Conversion)
• Bioprocessing & Industrial Value-Added
Program (BIVAP)
• Center for Sustainable Energy
• Kansas Lipidomics Research Center
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• Great Lakes Bioenergy
Research Center
• Anaerobic Digestion Research &
Education Center
• Forest Biomass Innovation Center
• Center for Advanced
Automotive Bio-Fuel
Combustion Engines
• Center for Advanced
Bioenergy Research
• Center for
Sustainable Energy
• Center for
Energy
• Bindley
Bioscience
Center
• Birk
Nanotechnology
Center
• Whistler Center
for
Carbohydrate
Research
• Ohio Bioproducts
Innovation Center
• Feedstock Processing
Research Facility
• Bioproducts &
Bioenergy Research
Laboratory
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North Central 1862 Land Grant
University Specialized Agbioscience
Infrastructure and Assets:
Environmental Sciences and
Sustainability
• Institute on the Environment
• Center for Sustainable Building
Research
• Minnesota Institute for
Sustainable Agriculture
• Environmental
Resource Center
• Water and Environmental
Engineering Resource Center
• Heartland Regional Water Quality Program
• Regional High Plains Climate Center
• Project GREEEN
• Livestock Air Quality
Monitoring
• Carbon2Markets
• Bear Creek National Restoration
Demonstration Watershed
• Heartland Regional Water Quality
Program
• Great Lakes Water
Quality Program
• Animal Environmental
Research Lab
• Environmental Change
Institute
• Kansas Center for Agriculture Resources &
Environment (KCARE)
• Konza Prairie Biological Station
• Heartland Regional Water Quality Program
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• Center for Applied Research
& Environmental Systems
(CARES)
• Flood Tolerance Lab
• Heartland Regional Water
Quality Program
• Water Quality
Program
• Hardwood Tree
Improvement &
Regeneration
Center (HTIRC)
• Livestock &
Poultry Air
Emissions
Research
• Center for
Environment
• Center for Urban
Environment & Economic
Development
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Agbioscience IP Statistics for the
12 Institutions
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V. INTO THE FUTURE – NORTH
CENTRAL AGBIOSCIENCE AS
A DRIVER OF PROMISE AND PROGRESS
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Responding to Opportunities
• Modern agriculture is at the forefront of addressing critical global issues
via advanced scientific methods and technology development.
• Today’s global challenges and opportunities place great demands on
modern agriculture to address worldwide food security, while at the same
time advancing U.S. interests in renewable energy, food safety, human
health, natural resource sustainability, and global economic
competitiveness.
• Agricultural research and extension services have adapted to these
challenges and responded to emerging opportunities with new
technologies to increase farm yields, reduce input costs and protect crops
and livestock against pests and disease; the development of improved
pathogen detection and food decontamination processes; research into
new feedstocks and pathways for renewable energy, biobased chemicals
and materials, and advanced nutrition products; and new biomedical
research and development using plants and animal.
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Key Themes Moving Forward
• Collaborating on grand
challenges
• New industry for the U.S.
• A genetics-empowered
revolution
• A closed loop sustainable
economic system
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The proximity of the
North Central Land-grant
universities to distinctive
clusters of plant
bioscience and animal
bioscience companies
makes the North Central
region a particularly
vibrant center for
realizing America’s
agbioscience industry
opportunity.
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Land-grant universities best positioned to think holistically
about integrated systems
Crop
Production
Liquid
BioFuels
Grain
Crop
Residue
Lignocellulosic
Material
Bio-based
Chemicals
Biorefinery
Feed
Food &
Ingredients
Industrial,
Commercial,
Residential &
Municipal
Organic Waste
Organic
Waste
Power
Generation
Biogas
Production
Manure
(e.g. methane)
CO2
Livestock
and Dairy
Operations
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Nutrient &
Chemical
Recapture
Horticulture/
Nursery
Industry
Compost
Distillers
Grain Feed
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Graphic developed by, and reproduced with the permission of, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Modern U.S. economic progress will
increasingly be rooted in the
commercial use of biological
resources, and no institution is more
relevant to research, education and
knowledge diffusion in this
environment of opportunity than the
land-grant university.
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VI. A SYSTEM AT RISK:
THREATS AND
CHALLENGES TO U.S. AND
NORTH CENTRAL
AGBIOSCIENCE-BASED
DEVELOPMENT
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There’s good news and bad news…
• The importance of agbiosciences is expanding due to its
great relevance to global needs and challenges—BUT,
this is occurring at a time of budget crises within federal,
state and local funding agencies and within private
industry.
• There is a fundamental tension between meeting expanding
needs and opportunities while attempting to operate within a
budget crisis environment.
• The challenge is compounded by a lack of understanding
regarding the extreme importance of agbiosciences,
experiment stations and extension services to future global
stability, national economic development and human and
environmental health.
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Challenges and Issues
Federal

Decline of federal formula funding.
State

General Public


Rising tide of state fiscal crises limiting support to state universities, experiment stations and
extension.
Fiscal problems for U.S. counties limiting traditional local support for extension.
Lack of understanding of the growing importance of agriculture and agbioscience to global issues and
development opportunities.
Need for those benefiting from programs to voice their impact and appreciation with political
decision makers.
Need to communicate the “public value” of programs
Need to better connect the message of agriculture = food = nutrition = health
Limited communication of mission, value and impacts internally within university systems.
Agbioscience relevance often misunderstood within large universities.
Slow to revamp or remove ineffective or outmoded programs and delivery systems.
Lack of appropriate response to private research farms and consultancies.
Bridging the campus/field gap, especially for departments and faculty not having a traditional
engagement with extension.
The diversification of land-grant universities away from their primary mission and a resulting
diminution of agricultural college’s internal political capital.
With the agricultural production sector declining in percentage of national employment, and thus
political power, how does the system extend and broaden its support base.
Increasing demands for services related to new and expanding areas of agbioscience, including
biofuels, biobased products and advanced nutrition and health products.

Internal







Industry


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70000
Budget Authority ($ Millions)
60000
50000
Agbiosciences are critically important
to tackling many of the most pressing
issues facing the nation and globe—yet,
as a collective suite of disciplines,
agbiosciences receive the least amount
of funding attention in the national R&D
funding scheme.
40000
NIH
NSF
DOD
30000
DOE
NASA
20000
USDA
All Other
10000
0
Budget Year
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United Nations Says That Food Security and
Nutrition is the Leading Global Health Issue
“On average, 62 million people die each year,
of whom probably 36 million (58 per cent)
directly or indirectly as a result of nutritional
deficiencies, infections, epidemics or diseases
which attack the body when its resistance
and immunity have been weakened by
undernourishment and hunger.”
Jean Ziegler “The Right to Food: Report by the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Mr. Jean Ziegler,
Submitted in Accordance with Commission on Human Rights Resolution 2000/10”. United Nations,
February 7, 2001, p. 5.
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$ Billions
35
31.01
30
25
20 17.82
NIH
NIFA
15
Linear (NIH)
Linear (NIFA)
10
5
1.09
1.49
0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
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Note: On Oct. 1, 2009 the Cooperative State
Research , Education and Extension Service
(CSREES) became the National Institute for Food
and Agriculture (NIFA)
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Never mind slower growth, the
reality is cuts as shown by
Cornerstone’s analysis:
• NIFA – House Committee Mark for FY 2012
Compared to 2011
-$97.9 million (14% decrease)
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• Decline in federal funding
• Related decline in state and local match
• States seeking to cut “discretionary spending”
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CNN/Opinion Research Poll
Oct. 27-30, 2010
"Which of the following is the most important issue facing the country today?"
Most Important
Issue
The economy
Percent
52
The federal budget
deficit
8
Education
8
Health care
8
Agbioscience Relevance
(Not asked or cited in poll)
Direct impact. Agriculture and the value-added food chain is an important
part of the economy and national exports. Furthermore, emerging areas
of agbioscience technology in biobased products, biofuels, advanced
foods and nutrition etc. present significant economic development and
job creation opportunities.
Direct Impact. Agbioscience based economic development boosts
business taxes and income taxes, while the U.S. throughout 2010 has
enjoyed a positive balance of trade in the agriculture sector.
Direct Impact. Extension programs, such as 4-H have a proven impact on
youth educational attainment and school attendance. Extension is an
important contributor to education programs in both urban and rural
communities, while Land-grant universities provide direct higher
education services.
Direct Impact. A well rounded diet with appropriate nutrition balance is
critical to health. Agbiosciences directly address food safety, zoonotic
disease monitoring and control, and a broad range of family and
community health issues.
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The wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan
8
Indirect Impact. Agricultural productivity enhancement is considered by most
development economists to be the fundamental building block of progress in
developing economies. Achieving food security and enhanced rural community
economics is fundamental to building prosperity and economic and social
security in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Illegal immigration
8
Direct Impact. Much of the migration into the U.S. comes from the rural poor
of Latin American nations. Work being undertaken in North Central Land-grant
institutions in crops and agronomy improvements and value-added product
development from agriculture is fundamental to improving living conditions in
Central and South America and reducing the impetus for migration.
Terrorism
4
Indirect Impact. Economic opportunity, jobs and rising incomes in developing
countries are a deterrent to individuals becoming desperate and open to the
influence of terrorist recruiters. US AID programs in rural and agricultural
development, mostly coordinated via American land-grant universities
through the CRSP program are enhancing rural economies and agriculture
across the globe.
Energy and
environmental
policies
4
Direct Impact. Biofuels are a renewable energy resource and part of the
solution to the U.S. and World’s energy challenge. Agbiosciences and
associated disciplines are on the frontier of fighting environmental
degradation and improved agricultural productivity is the only solution to
pressures to clear marginal land for food production.
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In Conclusion
• Agriculture and agbioscience of direct relevance to
some of the most critical global issues
• A high performing sector for the U.S. economy, with
strong prospects for innovation and growth
• North Central region critically important to U.S.
position with a powerful innovation ecosystem
• Considerable base of assets and capabilities in
North Central region to build upon
• BUT… Have to get the public and decision makers
to understand the POWER & PROMISE in order to
build support and realize the opportunity.
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Discussion
• How to use the report?
– Media (traditional and social)
– On “The Hill”
– Regionally and locally
– Web
– Internally
– Leveraging through use by others (Farm Bureaus,
Commodity Organizations, etc.)
– Companion to funding applications
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Contact
Simon J. Tripp
Senior Director
Battelle Memorial Institute
Technology Partnership Practice
Phone: 412-523-6895
E-mail: [email protected]
TPP Areas of Expertise
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Technology-Based Economic Development –
Strategies and Action Plans
Core Competency Identification
Cluster Analysis and Cluster Development
Technology Talent & Workforce Development
Entrepreneurial Development and Capital Planning
Technical Assistance and Problem Solving
Program Design and Implementation Services
Benchmarking
Economic Impact Assessment
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