NORTH CENTRAL MULTISTATE PROJECTS

March 1, 2007 - Sept 30, 2008

Last update: 02/26/2008


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Project No.

Title

Administrative Advisor
(Date Appointed)/
CSREES Representative

NCAC Advisory
Comm.

Date Started

Midterm
Review
Date

Term Date

Status/Comments

NC Projects (Administrative Advisor will be limited to two, five-year periods)

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NC-7

Conservation, Management, Enhancement and Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources

W. Wintersteen, IA (02)

A. Thro, CSREES

1, 4

07/47

2010

09/12

Project approved 2007.

NC-100

MRF Administration, Planning and Coordination

A. Leholm, NCRA

M. Broussard, CSREES

N/A

07/59

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09/29

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NC-140

Improving Economic and Environmental Sustainability in Tree-fruit Production Through Changes in Rootstock Use

W. Randle, OH (07)

T. Bewick, CSREES

4

10/77

2010

09/12

Project approved 2007.

NC-170

Personal Protective Technologies for Current and Emerging Occupational Hazards
NC-170 Home Page

M. DeLong, MN (04)

J. Wysocki, CSREES

5

10/82

2010

09/12

Project approved 2007.

NC-205

Ecology and Management of European Corn Borer and Other Lepidopteran Pests of Corn

S. Pueppke, MI (01)

R. Nowierski, CSREES

1, 15

12/90

2008

09/10

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NC-213

Marketing and Delivery of Quality Cereals and Oilseeds
NC-213 Home Page (includes Minutes)

W. Ravlin, OH (01)

D. R. Rao, CSREES

1, 12

10/94

2006

09/08

Project approved at
March 2003 NCRA Mtg.

NC-229

Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Disease (PRRS): Methods for the Integrated Control, Prevention and Elimination of PRRS in United States Swine Herds

D. Benfield, OH (99)

P. Johnson, CSREES

2, 6

10/99

2002

09/09

Project renewed March 2004;
retains current number NC229.

NC-1004

Genetic and Functional Genomic Approaches to Improve Production and Quality of Pork

B. Stromberg, MN (02)

D. Hamernik/M. Qureshi, CSREES

2, 6

10/02

2005

09/07

Project approved.
New term date Sept 2007.

Will become NC1037.

NC-1005

Landscape Ecology of White-Tailed Deer in Agro-Forest Ecosystems: A Cooperative Approach to Support Management
New NC-1005 Proposed Objectives

S. Winterstein, MI (05)

B. Menzel, CSREES

10

10/02

2005

09/08

Terminating Sept 2008

NC-1006

Methods to Increase Reproductive Efficiency in Cattle (NC-113)

W. Ravlin, OH (01)

D. Hamernik, CSREES

6

07/72

2005

09/07

Project approved.
New term date Sept 2007.

Will become NC1038.

NC-1007

Enteric Diseases of Swine and Cattle: Prevention, Control and Food Safety (NC-62)

B. Stromberg, MN (03)

D. Morris, CSREES

2, 6, 22

07/62

2005

09/07

Project approved.
New term date Sept 2007.

Will become NC1041.

NC-1008

Advanced Technologies for the Genetic Improvement of Poultry (was NC-168)

M. Saif, OH (05)

M.A. Qureshi, CSREES

6

10/82

2006

09/08

Project approved at
March 2003 NCRA Mtg. 

NC-1009

Metabolic Relationships in Supply of Nutrients for Lactating Cows (NC-185)

D. Benfield, OH (99)

G. Cromwell/L. Miller, CSREES

6

10/87

2005

09/07

Project approved.
New term date Sept 2007.

Will become NC1040.

NC-1010

Interpreting Cattle Genomics Data: Biology, Applications and Outreach(NC-209)

D. Beermann, NE (05)

D. Hamernik, CSREES

2, 6

10/92

2005

09/07

Project approved 2002.

Will become NCDC213 with new term date Sept 2009.

NC-1011

Rural Low-Income Families: Tracking their Well-being and Function in an Era of Welfare Reform (NC223)

R. Douthitt, WI (05)

C. Crocoll, CSREES

5

10/98

2006

09/08

Project approved at
March 2003 NCRA Mtg. 

NC-1012

Improved Crop and Livestock Management for Protecting the Non-Glaciated Upper Mississippi Valley (NCT186)

R. Straub, WI (05)

M.A. Rozum, CSREES

1, 6

10/03

2006

09/08

Project approved at
July 2003 NCRA Mtg. 

NC-1013

The Economic and Psychological Determinatnts of Household Savings Behavior (NCT191)

R. Douthitt, WI (03)

J. Schuchardt, CSREES

5

10/03

2006

09/08

Project approved at
July 2003 NCRA Mtg. 

NC-1014

Agricultural and Rural Finance Markets in Transition (NCT194 and NC221)

 S. Hanson, MI (05)

J. Schuchardt, CSREES

12

10/04

2007

09/09

Approved at
March 2004 meeting. 

NC-1016

Economic Assessment of Changes in Trade Arrangements, Bio-terrorism Threats and Renewable Fuels Requirements on the U.S. Grain and Oilseed Sector (NCT195 and NC224)

S. Thompson, IN (05)

 

H. Bahn, CSREES

12, 22

10/04

2007

09/09

Approved at
March 2004 meeting. 

NC-1017

Carbon Sequestration and Distribution in Soils of Eroded Landscapes (NCT199 and NC174)
 NC1017 External Homepage (includes minutes)

G. Cunningham (NE)

 

L. Tupas, CSREES

1

10/04

2007

09/09

Approved at
March 2004 meeting. 

NC-1018

Impact of Climate and Soils on Crop Selection and Management (NC094)

M. Schmitt, MN (08)

L. Tupas, CSREES

1

10/04

2007

09/09

Approved at
March 2004 meeting. 

NC-1019

Control of Emerging and Re-emerging Poultry Respiratory Diseases in the United States (NC-228)
 NC-1019 Homepage

D. Reynolds (07)

P. Johnson, CSREES

2

10/04

2007

09/09

Approved at March 2004 meeting. 

NC-1020

Beef Cattle Grazing Systems that Improve Production and Profitability While Minimizing Risk and Environmental Impacts (NC225)

J. Baker (06)

L. Miller/G. Cromwell,CSREES

1, 6

10/04

2007

09/09

Approved for five years at
July 2006 meeting. 

NC-1021

Nitrogen Cycling, Loading, and Use Efficiency in Forage-Based Livestock Production Systems (formerly NCT-196 and NC-189)

D. Schaefer, WI (05)

 

J.P. Jones, CSREES

1, 6

10/04

2007

09/09

Approved for five years at
July 2006 meeting. 

NC-1022

The Chemical and Physical Nature of Particulate Matter Affecting Air, Water and Soil Quality (NCR174)

R. Turco, IN (05)

 

R. Knighton, CSREES

1

10/04

2007

09/09

Approved at
March 2004 meeting. 

NC-1023

Improvement of Thermal and Alternative Processes for Food

J. Kirby, SD (07)

H. Chen, CSREES

16, 22

07/75

2008

09/10

Approved at NCRA
April 2005 meeting.
NC-1024

Domestic Surveillance, Diagnosis, And Therapy Of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies

S. Sreevatsan, MN (08)

M. Robertson, G. Sherman, CSREES

2

12/90

2008

09/10

 Approved at NCRA
July 2005 meeting.
NC-1025

Mycotoxins:Biosecurity and Food Safety

B. R. Durgan, MN (97)

K. Cardwell, CSREES

14

12/90

2008

09/10

 Approved at NCRA
July 2005 meeting.
NC-1026

Characterize Weed Population Dynamics for Improved Long-Term Weed Management Decision Making

D. Buhler, MI (05)

J. V. Parochetti, CSREES

1, 4

12/90

2008

09/10

 Approved at NCRA
July 2005 meeting.

NC-1027

Evolving Pathogens, Targeted Sequences, and Strategies for Control of Bovine Respiratory Diseases (NC107)
Annual Report

E. K. Asem, IN (01)

D. L. Morris, CSREES 

2, 6

07/71

2009

09/11

Approved at NCRA
March 2006 meeting.

NC-1028

Using Stage Based Intervention to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Young Adults (NC219)

D. Savaiano, IN (98)

S. Welsh, CSREES

5, 22

10/96

2009

09/11

Approved at NCRA
March 2006 meeting.

NC-1029

Applied Animal Behavior and Welfare (NCR131)

D. H. Beermann, NE (01)

 

R. Reynnells, CSREES

2, 6

10/81

2009

09/11

Approved at NCRA
March 2006 meeting.

NC-1030

Family Firms and Policy (NE167)

D. Hess, SD (06)

 

J. Schuchardt, CSREES

2, 6

10/06

2009

09/11

Approved at NCRA
March 2006 meeting.

NC-1031

Nanotechnology and Biosensors

V. Bralts, IN (04)

 

H. Chen, CSREES

16, 22

10/06

2009

09/11

Approved at NCRA
March 2006 meeting.

NC-1032

 Assessing Nitrogen Mineralization And Other Diagnostic Criteria To Refine Nitrogen Rates For Crops And Minimize Losses

S. Blodgett, SD (07)

M. Morant, CSREES

1

10/06

2009

09/11

Approved June 2006.

NC-1033

Local food choices, eating patterns, and population health (NC1001)

CY Wang, SD (05)

E. Tuckermanty/S. Maggard/
E. P. Thomas/M. Bailey, CSREES

5, 13, 22

10/06

2009

09/11

Approved June 2006.

NC-1034

Impact Analyses and Decision Strategies for Agricultural Research (NC1003)

M. Martin, IN (02)

M. Bailey, CSREES

12, 13, 24

10/06

2009

09/11

Approved June 2006.

NC-1035

Practical Management of SCN and Other Nematodes of Regional Importance: With Special Reference to Invasive Biology (NCDC206)

S. G. Pueppke, IL (98)

J. Green, CSREES

14, 15

10/06

2009

09/11

Approved June 2006.

NC1036

 Research and Education Support for the Renewal of an Agriculture of the Middle A. Baquet, NE (06)

H. Bahn/P. Hipple, CSREES

 12 10/06 2009 09/11 Approved June 2006.

NC-1037

Genetic and Functional Genomic Approaches to Improve Production and Quality of Pork (NC-1004)

B. Stromberg, MN (02)

D. Hamernik/M. Qureshi, CSREES

2, 6

10/02

2010

09/12

Project approved 2007.

NC-1038

 Methods to Increase Reproductive Efficiency in Cattle (NC1006)

W. Ravlin, OH (01)

D. Hamernik, CSREES

6

07/72

2010

09/12

Project approved 2007.

NC-1039

N-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Human Health and Disease (NC-1167)

G. Cunningham, NE (06)

S. Welsh, CSREES

5, 22

10/82

2010

09/12

Project approved 2007.
NC-1040

Metabolic Relationships in Supply of Nutrients for Lactating Cows (NC-1009)

D. Benfield, OH (99)

G. Cromwell/L. Miller, CSREES

6

10/87

2010

09/12

Project approved July 2007.

NC-1041

Enteric Diseases of Swine and Cattle: Prevention, Control and Food Safety (NC-1007)

B. Stromberg, MN (03)

D. Morris, CSREES

2, 6, 22

07/62

2010

09/12

Project approved July 2007.
NC-1042

Management Systems to Improve the Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Dairy Enterprises
NC-1042 Home Page

D. Benfield, OH (04)

B. Eastwood, CSREES

6, 12

07/72

2010

09/12

Project approved July 2007.

NC-1100

Rural Development, Work and Poverty in the North Central Region

J. Colletti, IA (06)

S. Maggard, CSREES

12, 13

10/04

2006

09/09

Approved at NCRA
July 2004 meeting.

NC-1119

Management Systems to Improve the Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Dairy Enterprises
NC-1119 Home Page

D. Benfield, OH (04)

B. Eastwood, CSREES

6, 12

07/72

2005

09/07

Project approved.
New term date Sept 2007.

NC-1131

Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Skeletal Muscle Growth and Differentiation
NC-1131 Home Page (includes Minutes)

A. Grant, IN (05)

D. Hamernik, CSREES

6

07/75

2008

09/10

 Approved at NCRA
April 2005 meeting.

 

NC-1168

Regulation of Photosynthetic Processes (NC-142)

I. Goldman, WI (05)

G. McLean, CSREES

1, 4

10/77

 2010 09/12 Project approved 2007.
               

NC 500 Projects (Fast-Track)

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NC-506

 BioEnergy and BioProducts R. Straub, WI (06)

P. Hipple, CSREES

 16

1/07

N/A

12/08

 Extended to 12/08.
NC-507 Midwest Poultry Research Program W. Wintersteen, IA (07)

R. Reyynells, CSREES

 TBA 5/07 N/A 5/08 .
NC-508 Sustainable Solutions to Problems Affecting Honey Bee Health S. Ramaswamy, IN (07)

H.J. Meyer, M.F. Purcell, G Crosby, CSREES

 TBA 7/07 N/A 7/09 .
NC-509 Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute W. Wintersteen, IA (07) TBA 7/07 N/A 9/08 .
NC-510 Addressing Hypoxia Issue Associated with the Upper Mississippi River Basin J. Colletti, IA (07) TBA 7/07 N/A 9/08 .

NCAC Committees (Administrative Advisor will be limited to six years)

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NCAC-1

Crop and Soil Research

K. Grafton, ND (05)

R. Knighton, CSREES

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NCAC-2

Animal Health Advisory Committee

D. Reynolds, IA (00)

P. Johnson/D. Morris, CSREES

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NCAC-4

Horticultural Crops

TBA

T. Bewick, CSREES

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NCAC-5

Human Sciences

R. Douthitt, WI (06)

S. Welsh, CSREES

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NCAC-6

Livestock Production

D. Marshall, SD (05)

M. Qureshi/D. Hamernik, CSREES

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NCAC-10

Forestry and Forest Products

F.A. Ponce de Leon MN (06)

C. Blanche, CSREES

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NCAC-12

Agricultural Economics

M. Martin, IN (05)

F. Hunt, CSREES

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NCAC-13

Rural Sociology

W. Wintersteen, IA (IA)

S. Maggard, CSREES

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NCAC-14

Plant Pathology

S. Slack, OH (04)

K. Cardwell, CSREES

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NCAC-15

Entomology and Economic Zoology

T. Payne, MO (01)

H. Meyer/R. Nowierski, CSREES

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NCAC-16

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

R. Straub, WI (06)

B. K. Rein/R.O. Hegg, CSREES

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NCAC-22

Food Science and Human Nutrition

D. Savaiano, IN (03) 

D. Rao, CSREES

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NCAC-23

Fisheries and Wildlife

F.A. Ponce de Leon MN (06)

B. Menzel/ F. Hunt, CSREES

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NCAC-24

Agricultural Education Research

G. Lemme, MI (05)

H. Bahn, CSREES

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NCCC Committees (Administrative Advisor will be limited to two, five-year positions)

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NCCC-9

MWPS: Research and Extension Educational Materials  
 NCCC-9 Home Page

G. Miller, IA (05)

B. Rein, CSREES

12, 16

09/80

2007

09/09

New proposal approved
March 2004.

NCCC-22

Small Fruit and Viticulture Research

R. Perry, MI (06)

T. Bewick, CSREES

4

09/80

2009

09/11

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NCCC-31

Ecophysiological Aspects of Forage Management
NCCC-31 Home Page (includes Minutes)

D. Buhler, MI (06)

J. P. Jones, CSREES

1

09/80

2002

09/09

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NCCC-42

Committee on Swine Nutrition

N. Merchen, IL (03)

M. Mirando/G. Cromwell, CSREES

6

09/80

2007

09/09

New proposal approved for
three years March 2004.

NCCC-46

Development, Optimization and Delivery of Management Strategies for Corn Rootworms and Other Below-ground Insect Pests of Maize

S. G. Pueppke, IL (98)

H. Meyer/R. Nowierski, CSREES

1, 15

09/80

2009

09/11

New proposal approved
March 2006.