Columbia Area Farms and Centers Environment 2004

• Maintaining environmental compliance

• Increasing crime• New and close neighbors• “Agriculture Islands”• Increased amounts of

training & education• Increasing visitors• Being part of the

community

Boone County Population

• 1960 55,202• 1970 80,911• 1980 100,376• 1990 112,379• 2000 135,454• 2001 136,774

(projected)

Maintaining the Environment

• Animal waste• Composting• Pesticide Applications• Fertilizer Applications• Regulated GMO work• Wildlife Management

Baskett Wildlife Center

• 2,210 acres• East of Ashland• Timber Management• Wildlife Management• Resource & classes

in a natural setting• MDC managed

fishery

Bradford Research & Extension

Center

• 591 Acres (limited area)• Neighborhoods on 3

sides

• Pesticide Application• 60+ Training events

Rocheford Turkey Farm

• 115 Acres off Route Z near Shaw

• MDC managed fishery

• Poultry Research

• Surrounding land in transition from farmland to single family residential

• Narrow landbase

McCredie Claypan Center

• 284 acres• Kingdom City• MDC managed

fishery• Federal land under

MOAES use• Foundation Seed &

Soybean Breeding• Potential 54 bypass

Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center

• 665 acres• High value

horticultural crops

• Intermediate to long-term Agroforestry research

• Unique entity

Bradford Research and Extension Center

Midway

781 acres

Increasing herd to 300 animals

Maintaining a representative dairy

Nutrient Balance

Dairy Farm

Developing neighborhoods

Land Ownership

Sanborn Field

• 3.5 acres• Historical Landmark

(1888)

• Campus Land Lab• Most coveted land

Hinkson Valley

• 39 Acres

• USDA Maize Breeding work

• Floodplain & Deer

Borders:

• Residential

• Columbia Trail System

South Farm

• 1,452 Acres• Home of 18 groups• “feeder” for campus• Low & medium

density housing• Sensitive watershed• >50 student workers,

classes, graduate research

Potential Impact of the Philips Tract

• Overpass• Increases land value

of South Farm• Traffic ?• South Farm; frontier

or front tier • What should be on

the east side of 63, opposite commercial property?

Our New Neighbors

‘500 acre’ Commercial & Residential Development

Physical adjustments for South Farm

Physical adjustments for South Farm

We have been a part of the City of Columbia for 5 years …what part will we play?

Physical adjustments for South Farm

Physical adjustments for South Farm

Isolated versus Public Areas• Security• Bio-security

Matching up with neighbors• Animal versus crop areas

Agricultural learning sites

Community Treasures• Tremendous educational

opportunities• Convert a 1965 Farm

into a showplace• Continue as a green

space for Columbia• Continue as the ag land

laboratory• Balance of security and

appeal

What’s at Stake?

• Why is this the location you must be at?

• Implications of moving:– Student involvement

• +5 miles = -5%• +15 miles = -20% • +25 miles = -80%

• Research costs– Travel time & part-time

labor

• Education– Access of faculty– Area provisions

What will you see in 2025?

Action Items

• Beautification of South Farm

• Development of a new fiscal/administrative model for Animal Science Unit farms

Action Items• Beautification of South Farm

• Development of a new fiscal/administrative model for Animal Science Unit farms

• Planning windows for South Farm / CAF’s– Jan to March ’04: Inventory & assessment– April to June ‘04: Develop formal land use plan

with Sasaki– July ’04: Implement plan for South Farm / CAF’s