Overview of Horticultural Programs at the MU Bradford Research Center
An Overview of the MU Bradford Reserach and Extension Center
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50+ Years-A Statewide Mission
Research at BRECBreeding, Physiology, and Plant Protection
Research at BREC
What’s New?Rainout Shelters
What’s NewSalt Water Shrimp?!
BiofuelsMiscanthus gigantheus
Mixed Stand of Natives-Good For Wildlife and Livestock
Research-Cover Crops/Soil Health/Sustainability
Tillage Radish in Late OctoberLeft-planted August Right volunteer
0.75 lbs5.75 lbs
A Thick Mulch-No-Till
Cover Crops In Vegetable Production
A New Project Organic Grain Production
A New Project: Pollinators/Diversity Using Natives and Cover Crops
Field Days, Clinics and Workshops
Hail School Native Plant Field Day Weed/IPM Field Day Crop Injury and Diagnostic
Clinic Integrating Bob White
Quail in Agriculture Tomato Festival FFA Field Day Numerous Septic Systems
Installation and Inspections
Crop Injury and Diagnostic Clinic
Outreach and ExtensionIPM Field Day
This is Where We Were 10 Years AgoHow Do We Reach Out to
Those Who Are Not Traditionally Our
Audience?
Farmer Yield Day
Modern Agriculture, Conservation and Wildlife on
the Same Page
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What Does Everyone Like That We Can Really Promote?
Tomato Festival
Tomato Festival
Tomato Festival
Tomato Festival
Tomato Festival Results 2012 Ratings based on 1-5 with 1 being the best
Cultivar/Variety Rating
Paul Robeson 1.00 Green Doctors 1.73 Sunsugar 1.86 Cour de Bue 2.00 Garden Peach 2.08 Tomatillo Purple 2.09 Cherry Roma 2.16 Galinas 2.19 Lemon Boy 2.19 Sungold 2.23 Sweets Treats Hybrid 2.26 Pink Brandymaster 2.27 Carbon 2.28 Cisineros Tomatillo 2.33 Pineapple Tomatillo 2.33 Yellow Cherry 2.33 Pink Show Me 2.35 Chocolate Cherry 2.36 Mountain Spring 2.36 Husk Cherry Goldie 2.37 Yellow Husk Tomato 2.38 Mr. Stripey 2.38 Pink Girl 2.39 Favorite Cherry Red 2.40 Sweet Seedless 2.41 Tangerine 2.50 Missouri Pink Love Apple 2.52 Toma Verde Tomatillo 2.52 Purple Callabash 2.53 Bradley 2.54 Red Brandywine 2.55 Purple Russian 2.57 Orange Paruche 2.58
Pink Brandywine 2.59 Orange Oxheart 2.59 Sweet Chelsea 2.60 Fletcher 2.61 Zmirucht 2.63 Mountain Gold 2.66 Ozark Wonder 2.66 BHN 589 2.66 Beefmaster 2.66 Goliath 2.68 Trust 2.68 Delicious 2.69 Goldie 2.70 Mr. Underwoods Pink German Giant 2.70 Red Bounty 2.71 Black Pear 2.71 Ground Cherry 2.72 Scarlet Red 2.72 Security 28 2.73 Napa Grape 2.74 Biltmore 2.74 Jet Star 2.75 Mountain Delight 2.75 Ultra Sweet 2.76 Mountain Pride 2.77 Big Daddy 2.79 Supersonic 2.80 Arkansas Traveler 2.80 Rose de Berne 2.84 Mortage Lifter 2.86 Dixie Golden Giant 2.88 Sugary Hybrid 2.88 Believe It or Not 2.88 Dagma's Perfection 2.88 Green Zebra 2.89 Peron 2.89 Clear Pink Early 2.90 Tasti-Lee 2.91 Dr. Wyches Yellow 2.92 Rose 2.94 HM 8849 2.95 Heatwave II 2.95 Persimmon 2.95
Sweet Corn-What’s Your Favorite?
Just For Fun!Sweet Corn Tasting
2012 Sweet Corn Taste Test
Ratings Based on 1-5 with 1 being the best
Hybrid Rating
GSS0966 1.50
Obsession II 1.50
Ambrosia 1.71
BC0822 1.75
Symmetry 1.80
BSS0977 1.88
Jackpot 1.92
Cinderella 1.92
Mirai 351BC 2.00
Honey Select 2.06
WH0809 2.10
Ka Ching 2.25
Xtra Tender 3673 2.25
BC0805 2.40
BSS0982 2.63
Providence 2.70
Incredible 2.77
GH0851 2.80
Applause 2.96
Innovation 3.04
Awesome 3.08
Peaches and Cream 3.32
Bodacious 3.71
Added Melons Too
Donations to the Mid Missouri Food Bank
Educational Events and Demonstrations
Gene Zoo
Biofuel Garden
Day Lilly Demonstration
Native Plant Gardens
Passive Solar Greenhouse
Educational Activities
Undergraduate Education
FFA Field Day
FFA Field Day
Numerous School Groups
Corn Maze
Partners In Education-Fishing Day
School Groups
School Groups
Even My Own Kids
Fulton School For the Deaf
Community
Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts
McCambridge House
Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Breast Cancer Awareness
Out of the Ordinary!
Fresh Water Shrimp or Prawns
Freshwater Prawns
Freshwater Prawns
Freshwater PrawnsHarvest
Fresh Water PrawnHarvest
Vegetable Research and Campus Dining
Campus Dining-A Survey
Each student through out 4.5 oz of food each meal
250 tons/year!
400 big round bales!
What If We Could Make Compost Out Of the Food Waste?
Food Waste Horse Bedding
MU’s Campus Dining halls generate 3,000+ gallons of
Waste Vegetable Oil annually. This WVO will be
converted into biodiesel.
An estimated 40% of all food produced in the country is discarded, according to a new federal report. Each day, every person in the U.S. puts about 1,400 calories worth of food in the garbage, according to researchers at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Food waste has increased 50% since previous estimates were made in 1974, and now totals some 150 trillion calories per year. SOURCE: CALIFORNIA EMERGENCY FOODLINK
Zero Carbon Footprint Vegetable & Compost Production SystemUniversity of Missouri Bradford Research & Education Center & MU Campus Dining
Tim Reinbott, BREC Superintendent; Eric Cartwright, MU Campus Dining; Steven Kirk, MU Division of Plant Sciences
Several large-scale composting methods exist. These include: Windrow, Aerated Windrow, Aerated Static Pile, In-Vessel, Containerized In-Vessel, Rotating Drum and Bag Systems. Variables include: cost, compost consistency, time, labor and area requirements.
The University of Missouri Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine produce 1500 tons of manure and bedding material each year. MU’s Campus Dining produces 270 tons of food waste annually.
BREC can serve as a model for similar institutions by providing a working example for alternative waste management. Food waste from Campus Dining will be collected and taken to BREC, mixed with animal manures and beddings as needed to balance any nitrogen or carbon requirements, and composted to create the optimum soil amendment to be used to grow produce that will then be sold back to Campus Dining completing the circle. In addition to the compost utilized by horticultural researchers and students to grow vegetables, excess compost can be applied to larger fields such as sweet corn, pumpkins, melons and other crops, as well as be used as a soil amendment by MU’s Landscape Services and the Mizzou Botanical Garden.
There is a growing interest in locally produced food by the general public and in our school systems. This proposed system is the
essence of Community Development, and can serve as a model of how food waste from any type of cafeteria (school, business,
institutional) can be utilized to produce a valuable commodity. Similar systems could be used to provide schools with a healthy source of
locally grown food, and provide vegetable producers with a creative way to convert so called waste materials into assets to sell at local
farmers markets and to the general public. The cost/benefits realized from not sending materials to the landfill could be substantial.
Biodiesel will power the trucks, tractors & equipment used for vegetable production as well as pick-up and delivery of food waist and produce to and from campus. Carbon Credits will be used to off-set any other energy needs for this project.
Compost Facility-$35,000 Mid Missouri Solid Waste District and $35,000 from Campus Dining
Composting Operation-Food Waste
Time of Composting
Passive Composting (no turning)– Leaves-2 years
Infrequent Turning– Leaves-6 months to a year
Frequent Turning– Manure + leaves-1 to 4 months
Aerated Static Pile– Manure+leaves-5 weeks
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Aerated Static Pile
Dr. Steve BorgeltWorking With Students on the Aeration System
In the Process of Composting
Finished Product With Opportunities for Student Entrepreneurship
MU Students Growing Vegetables to Take to Campus Dining
First Produce of the Year
Completing the Circle
Compostable Tableware Welcome Back Bash!
MU’s Campus Dining halls generate 3,000+ gallons of
Waste Vegetable Oil annually. This WVO will be
converted into biodiesel.
An estimated 40% of all food produced in the country is discarded, according to a new federal report. Each day, every person in the U.S. puts about 1,400 calories worth of food in the garbage, according to researchers at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Food waste has increased 50% since previous estimates were made in 1974, and now totals some 150 trillion calories per year. SOURCE: CALIFORNIA EMERGENCY FOODLINK
Zero Carbon Footprint Vegetable & Compost Production SystemUniversity of Missouri Bradford Research & Education Center & MU Campus Dining
Tim Reinbott, BREC Superintendent; Eric Cartwright, MU Campus Dining; Steven Kirk, MU Division of Plant Sciences
Several large-scale composting methods exist. These include: Windrow, Aerated Windrow, Aerated Static Pile, In-Vessel, Containerized In-Vessel, Rotating Drum and Bag Systems. Variables include: cost, compost consistency, time, labor and area requirements.
The University of Missouri Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine produce 1500 tons of manure and bedding material each year. MU’s Campus Dining produces 270 tons of food waste annually.
BREC can serve as a model for similar institutions by providing a working example for alternative waste management. Food waste from Campus Dining will be collected and taken to BREC, mixed with animal manures and beddings as needed to balance any nitrogen or carbon requirements, and composted to create the optimum soil amendment to be used to grow produce that will then be sold back to Campus Dining completing the circle. In addition to the compost utilized by horticultural researchers and students to grow vegetables, excess compost can be applied to larger fields such as sweet corn, pumpkins, melons and other crops, as well as be used as a soil amendment by MU’s Landscape Services and the Mizzou Botanical Garden.
There is a growing interest in locally produced food by the general public and in our school systems. This proposed system is the
essence of Community Development, and can serve as a model of how food waste from any type of cafeteria (school, business,
institutional) can be utilized to produce a valuable commodity. Similar systems could be used to provide schools with a healthy source of
locally grown food, and provide vegetable producers with a creative way to convert so called waste materials into assets to sell at local
farmers markets and to the general public. The cost/benefits realized from not sending materials to the landfill could be substantial.
Biodiesel will power the trucks, tractors & equipment used for vegetable production as well as pick-up and delivery of food waist and produce to and from campus. Carbon Credits will be used to off-set any other energy needs for this project.
Let’s Make It Green!
Campus Dining Goes Through 3,000 gallons of Waste Vegetable Oil Each Year!
Make It Into Biodiesel!$10,000 Missouri Soybean Association
50 gallons every 48 hours
By product Glycerol which contains methanol
Challenge to remove the methanol, then the Glycerin can be– Composted– Burned– Animal feed– Made into soap
Biodiesel
Questions? Comments?
http://aes.missouri.edu/bradford