Managing Global Resources for a Secure Future

2017 Annual Meeting | Oct. 22-25 | Tampa, FL

258 Symposium--Long-Term Agro-Ecosystem Research (LTAR)

Oral Session
ASA Section: Agronomic Production Systems
Long-Term Agro-ecosystem Research (LTAR) locations have been identified to conduct research that has impact related to resilience and stability of agricultural production over the long-term.  These talks will provide insight into the goal, creation and development of research objectives of this program.
Cosponsor(s):

ASA Section: Agronomic Production Systems
C03 Crop Ecology, Management and Quality
SSSA Division: Soil and Water Management and Conservation

Tuesday, October 24, 2017: 1:30 PM-3:35 PM
Tampa Convention Center, Room 14

Organizers:
Matt A. Yost and William F. Anderson
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:57 PM
A Conceptual Model of Agroecosystem Function As a Basis for Synthesis.
Brandon Bestelmeyer, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range; Sheri Spiegal, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range; Timothy Strickland, USDA-ARS; Hilary Swain, Archbold Biological Station; Raoul Boughton, University of Florida – IFAS, Range Cattle Research and Education Center; Elizabeth H Boughton, MacArthur Agro-ecology Research Center
2:09 PM
Sustainable Intensification of U.S. Agriculture: Aspirations, Barriers, and the Role of the Ltar Network.
Sheri Spiegal, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range; Brandon Bestelmeyer, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range
2:21 PM
Question and Answer 1
2:26 PM
2:36 PM
Addressing Biological Linkages with the USDA Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Network.
Hilary Swain, Archbold Biological Station; Elizabeth Boughton, Archbold Biological Station; Raoul Boughton, University of Florida; Maria Lucia A. Silveira, University of Florida
2:46 PM
Hydrologic Budgets across the Long-Term Agroecosystems Research Network.
Claire Baffaut, USDA-ARS; Erin Brooks, University of Idaho; Fred Pierson, USDA-ARS; Eleonora Demaria, USDA-ARS; Dave Goodrich, USDA-ARS; Emile Elias, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range; David Hoover, USDA-ARS; Mark A. Liebig, USDA-ARS; Daniel Moriasi, USDA-ARS; Daren Harmel, USDA-ARS Center for Agricultural Resources Research (CARR); Douglas R Smith, USDA-ARS Grassland Soil & Water Research Lab; Jane Okalebo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Thomas B. Moorman, USDA-ARS; lindsey Yasarer, USDA-ARS; Stephen Hamilton, Michigan State University; David Bosch, USDA-ARS Southeast Watershed Research Lab; Kevin King, USDA-ARS; Amartya Saha, MacArthur Agro-ecology Research Center; Anthony R. Buda, USDA-ARS; Gregory W. McCarty, USDA-ARS
2:56 PM
Regional and National Agroecosystem Ltar Climate Representativeness.
Phil Heilman, USDA-ARS Southwest Watershed Research; Guillermo E Ponce-Campos, Southwest Watershed Research
3:06 PM
Question and Answer 2
3:23 PM
Reception
3:35 PM
Adjourn