CSREES/ExtensionCSREES/Extension

An OverviewAn Overview

•OrganizationOrganization•Role and ScopeRole and Scope•GeographyGeography

CSREES and ExtensionCSREES and Extension

CSREES

National Program Leadership

Federal Funding

Partnership with ~104 Land-grant institutions (1862, 1890, 1994)

Secretary - USDA

NRE

FFAS

RD

Mktg/Reg

FSIS

FNCS

Undersecretaries/Mission Areas

REEREE

REE

ARS ERS

Administrators

CSREES

NASSNAL

CSREES

CSREES MissionCSREES Mission

• Advance knowledge for agriculture, the Advance knowledge for agriculture, the environment, human health and well-environment, human health and well-being, and communities by supporting being, and communities by supporting research, education, and extension research, education, and extension programs in the Land-Grant University programs in the Land-Grant University System and other partner organizationsSystem and other partner organizations

• CSREES doesn't perform actual CSREES doesn't perform actual research, education, and extension but research, education, and extension but rather helps fund it at the state and rather helps fund it at the state and local level and provides program local level and provides program leadership in these areas. leadership in these areas.

• ANRANR• Ag & Food Ag & Food

Biosecurity Biosecurity • Ag Systems Ag Systems • Animals & Animal Animals & Animal

Products Products • Biotechnology & Biotechnology &

Genomics Genomics • Economics & Economics &

Commerce Commerce • Natural Resources Natural Resources

& Environment & Environment • Pest Management Pest Management • Plants & Plant Plants & Plant

Products Products • Technology & Technology &

Engineering Engineering

• Reduce soil Reduce soil erosionerosion

• Enhance Enhance water water suppliessupplies

• Improve Improve water water qualityquality

• Increase Increase wildlife wildlife habitathabitat

• Reduce Reduce damages damages caused by caused by floods and floods and other natural other natural disasters disasters

• Protect human Protect human health and the health and the environmentenvironment

• AirAir• Children’s HealthChildren’s Health• PesticidesPesticides

• Waste ProgramsWaste Programs• Water Water

ManagementManagement• Special Progs.Special Progs.

• Gulf of MexicoGulf of Mexico• Pollution Pollution

PreventionPrevention

EPANRCSCSREES

Other CSREES ProgramsOther CSREES Programs

• Families, Youth & Families, Youth & Communities Communities

• Food, Nutrition & Health Food, Nutrition & Health

59 Programs in 11 59 Programs in 11 Target AreasTarget Areas

CSREES – Functional Areas

ExtensionExtension

Research

Teaching

Extension Program AreasExtension Program Areas

• 4-H Youth Development4-H Youth Development——cultivates important life skills in cultivates important life skills in youth that build character and assist youth that build character and assist them in making appropriate life and them in making appropriate life and career choices. career choices.

• Youth participate in school retention Youth participate in school retention and enrichment programs, learn and enrichment programs, learn science, math, social skills, and much science, math, social skills, and much more, through hands-on projects and more, through hands-on projects and activities. activities.

Extension Program AreasExtension Program Areas

• AgricultureAgriculture—educational programs —educational programs help individuals learn new ways to help individuals learn new ways to produce income through alternative produce income through alternative enterprises, improved marketing enterprises, improved marketing strategies, and management skills strategies, and management skills and help farmers and ranchers and help farmers and ranchers improve productivity through improve productivity through resource management, controlling resource management, controlling crop pests, soil testing, livestock crop pests, soil testing, livestock production practices, and marketing. production practices, and marketing.

Extension Program AreasExtension Program Areas

• Leadership DevelopmentLeadership Development—trains —trains extension professionals and extension professionals and volunteers to deliver programs in volunteers to deliver programs in gardening, health and safety, family gardening, health and safety, family and consumer issues, and 4-H youth and consumer issues, and 4-H youth development and serve in leadership development and serve in leadership roles in the community.roles in the community.

Extension Program AreasExtension Program Areas

• Natural ResourcesNatural Resources—teaches —teaches landowners and homeowners how to landowners and homeowners how to use natural resources wisely and use natural resources wisely and protect the environment with protect the environment with educational programs in water educational programs in water quality, timber management, quality, timber management, composting, waste management, composting, waste management, and recycling. and recycling.

Extension Program AreasExtension Program Areas

• Family and Consumer SciencesFamily and Consumer Sciences——helps families become resilient and helps families become resilient and healthy by teaching nutrition, food healthy by teaching nutrition, food preparation skills, positive child care, preparation skills, positive child care, family communication, financial family communication, financial management, and health care management, and health care strategies. strategies.

Extension Program AreasExtension Program Areas

• Community and Economic Community and Economic DevelopmentDevelopment—helps local governments —helps local governments investigate and create viable options for investigate and create viable options for economic and community development, economic and community development, such as improved job creation and such as improved job creation and retention, small and medium-sized retention, small and medium-sized business development, effective and business development, effective and coordinated emergency response, solid coordinated emergency response, solid waste disposal, tourism development, waste disposal, tourism development, workforce education, and land use workforce education, and land use planning. planning.

Extension Program AreasExtension Program Areas

• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy –education and training that Energy –education and training that leads to adoption of energy leads to adoption of energy efficiency practices and enhances efficiency practices and enhances use of alternative and renewable use of alternative and renewable energy sources energy sources

• This is an emerging partnership with This is an emerging partnership with DOE/EEREDOE/EERE

Extension StaffingExtension Staffing

• ANR agentANR agent• Family and Consumer ScienceFamily and Consumer Science• Youth DevelopmentYouth Development• Share CRDShare CRD• Specialists on campusSpecialists on campus

Extension StaffingExtension Staffing

• County directorCounty director• Youth DevelopmentYouth Development• Multi-county specialists (some Multi-county specialists (some

with PhDs)with PhDs)• Extension Specialists on and off Extension Specialists on and off

campuscampus

Extension StaffingExtension StaffingCommunities of PlaceCommunities of Place

~17,000State and local

Extension employees~3200 locations

Interaction With CustomersInteraction With Customers

• User-driven programsUser-driven programs• Advisory councilsAdvisory councils• F2F and phone consultation, F2F F2F and phone consultation, F2F

and electronic meetings, and electronic meetings, seminars, newsletters, farm seminars, newsletters, farm visits, demonstrations, fairs, visits, demonstrations, fairs, exhibits, etc.exhibits, etc.

Backstopping - SpecialistsBackstopping - Specialists

• Develop curriculumDevelop curriculum• Train agentsTrain agents• Larger group trainingLarger group training• ConsultationConsultation• Applied researchApplied research• DemonstrationDemonstration• Program leadershipProgram leadership

Communities of InterestCommunities of Interest

Communitiesof Practice

Communitiesof Interest

Communities of Practice and Place

Educational Products

Questions,

Issues or Life

Events

Basic Information

FAQs

Ask the Experts

Distance

Diagnostics

Forums/Chat

Streaming Video

Learning Modules

Communities

of Interest

Communities of Practice

Virtual teams of faculty, staff,

professionals, partners

Instructional designers

Multimedia specialists

Multi-institutional, agency

Multi-disciplinary

Responsive

Sustainable

Evolving & flexible

Communities of Practice

National Strength Local Delivery

Customer Focus

National Strength Local Delivery

Customer Focus

Communitiesof Interest

Success ThroughHigh Touch and High Tech

Communitiesof Interest

Communitiesof Interest

Communitiesof Interest

Communitiesof Interest

Communities of Place

EPA 4NRCS

EXT

Service Area

ASREDASRED

•13 states and 2 territories13 states and 2 territories•Programs much like CSREESPrograms much like CSREES

•Heavy emphasis on production Heavy emphasis on production agriculture, natural resources, agriculture, natural resources, environmentenvironment

•4-H4-H•NutritionNutrition•CRDCRD

ASREDASRED

•Staff reductionsStaff reductions• Increased emphasis on Increased emphasis on

•Sharing across state linesSharing across state lines•Electronic technologyElectronic technology•PartneringPartnering•Flat organizational structuringFlat organizational structuring•Grants and contractsGrants and contracts•Role clarificationRole clarification

ASREDASRED

•Program resourcesProgram resources•Federal: 13 – 23%Federal: 13 – 23%•State: 35 – 74%State: 35 – 74%•Local: 3 – 42%Local: 3 – 42%•Grants/contracts: 0 – 25%Grants/contracts: 0 – 25%•Other: 0 – 13%Other: 0 – 13%

$ Fed App$ Fed App

5,842,8065,842,806

6,415,7096,415,709

9,956,3689,956,368

10,574,91110,574,911

733,317733,317

10,502,97110,502,971

15,051,85215,051,852

5,205,8755,205,875

9,388,1709,388,170

15,937,33715,937,337

8,330,3238,330,323

$ State $ State AppApp

26,399,49126,399,491

30,967,00030,967,000

33,278,43933,278,439

28,727,86528,727,865

25,972,42525,972,425

21,182,55921,182,559

36,044,47136,044,471

25,269,16625,269,16626,206,10026,206,100

60,556,84260,556,842

30,246,47830,246,478

Fed AppFed App

5,842,8065,842,806

6,415,7096,415,709

9,956,3689,956,368

10,574,91110,574,911

733,317733,317

10,502,97110,502,971

15,051,85215,051,852

5,205,8755,205,875

9,388,1709,388,170

15,937,33715,937,337

8,330,3238,330,323

Grant/Grant/ContCont

6,215,5326,215,532

1,634,8211,634,821

2,750,1582,750,158

11,017,00011,017,000

00

9,982,4329,982,432

15,845,97915,845,979

3,676,9633,676,963

16,216,28916,216,289

18,026,35618,026,356

5,315,0245,315,024

County

2,649,131

11,537,987

9,557,452

11,556,862

1,106,348

2,749,461

17,555,643

2,711,628

9,564,452

16,097,837

5,091,000

Other

2,563,5461,688,3198,218,963

0 852,876

844,697 13,226,969 1,143,648 430,428 7,451,521 181,764

What Drives Extension What Drives Extension Programs?Programs?

• State and Local NeedsState and Local Needs• Advisory CouncilsAdvisory Councils• Intact Groups – Farm Bureau, Intact Groups – Farm Bureau,

Cattlemen’s, County Forestry Cattlemen’s, County Forestry Associations, etcAssociations, etc

• Political SupportPolitical Support• Extension Leadership – Local, StateExtension Leadership – Local, State

• Multi-state, Regional, Federal Multi-state, Regional, Federal OpportunitiesOpportunities

• CSREES AGRICULTURAL CSREES AGRICULTURAL WATER SECURITY WHITE WATER SECURITY WHITE PAPERPAPER

• Prepared by Michael P. Prepared by Michael P. O’Neill and James P. O’Neill and James P. DobrowolskiDobrowolski

• http://http://www.csrees.usda.gov/www.csrees.usda.gov/newsroom/white_papers/newsroom/white_papers/ag_water_security.docag_water_security.doc

ObjectiveObjective

• sustainable water use scenario sustainable water use scenario — — maximizing the efficiency of water use maximizing the efficiency of water use by farmers, ranchers, rural and by farmers, ranchers, rural and urbanizing communities, thus ensuring urbanizing communities, thus ensuring water volumes allocated for per capita water volumes allocated for per capita domestic water consumption, domestic water consumption, ecosystem services, recreation and ecosystem services, recreation and aesthetics while meeting the needs of aesthetics while meeting the needs of food and fiber production food and fiber production

State and Local State and Local Extension Extension ProgramsPrograms

• Animals & Livestock - Animals & Livestock - cattle, horse, sheep, cattle, horse, sheep, poultry, swine... poultry, swine...

• Farm Management - Farm Management - economics, economics, production, value-added ag... production, value-added ag...

• Biosecurity - Biosecurity - programs, information, links... programs, information, links...

• Food & Nutrition - Food & Nutrition - eating healthy, food eating healthy, food safety... safety...

• Crops & Nursery - Crops & Nursery - soil test lab, diagnostics, soil test lab, diagnostics, pests...  pests...  

• Health & Safety - Health & Safety - disease & poison disease & poison prevention, immunizations, fitness... prevention, immunizations, fitness...

• Environment & Natural Resources - Environment & Natural Resources - forestry, wildlife, landowner education... forestry, wildlife, landowner education...

• Home Garden, Lawn & Landscape - Home Garden, Lawn & Landscape - plants, plants, grass, trees, pests, home landscaping... grass, trees, pests, home landscaping...

• Family - Family - parenting, child care, consumer parenting, child care, consumer education...education...

• 4-H4-H• Aquaculture/CatfishAquaculture/Catfish• Business Business

AssistanceAssistance• Community/GovtCommunity/Govt• CropsCrops• Environmental Environmental

QualityQuality• Farm ManagementFarm Management• Farm SafetyFarm Safety• FoodFood

• ForestryForestry• Health, Home, Health, Home,

FamilyFamily• Insects, Plant Insects, Plant

Diseases, Diseases, InsecticidesInsecticides

• Lawns & GardensLawns & Gardens• LeadershipLeadership• LivestockLivestock• PoultryPoultry• Wildlife & FisheriesWildlife & Fisheries

ANR, Environment, Forest ANR, Environment, Forest Resource, Lawn & Garden, EtcResource, Lawn & Garden, Etc• ANRANR

• Animal AgricultureAnimal Agriculture• Commercial Horticulture, Nursery, & Commercial Horticulture, Nursery, &

TurfTurf• Farm Health & SafetyFarm Health & Safety• Field CropsField Crops• Food Safety & ProcessingFood Safety & Processing• Pest ControlPest Control• Specialty CropsSpecialty Crops

ANRANR

• Agriculture & Food Agriculture & Food PolicyPolicy

• AquacultureAquaculture• Crops, Soils, and Crops, Soils, and

Water MgmtWater Mgmt• EngineeringEngineering• Environmental Environmental

ManagementManagement• Farm and Home Farm and Home

BiosecurityBiosecurity

• Farm PlanningFarm Planning• ForestryForestry• HorticultureHorticulture• Livestock and Livestock and

ForagesForages• MarketingMarketing• Pest ManagementPest Management• PoultryPoultry• Specialty AgricultureSpecialty Agriculture

Core ValuesCore ValuesLG Functions - NationalLG Functions - National

• Addresses relevant, needs-driven Addresses relevant, needs-driven prioritiespriorities

• Involves active, broad-based, Involves active, broad-based, stakeholder engagementstakeholder engagement

• Responds to stakeholder needs-Responds to stakeholder needs-driven priorities through flexible driven priorities through flexible redirection of resourcesredirection of resources

PrinciplesPrinciples

• Integrates research, education Integrates research, education and Extensionand Extension

• Demonstrates accountability to Demonstrates accountability to stakeholders and funding stakeholders and funding partners partners • Setting of prioritiesSetting of priorities• Use of fundsUse of funds

PrinciplesPrinciples

• Stabilizes and enhances resource Stabilizes and enhances resource funding through a portfolio of funding through a portfolio of funding mechanismsfunding mechanisms

• Builds new and expands existing Builds new and expands existing arrangements that promote arrangements that promote collaboration and cooperationcollaboration and cooperation