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Permalink Reply by Gary Roberson on September 8, 2008 at 4:11pm

Paring this list down from here is going to be challenging. At first glance, consolidations do not readily present themselves. The one that seems a bit out of place to me, and I am not suggesting dropping it, is Human and Community Resource Development. Would someone like to expand on that topic?

Permalink Reply by Cathy Swift on September 22, 2008 at 1:50pm

I believe on the call today it was determined that issues such as FFA, etc. would be included here. So, the question now is, does everyone agree with these categories? Is this what we should use?

Permalink Reply by Mark Rieger on February 17, 2009 at 12:23pm

Group: I would consolidate to get down to the following main categories:

Ag & Bio Eng (include irrigation and precision agriculture as subcategories)
Ag Ed, Communications, extension, and leadership
Ag, Env & Dev economics
Animal Sciences (include Vet sci as a subcategory)
Environment, ecology, forestry, and natural resources (include soil and water sciences, entomology as subcategories)
Plant sciences (horticulture, turf, plant pathology, crop sci, agronomy, entomology as it relates to crops)
Family and community sciences (to replace human and community resource development)
Food science and human nutrition

that gets it down to 8 main categories. You could make another consolidation called "rural sociology, consumer and resource economics" (or the like) and combine #3 and #7.

Permalink Reply by Lee Altier on March 16, 2009 at 2:14pm

I like this consolidation. Mark, for #7, did you mean, "community services"? The further consolidation of #3 and 7 would probably also be good.

Permalink Reply by Ron Ramming on March 17, 2009 at 7:19am

I think Mark's categories are very appropriate and organize the various disciplines in a logical manner. I also agree that the list could be further consolidated by combining #3 and #7.

Permalink Reply by James Perey on March 31, 2009 at 8:45am

I like the consolidation supplied by Mark as well. The only area I see missing is aquaculture/fisheries. I'm assuming they would be sub classified under animal science. Any thoughts?

Permalink Reply by Gary Roberson on May 10, 2009 at 2:53pm

I can agree with this grouping. I do not see an advantage to consolidating #3 and #7. They are diverse enough to stand alone. I also like the idea of adding an Aquaculture category.