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S US NG H IG IGH C OST USTAINI AINING R ESEA RCH AND T EACHI NG F ACI LITIES SEARCH CHING CILITIES AND P ROGR MS ROGRAMS Pau Paul l M. M. Pat Patter erson, son, Ph Ph.D. .D. Associat sociate e Dean an for Instru structi ction


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SUS

USTAINI AINING NG HIG IGH COST

RESEA

SEARCH RCH AND TEACHI CHING NG FACI CILITIES LITIES AND PROGR ROGRAMS MS

Pau Paul l M.

  • M. Pat

Patter erson, son, Ph Ph.D. .D. Associat sociate e Dean an for Instru structi ction

  • n

Coll llege ege of Agriculture culture Aubu burn rn Un Univ iversity sity

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BEE BEEF

TE TEACHING CHING

CE CENT NTER ER

OVERVIEW

  • Not sure that we have the answers …
  • Our facilities are managed at the department

level – budgeting, staffing, operations

  • Focus primarily on facilities—facilities on AU

campus; will comment on programs

  • Focus is on personnel and operating costs; do

not address capital costs

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BEE BEEF

TE TEACHING CHING

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FEATURES ES

  • Department of Animal Sciences
  • Built in 2003
  • Has two animal metabolism rooms & a prep lab for beef cattle research projects
  • Has two working chutes (manual & hydraulic)
  • Has a modern classroom & conference room
  • Is AAALAC International Accredited
  • Serves as a teaching laboratory
  • Herd consists of approximately 40 registered Angus & 20 registered Beefmaster

cows.

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BEE BEEF

TE TEACHING CHING

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BEEF TEACHING CENTER (FY ‘12)

Total Funding: $193,000

50 100 150 200 250 Funding $ Thousands Other Sales Budget

Total Expenditures: $193,000

Expenditures Personnel Operating

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MEA MEATS

LA LABO BORA RATORY ORY

LAM AMBER BERT-PO POWEL WELL

FEATURES ES

  • Department of Animal Sciences
  • State of the art teaching, research, and extension facility
  • Research is conducted in the areas of meat quality, meat processing, & food

safety

  • Fully functional inspected facility under the jurisdiction of the U.S.D.A.
  • Has a retail sales room open to the public, sales include: fresh pork and beef, as

well as bacon, sausages, smoked brisket and ham

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BEE BEEF

TE TEACHING CHING

CE CENT NTER ER

LAMBERT-POWELL MEATS LABORATORY (FY ‘12)

Total Funding: $430,000

50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 Funding $ Thousands Other Sales Budget

Total Expenditures: $429,000

Expenditures Personnel Operating

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HORS HORSE

CE CENTE NTER

FEATURES ES

  • Department of Animal Sciences
  • Center for equine teaching, research, extension and performance activities
  • Used each semester for demonstrations and hands-on laboratories
  • The Auburn University NCAA Women’s Equestrian Team calls the center home for

daily practices and competitions Sits on 60 acres, is home to 50-70 Quarter Horses, Thoroughbreds, and warmbloods.

  • Barn includes a 10- stall barn, covered farrier, and veterinary treatment area,

laboratory space, two tack rooms, locker room, and office.

  • Has two outdoor performance arenas
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BEE BEEF

TE TEACHING CHING

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HORSE CENTER (FY ‘12)

Total Funding: $312,000

50 100 150 200 250 300 350 Funding $ Thousands Other Sales Budget

Total Expenditures: $311,000

Expenditures Personnel Operating

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SWI WINE NE

& & ED

EDUC UCATION TION

FEATURES ES

  • Department of Animal Sciences
  • Farrow to finish facility constructed in 2006
  • Student employees are involved in all aspects of production, from breeding and

delivery of piglets through feeding and care of hogs bound for processing.

  • Research is conducted in the areas of swine nutrition, growth biology,

reproductive biology, and nutrient management

  • Follows biosecurity practices, including shower-in, shower-out procedures for all

employees and visitors to protect the health of the animals.

RE RESEARCH SEARCH

CEN CENTER TER

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BEE BEEF

TE TEACHING CHING

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SWINE RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER (FY ‘12)

Total Funding: $226,000

50 100 150 200 250 Funding $ Thousands Other Sales Budget

Total Expenditures: $226,000

Expenditures Personnel Operating

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E. E.W. . SH SHELL ELL

CE CENTE NTER

FEATURES ES

  • School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences
  • Approximately 1,606 acres with 235 ponds (220 acres of water)
  • Center used for research and teaching in aquaculture, aquatic ecology, and

fisheries management.

  • The Center for Aquatic Resources Management consists of an administration

building with more than 20,000 square feet and a 17,000 plus-square-foot laboratory building.

  • Center contains a teaching lab, hatchery, meeting room, holding area for sorting

weighing and counting fish, and a marker room open for public sales

FI FISHE SHERIES RIES

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BEE BEEF

TE TEACHING CHING

CE CENT NTER ER

E.W. SHELL FISHERIES CENTER (FY ‘12)

Total Funding: $989,000

200 400 600 800 1000 1200 Funding $ Thousands Other Sales Budget

Total Expenditures: $1,012,000

Expenditures Personnel Operating

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PO POULTRY TRY

FARM ARM

FEATU TURES RES

  • Department of Poultry Science
  • 21 different buildings, includes a processing plant with further processing and

test kitchen, hatchery, feed mill, 8 floor pen houses, cage layer hose, battery house, 2 environmental houses, and a bio containment house

  • Research areas include: nutrition, gut health, disease, vaccine, validation of new

products for F.D.A. approval, meat quality, food pad quality, and validation processing equipment

RE RESE SEARCH ARCH

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AN ANIM IMAL AL

CE CENTE NTER

FEATURES ES

  • Department of Poultry Science
  • Opened in 2012
  • $7.1 million dollar facility
  • Housed inside a 12,500 square foot building
  • 9 modules 40 x 8 x 9 which comprise all equipment
  • Small scale adaptation of a commercial facility
  • Designed for students hand on learning
  • Increase process control to meet research needs well into future
  • Expand Auburn extension mission via industry short courses
  • Provide diets for other university animals

NU NUTRITI TRITION ON

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BEE BEEF

TE TEACHING CHING

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POULTRY RESEARCH FARM AND FEEDMILL (FY ‘12)

Total Funding: $1,054,000

850 900 950 1000 1050 1100 Funding $ Thousands Other Sales Budget

Total Expenditures: $1,214,000

Expenditures Personnel Operating

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PATE TERSO RSON

FEATURES

  • Department of Horticulture
  • Established in 1947, renovated in 2002
  • Serves the Cooperative extension, research, and instruction needs of

undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty for work in greenhouse production, outdoor nursery production, and fruits and vegetables.

  • 8 acre facility comprised of 87,120 square feet of outdoor irrigated nursery,

22,500 square feet of greenhouse space, a retractable-roof house, 4 shade houses, a soil mixing/potting building, offices, pesticide storage, walk-in cooler, and a fully-equipped classroom.

GRE REENHOUS OUSE

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BEE BEEF

TE TEACHING CHING

CE CENT NTER ER

PATERSON GREENHOUSE (FY ‘12)

Total Funding: $46,000

5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Funding $ Thousands Other Sales Budget

Total Expenditures: $78,000

Expenditures Personnel Operating

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BEE BEEF

TE TEACHING CHING

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OTHER FACILITIES

FACILITY DEPARTMENT TOTAL EXPENDITURES (FY ‘12) Turfgrass Unit Crop, Soil, & Environmental Sciences $30,000 Soils Testing Lab Crop, Soil, & Environmental Sciences $334,000 Research Instrumentation Lab Biosystems Engineering $52,000 Genomics & Sequencing Lab Entomology & Plant Pathology $101,000 West Alabama Fish Farming Center Fisheries, Aquaculture, & Aquatic Sciences $203,000 AUMERC & AU Shellfish Lab Fisheries, Aquaculture, & Aquatic Sciences $653,000

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BEE BEEF

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ALL AU FACILITIES (FY ‘12)

Total Funding: $4,576,000

500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000 Funding $ Thousands Other Sales Budget

Total Expenditures: $4,837,000

Expenditures Personnel Operating

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BEE BEEF

TE TEACHING CHING

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OPTIONS & OPPORTUNITIES

  • Funding (Revenues)

– Public

  • Legislative support – Not likely
  • Private support (Gifts or research collaboration) – Possible
  • Additional support from Extension - Possible
  • More sales – Possible, but marginal impact

– Faculty

  • Charges for use of facilities (grants)

– Students

  • Course fees/program fees
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BEE BEEF

TE TEACHING CHING

CE CENT NTER ER

OPTIONS & OPPORTUNITIES

  • Expenditures

– Personnel Expenses

  • Achieve some economies of scope
  • Higher manager/instructors

– Operating Expenses

  • Manage expenses across units
  • Programs

– Simulations/Video Demonstrations/Distance Ed – Regional collaborations