USDAARS, USDACSREES

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USDA-ARS, USDA-CSREES Stakeholder Workshop
Chip Morgan, Exec. Vice President Delta Council
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Issues of Presentation
Broaden understanding of opportunities
problems facing aquaculture industry Role of
research education in global competitiveness Ho
w to get research out to the field
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ISSUES OF ORIGIN
Agriculture Highway Development Flood Control
Founded 1935
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The Delta

• 6.5 m total acres
• 200 miles long and 65 miles wide
• Gently slopes 1/2 foot per mile
• 1.3 billion in annual Ag production
• 400 million cotton production
• 140 million rice production
• 240 million catfish production
• 340 million soybean production
• 821.3m in manufacturing wages
• 28,286 jobs in manufacturing
• 41,000 jobs in farming allied ag businesses

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Not everyone is lucky enough to live
upstream. - Mark Twain
41 of land surface of U.S., 31 states 2
provinces of Canada
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May 1991
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School Bus
MS River Levee
1997
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Delta Wells Tested 1988-2007

• 621 well tested
• 600 wells with no detectable contaminant
  concentrations
• 21 wells with detectable contaminant
  concentrations
• Only 1 well found to contain contaminant
  concentrations exceeding safe levels established
  for drinking water by EPA (resampling of this
  well has indicated levels are now within safe
  drinking water standards)

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Aquifer Declines
Delta Water Level Change from October 1997 to
October 2007
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PYCO Industries, Inc
F C W I Federal Compress and Warehouse, Inc.
Source MSU
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December 2009 Corn CBOT
2001-2006 Average 2.30/bu.
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November 2009 Soybeans CBOT
2001-2006 Average 5.85/bu.
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July 2009 Wheat CBOT
2001-2006 Average 3.47/bu.
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Frozen U.S. Catfish v. Imported Catfish-like
Fillet Sales in the U.S. 2000 - October 2007
Million lb
64
80
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16
8
8
7
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Less than 10 of U.S. market share for beef,
poultry, eggs, hogs, and milk is imported,
according to Mississippi State University sources.
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Imported Catfish Frozen Fillets (million
pounds)
100
80
60
40
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03
04
05
06
07
02
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Imported Tilapia Frozen Dressed and Fillets
(million pounds)
400
300
200
100
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03
04
05
06
01
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STONEVILLE RESEARCH COMPLEX

• USDA-Agricultural Research Service
• MSU-Delta Research Extension Center
• USDA-Forest Service (Center for Bottomland
  Hardwoods Research)
• Yazoo MS Delta Joint Water Management District
• USDA-Southern Regional Aquaculture Center
• USDA-Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture
  Center
• USDA-Wildlife Services
• USDA-Weather Center
• Delta Council
• Delta Wildlife/Delta F.A.R.M.

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STONEVILLE RESEARCH COMPLEX
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