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Back to Tech Boards Hard Spring Wheat Quality Council Technical Board Meeting, February 15, 2012 Technical Board Members Present:Robert Sombke, North Dakota Mill, Chair Randy Englund, SD Wheat Commission, V-Chair Senay Simsek, Wheat Quality Lab, NDSU, Secretary Mike Wolt, Bimbo Greg Fox (not present-retired) Advisory Committee Members Present:
New Member: Alyssa Hicks, NCI (to replace Mehmet Tulbek) New Member: Jae Ohm, USDA (to replace Gary Hareland) Chairman Robert Sombke called the meeting to order at 9:15 a.m. Secretary Simsek summarized the minutes from the March31, 2011 Spring Wheat Technical Board Meeting. Motion was moved and seconded to approve minutes. Nominations for the Hard Red Spring Wheat Technical Board Chairman Robert Sombke provided an update about the advisory board. Nominations were sought to replace Greg Fox in the Technical Board. Dave Katzke suggested nominating a breeder who is not already in the advisory board. Senay Simsek nominated Mory Rugg from Syngenta/AgriPro. Jim Peterson seconded. Mory Rugg was elected to replace Greg Fox in the Technical Board. Jim Peterson nominated Randy to be re-elected for the Technical board. Motion was seconded and Randy was re-elected to serve in Technical Board. Financial Report Bob Sombke provided an update for the budget of the 2011 grow-out season. Then, the 2012 budget was discussed The WQC budgeted funds for the HSWQC are $16,000.The growout expenditures are estimated at $6,000.00. The milling charge estimate is $4,800.00. Sample shipping is $1,200.00. Motion was made to approve financials. Then, it was seconded and the motion passed. 2011 and 2012 Grow-outs Glenn is going to be the check sample again. The proposed budget will allow us to handle up to 40 location/samples. We anticipate a similar number of entries as 2011 or 13 entries for 2012 grow-outs. Bert asked for the details of 13 entries and 40 samples. Jim Peterson said the numbers are just an approximation and the details would be discussed at theSpring meeting. Ben Handcock suggested that we grow extra samples,and maybe locations in case some locations have problems, as in 2011 growing season. In 2011, samples from the Minot location have not been used due to flooding in Minot. Dale Williams provided an update 2011 growing season. We had a very wet spring. and planting delayed significantly. Disease pressure was a problem in eastern locations. Some of the samples were scabby. Overall, proteins were higher than last year, yields were low. Minot location was not used in the project. Dale Williams mentioned that he would contact with public and private breeding programs to seek entries for 2012 growing season. Dale Williams plans to have five sites in both western and eastern locations. For the entries from MT, he stated that Williston location could represent MT environment. Dale said,“Blind codes are used when these lines were grown in research Extension Centers at NDSU as well as the other locations”. Bert brought up discussion about the quality of the data/sample from Crookston location. He stated that data from this location seems unusual (check vs the entries). Dale said he does not know what happened in that location. This question was addressed to Jim Anderson who stated that he did not know, either. 2011 Quality Analysis and Book Preparation Jae Ohm was invited to provide information about milling, dough testing and book preparation. Jae reported that since Gary Hareland retired in Summer 2011, he is the interim director of USDA Wheat Quality Laboratory at USDA-ARS, Fargo. Jae also mentioned that miller Dale Hanson is also retired. Due to hiring freeze at USDA, these positions are still open. Jae reported that 2011 wheat samples were milled on the NDSU Buhler mill due to the technical problems with the USDA Buhler Mill. Williston was milled by NDSU HRS wheat quality lab. Milling of 2011 samples started on Nov 1 and completed by December 1. There has been some new data in the book compared to previous years. Jae said extensograph data (only at 45 min) was included in the book. Also, starch damage and DON values (analyzed by NDSU HRS wheat quality lab) were included in the book. Jae explained how the book is prepared and what information could be found which part of the book. Ben Handcock provided some information about the transition between Gary Hareland and Jae Ohm and the challenges that Jae had to face. Brian Walker had some comments about the protein data in some locations. He asked how come wheat and flour have same protein content. Jae said some of the tests were performed twice to double check the values, but no real explanation has been found for the similar wheat and flour protein levels. Mike Edwards from USDA was asked to provide an update about current and future plans for USDA-ARS Wheat Quality lab in Fargo. He mentioned the challenges that Jae has been having. He said there would be some activities to improve the program and overcome the hiring freeze issue. He mentioned that the Buhler mill would be fixed soon and they would be working to fix the Miag Mill. Mike said, currently the rolls from the Buhler mill are being fixed. He plans to have Miag mill up and running by June. Mike mentioned that Mark Weber (New Director of NCI) has been willing to cooperate to solve mill problems. Possibly, Alyssa Hicks from NCI would collaborate with USDA-ARS wheat Quality Laboratory. Ben Handcock stated that he has been very excited to see collaborative efforts among NCI, USDA and NDSU. Neal Fisher commented that we should have team-focused approach to overcome these kinds of technical problems. There were several discussions about the uses of miag mills for WQC samples. Ben said we should think about our future. He brought up a discussion and millers’ opinion about the designing of a new mill to satisfy needs of WQC. He said, maybe all the samples should be milled in one location. Ben stated we should think about cost-efficient ways to handle these issues. One of the millers from audience asked how often these mills are used. Are they used in different projects? Ben tried to answer the question. He said of course they are not used all the time, but there is potential. Neal Fisher also commented that if these mills are up and running, there might be some other projects that people could utilize them. 2011 Hard Spring Wheat Crop Quality Jim Peterson gave a review and Power Point presentation which covered the following topics 1) 2011 U.S. HRS Situation (Production, Supply, Demand, Varieties)
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4) OVA Program
6) HRS wheat Quality Targets
Summary:
U.S. acreage down 10% to 11.7 million acres.
Yields down 18% -- 38 bu/acre vs. 46 (record in 2010).
Production down 30% percent to 398 million bushels.
Planting / Emergence
Delayed over much of the region, most severe in North & West
Significant acres left unplanted – nearly 2 million in ND alone
Growing Season
Adequate to surplus soil moisture early
Increased disease pressure compared to previous years
Hot and dry towards end of the growing season – affected yields more than anticipated. Some areas had less than 20 bu/acre.
Harvest Started later than normal due to late planting
Good harvest conditions allowed for quick progress and secured sound kernels
Quality Average grade - #1 Dark Northern Spring. Slightly lower test weights and low thousand kernel weights.
Very high protein levels – nearly one percent higher than 2010. Vitreous kernel counts higher with low moisture and high falling numbers.
Higher damage and DON levels compared to recent years.
Lower flour yields and absorption.Slightly stronger dough and larger loaf volumes with excellent bake characteristics.
This data is based on the Annual HRS crop survey conducted by the NDSU Wheat Quality Lab which analyzes approximately 750 harvest samples from producers.
Brian Walker commented on the milling and baking quality for 2011. Protein was higher, but functionally was not good as expected from high protein crop. He mentioned about smaller kernels and problems with low thousand kernels affecting milling yields. Milling yields are relatively lower this year compared to last year’s crop. He also said that there is much variability among crop samples. There was a good discussion about OVA project. Jim explained the objectives and development of the OVA project, which is to give our international buyers a chance to be involved with variety development efforts and provide input. Jim said they were grown along with WQC samples. NCI pilot mill was used to mill OVA samples. There are 24 cooperators in total. For durum, there are 8 varieties that were available. Then, Jim talked about the HRS wheat quality targets. He mentioned that these targets should be re-evaluated. There were several discussions about the quality targets and how they can be re-enforced into breeding programs. A follow-up will be made to get some key domestic industry representation involved in the review process of the wheat quality targets for HRS and HRW, along with wheat breeders and US Wheat Associates. Ben gave information about 2012 Spring Wheat Crop tour which is set for July 23-26, 2012.. Jim Peterson moved to adjourn. Carl Griffey seconded. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 10.30a.m. |
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