S US NG H IG IGH C OST USTAINI AINING R ESEA RCH AND T EACHI NG F ACI LITIES SEARCH CHING CILITIES AND P ROGR MS ROGRAMS Pau Paul l M. M. Pat Patter erson, son, Ph Ph.D. .D. Associat sociate e Dean an for Instru structi ction on Coll llege ege of Agriculture culture Aubu burn rn Un Univ iversity sity
BEEF BEE OVERVIEW TE TEACHING CHING • Not sure that we have the answers … CE CENT NTER ER • Our facilities are managed at the department level – budgeting, staffing, operations • Focus primarily on facilities — facilities on AU campus; will comment on programs • Focus is on personnel and operating costs; do not address capital costs
BEE BEEF TE TEACHING CHING CE CENT NTER ER FEATURES ES • Department of Animal Sciences • Built in 2003 • Has two animal metabolism rooms & a prep lab for beef cattle research projects • Has two working chutes (manual & hydraulic) Has a modern classroom & conference room • • Is AAALAC International Accredited • Serves as a teaching laboratory • Herd consists of approximately 40 registered Angus & 20 registered Beefmaster cows.
BEE BEEF BEEF TEACHING CENTER (FY ‘12) TE TEACHING CHING Total Funding: $193,000 Total Expenditures: $193,000 CE CENT NTER ER 250 200 $ Thousands 150 Other Personnel Sales Operating 100 Budget 50 0 Expenditures Funding
LAM AMBER BERT-PO POWEL WELL MEA MEATS LA LABO BORA RATORY ORY FEATURES ES • Department of Animal Sciences • State of the art teaching, research, and extension facility • Research is conducted in the areas of meat quality, meat processing, & food safety Fully functional inspected facility under the jurisdiction of the U.S.D.A. • • Has a retail sales room open to the public, sales include: fresh pork and beef, as well as bacon, sausages, smoked brisket and ham
BEE BEEF LAMBERT-POWELL MEATS LABORATORY (FY ‘12) TE TEACHING CHING Total Funding: $430,000 Total Expenditures: $429,000 CENT CE NTER ER 500 450 400 350 $ Thousands 300 Other Personnel 250 Sales Operating 200 Budget 150 100 50 0 Expenditures Funding
HORS HORSE CE CENTE NTER FEATURES ES Department of Animal Sciences • • Center for equine teaching, research, extension and performance activities • Used each semester for demonstrations and hands-on laboratories • The Auburn University NCAA Women’s Equestrian Team calls the center home for daily practices and competitions Sits on 60 acres, is home to 50-70 Quarter Horses, Thoroughbreds, and warmbloods. • Barn includes a 10- stall barn, covered farrier, and veterinary treatment area, laboratory space, two tack rooms, locker room, and office. • Has two outdoor performance arenas
BEE BEEF HORSE CENTER (FY ‘12) TE TEACHING CHING Total Funding: $312,000 Total Expenditures: $311,000 CENT CE NTER ER 350 300 250 $ Thousands 200 Other Personnel Sales 150 Operating Budget 100 50 0 Expenditures Funding
SWI WINE NE RESEARCH RE SEARCH & ED EDUC UCATION TION & CENTER CEN TER FEATURES ES Department of Animal Sciences • • Farrow to finish facility constructed in 2006 • Student employees are involved in all aspects of production, from breeding and delivery of piglets through feeding and care of hogs bound for processing. • Research is conducted in the areas of swine nutrition, growth biology, reproductive biology, and nutrient management • Follows biosecurity practices, including shower-in, shower-out procedures for all employees and visitors to protect the health of the animals.
BEE BEEF SWINE RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER (FY ‘12) TEACHING TE CHING Total Funding: $226,000 Total Expenditures: $226,000 CE CENT NTER ER 250 200 $ Thousands 150 Other Personnel Sales Operating 100 Budget 50 0 Expenditures Funding
E. E.W. . SH SHELL ELL FISHE FI SHERIES RIES CE CENTE NTER FEATURES ES School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences • • Approximately 1,606 acres with 235 ponds (220 acres of water) • Center used for research and teaching in aquaculture, aquatic ecology, and fisheries management. • The Center for Aquatic Resources Management consists of an administration building with more than 20,000 square feet and a 17,000 plus-square-foot laboratory building. • Center contains a teaching lab, hatchery, meeting room, holding area for sorting weighing and counting fish, and a marker room open for public sales
BEE BEEF E.W. SHELL FISHERIES CENTER (FY ‘12) TE TEACHING CHING Total Funding: $989,000 Total Expenditures: $1,012,000 CENT CE NTER ER 1200 1000 $ Thousands 800 Other Personnel 600 Sales Operating Budget 400 200 0 Expenditures Funding
PO POULTRY TRY RESE RE SEARCH ARCH FARM ARM FEATU TURES RES Department of Poultry Science • • 21 different buildings, includes a processing plant with further processing and test kitchen, hatchery, feed mill, 8 floor pen houses, cage layer hose, battery house, 2 environmental houses, and a bio containment house • Research areas include: nutrition, gut health, disease, vaccine, validation of new products for F.D.A. approval, meat quality, food pad quality, and validation processing equipment
AN ANIM IMAL AL NUTRITI NU TRITION ON CE CENTE NTER FEATURES ES • Department of Poultry Science • Opened in 2012 $7.1 million dollar facility • • Housed inside a 12,500 square foot building • 9 modules 40 x 8 x 9 which comprise all equipment • Small scale adaptation of a commercial facility • Designed for students hand on learning Increase process control to meet research needs well into future • • Expand Auburn extension mission via industry short courses • Provide diets for other university animals
BEE BEEF POULTRY RESEARCH FARM AND FEEDMILL (FY ‘12) TEACHING TE CHING Total Funding: $1,054,000 Total Expenditures: $1,214,000 CE CENT NTER ER 1100 1050 $ Thousands 1000 Other Personnel Sales Operating 950 Budget 900 850 Expenditures Funding
RSON PATE TERSO GRE REENHOUS OUSE FEATURES Department of Horticulture • • Established in 1947, renovated in 2002 • Serves the Cooperative extension, research, and instruction needs of undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty for work in greenhouse production, outdoor nursery production, and fruits and vegetables. 8 acre facility comprised of 87,120 square feet of outdoor irrigated nursery, • 22,500 square feet of greenhouse space, a retractable-roof house, 4 shade houses, a soil mixing/potting building, offices, pesticide storage, walk-in cooler, and a fully-equipped classroom.
BEE BEEF PATERSON GREENHOUSE (FY ‘12) TE TEACHING CHING Total Funding: $46,000 Total Expenditures: $78,000 CE CENT NTER ER 50 45 40 35 $ Thousands 30 Other Personnel 25 Sales Operating 20 Budget 15 10 5 0 Expenditures Funding
BEE BEEF OTHER FACILITIES TE TEACHING CHING TOTAL CENT CE NTER ER FACILITY DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES (FY ‘12) Turfgrass Unit Crop, Soil, & Environmental Sciences $30,000 Soils Testing Lab Crop, Soil, & Environmental Sciences $334,000 Research Biosystems Engineering $52,000 Instrumentation Lab Genomics & Sequencing Entomology & Plant Pathology $101,000 Lab West Alabama Fish Fisheries, Aquaculture, & Aquatic $203,000 Farming Center Sciences AUMERC & AU Shellfish Fisheries, Aquaculture, & Aquatic $653,000 Lab Sciences
BEE BEEF ALL AU FACILITIES (FY ‘12) TE TEACHING CHING Total Funding: $4,576,000 Total Expenditures: $4,837,000 CE CENT NTER ER 5,000 4,500 4,000 3,500 $ Thousands 3,000 Other Personnel 2,500 Sales Operating 2,000 Budget 1,500 1,000 500 0 Expenditures Funding
BEE BEEF OPTIONS & OPPORTUNITIES TE TEACHING CHING • Funding (Revenues) CENT CE NTER ER – Public • Legislative support – Not likely • Private support (Gifts or research collaboration) – Possible • Additional support from Extension - Possible • More sales – Possible, but marginal impact – Faculty • Charges for use of facilities (grants) – Students • Course fees/program fees
BEE BEEF OPTIONS & OPPORTUNITIES TE TEACHING CHING • Expenditures CENT CE NTER ER – Personnel Expenses • Achieve some economies of scope • Higher manager/instructors – Operating Expenses • Manage expenses across units • Programs – Simulations/Video Demonstrations/Distance Ed – Regional collaborations
Recommend
More recommend