NCSU Crop Science Department, James Green

	COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES

James Green

Professor Emeritus of Crop Science

CROP SCIENCE
PERSONNEL

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Commodity Areas	Disciplines	Appointments
		Emeritus Faculty

EDUCATION

Institution	Years	Degree	Major
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State Univ	1971-1975	Ph.D.	Agronomy
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State Univ	1968-1971	M.S.	Agronomy
Tennessee Technological University	1964-1968	BS	Agriculture

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Rank/Position	Place	Dates
Professor & Extension Specialist	NCSU.	1986- present
Associate Professor & Extension Specialist	NCSU	1979-1986
Extension Agronomist	Univ. Arkansas	1977-1979
Assistant Professor	South Dakota State Univ	1975-1976
Research "Instructor"	Va. Tech	1971-1974
Research Technician	Va. Tech	1969-1970

Areas of Specialization

Grassland and forage management, with special emphasis on grazing practices which impact utilization, animal performance, and natural resource protection.

Percent Appointment

76% Extension and 24% teaching

PRESENT PROGRAM EMPHASIS AND GOALS

Extension

Most training and demonstrations are with beef and dairy systems, but some effort is with goats, sheep, horses and wildlife. The overriding emphasis is on utilizing grassland resources, with emphasis on grazing management, to minimize feed costs and protect natural resources.

A significant effort will be in the training of workers who manage or advise managers who use forage crops for nutrient uptake from confinement animal or municipal wastes.

We will continue to provide technical training and educational resources on grassland management to farm advisors, agency workers, farmers, industry and regulatory personnel.

We will work closely the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) as a technical advisor for grassland management and as coordinator of the Pastureland Ecology course offered in their National Employee Development Curriculum

We want to provide science based input to policy makers who formulate guidelines for environmental regulations and other issues relating to grassland/animal agricultural systems.

Teaching

I have taught CS 312 Grassland Management for Natural Resources Conservation and Animal Feed since 1993 and taught CS 51 (Forage Production) from 1981 through 1999. In addition I Guest lecture in courses in the Department of Animal Science (ANS 230, ANS 404; ANS 700), School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM 891) and Livestock for Small Farms at Central Carolina Community College. I serve on graduate committees of students in Crop Science and Animal Science.

I want to help undergraduates and graduate students to develop independent thinking, initiative and ability to understand why things happen. My aim is to help students develop professional attitude toward problem solving and to stimulate interaction with coworkers

Advising

Undergraduate Advisor - Agronomy Club. 1986-1988
Advisor of five undergraduate students. 1990-1993
Graduate students: chairman/co-chair of 12 committees; member of 19 others where I was directly involved in their work. 1983-2002

Research

A major thrust of current research efforts relate to the response of forage crops to nutrients and or cutting management on various soils. Most of this work is to validate Realistic Yields on a range of soil type and all of this work is in cooperation with Dr. Noah Ranells and Mike Scott.

I am cooperating with Dr Matt Poore of the Animal Science Dept to evaluate grazing animal response, forage quality and plant persistence of tall fescue containing two types of endophyte.

We are conducting long term trials on the biomass production from several switchgrass cultivars under two harvest management and low nutrient inputs. This work will phase into determining the suitability of switchgrass as field borders and low maintenance ground cover.

We plan to increase our research efforts into assessing the impact of grazing animals on riparian area management and subsequent impact on water and soil resources. The aim is to determine how to manage grazing animals in riparian areas to use the available forage without degrading the soil and water resources.

Research Releases

Cultivar

Destiny While clover in cooperation with Dr Paul Mueller and NZ AgResearch.

Awards and Honors

Delta Tau Alpha
Gamma Sigma Delta
Academy of Outstanding Faculty Engaged in Extension from NCSU. 2000 (charter member)
Outstanding Extension Service Award. 1988. .
Publication Award (ASA) for “Managing Pasture and Hay Fields Receiving Nutrients from anaerobic swine Waste Lagoons” 1994.
Chairman and Program Coordinator for Southern Pastures and Forage Crop Improvement Conference.1994.
Secretary-Treasurer of Southern Pasture and Forage Crop Improvement Conference. 1988-1993.
Sabbatical leave with New Zealand Dairy Board. March - September, 1989.
Study leave in Ireland September 1998.
Study leave at Utah State University, July 1997

International Experience

DATES	ACTIVITY
1989	Five months with New Zealand Dairy Board evaluating methods of technology transfer.
1989	Three weeks studying pasture research in England and The Netherlands.
1989	Presented a paper at International Grassland Congress, France.
1993	Presented a paper at International Grassland Congress, New Zealand.
1995	Two weeks conducting training for University of Costa Rica pasture scientists.
1998	10-day study tour of Dairy Research and dairy farms in Ireland.
1989-99	Collaborative research with plant breeders from New Zealand AgResearch to develop white clover cultivars.
2001	Presented two poster papers at International Grassland Congress. Sao Paula, Brazil

Membership in Professional and other Organizations

American Forage and Grassland Council
American Livestock Breeds Conservancy
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
New Zealand Grassland Association
NC Extension Specialist Association
NC Cattlemen's Association
NC Forage and Grassland Council
Society of Range Management
Soil and Water Conservation Society of America
Southern Pasture and Forage Crop Improvement Work Group

Departmental committees

Beef Coordinating Committee - 1980 to 1995
Center for Environmental Farming Systems Beef and Dairy Committees - 1995 to Present
Dairy Educational Unit - 1998 to Present
Departmental Academic Affairs Committee- 1990 to 1999
Equine coordinating Committee - 1985 to 1995
Western North Carolina Beef Cattle Advisory Council 1980-1995

Associations

Technical Advisor to North Carolina Forage and Grassland Council - 1983 to Present
Technical Advisor to Southeastern Meat Goat Association - 1993-1995

National Committees

Serve as reviewer of articles for Agron. J., Soil Science Soc. J., Animal Science J.
Reviewed USDA - NRCS Collaborative Proposal for Grassland Conservation Initiative. 1990.
Selected by USDA-ARS Range, Pasture and forage Program Area to participate in Program Review to develop high priority areas for research. Sept 1999.
Site Selection Committee for Southern Agricultural Workers Association 1995-1998
By-laws Committee for American Forage and Grassland Council. 1991

Community Service

Assist Western Wake Wrangler 4-H Club with animal projects.1996-1999
Assist in coordinating of food distribution to homeless and economically disadvantaged through Brooks Ave. Church of Christ.1991-present
Foster parents for more than 20 children in private and County Social Services. 1979-1998

Selected Publications

Chamblee, Douglas S. and James T. Green, Jr. (ed.). 1995. Production and Utilization of Pastures and Forages in North Carolina. Technical Bulletin 305. NC Agriculture Research Service.

Daniel, D.W., J.P. Mueller and J. T. Green Jr. 1996. Forage crops variety testing. Crop Science Report No. 158. 25pp

Edmisten, K. L., J. T. Green, Jr., J.P. Mueller, J. C. Burns. 1998. Winter annual small grain forage potential. I. Dry matter yield in relation to morphological characteristics of four small grain species at six growth stages. Commun. In Soil Sci. And Plant analysis 29:(7&8), 867-879.

Edmisten, K. L., J. T. Green, Jr., J.P. Mueller, J. C. Burns. 1998. Winter annual small grain forage potential. II. Quantification of nutritive characteristics of four small grain species at six growth stages. Commun. In Soil Sci. And Plant analysis 29:29:(7&8), 879-889.

Green, J.T. M.H. Poore, and S.P. Morgan. 2001. On farm riparian grazing demonstration. In: J. A. Gomide and W. R. S. Mattos (Eds.) Grassland Ecosystems: an Outlook into the 21st Century. XIX International Grassland Congress. 10-21 February , 2001. Piracicaba, Brazil

Green, J.T., Jr., N.N. Ranells and J.P. Mueller. 2001. Prairiegrass management. Crop Science Dept. Forage Fact 01-2001.

Luginbuhl, J-M., J. T. Green, Jr., M. H. Poore, and A. C. Conrad. 2001. Goats to control the encroachment of undesirable brush and woody species in cattle pastures. In: J. A. Gomide and W. R. S. Mattos (Eds.) Grassland Ecosystems: an Outlook into the 21st Century. XIX International Grassland Congress. 10-21 February , 2001. Piracicaba, Brazil

Luginbuhl, J-M., T. E. Harvey, J. T. Green, Jr., M. H. Poore and J. P. Mueller. 1999. Use of goats as biological agents for the renovation of mountain pastures. In: L. E. Buck and J. P. Lassoie (Ed.) Exploring the Opportunities for Agroforestry in Changing Rural Landscapes. pp 101-106. Cornell Univ. Natural Resources, Ithaca. NY.

Luginbuhl J?M, T. E. Harvey, J. T. Green, Jr., M. H. Poore and J. P. Mueller. 1999. Use of goats as biological agents for the renovation of pastures in the Appalachian region of the United States. Agroforestry Systems. 44:241-252.

Luginbuhl, J-M., J. T. Green, Jr., M. H. Poore, and A. P Conrad. 2000. Use of goats to manage vegetation in cattle pastures in the Appalachian region of North Carolina. Sheep & Goat Res. J. 16:124-134.

Martin, N. P., J. T. Green, Jr. and C. C. Sheaffer. 1996. What is required for a useful forage variety testing program? In: Proceedings of Forage Variety Testing Symposium, edited by G. Lacefield and C. Forsythe. Amer. Soc. Agron. Indianapolis, IN p 34-43.

Mueller, J. P., W. M. Lewis, J. T. Green, and J. C. Burns. 1993. Yield and quality of silage corn as altered by Johnsongrass infestation. Agron. J. 85:49-51.

Mueller, J. P., J. T. Green, L. A. Nelson, and J. V. Hall. 1992. Establishment of two bermudagrasses in three soil environments. Agron. J. 84: 38-43.

Poore, M. H., G. A. Benson, M. E. Scott, and J. T. Green. 2000. Production and Utilization of Stockpiled Fescue to Reduce Beef Cattle Production Costs. Proc. of the Am. Soc. of Anim. Sci. 2000. Available at: http://12.24.208.136/2000proc.htm.

Poore, M.H., JT Green, G.M. Rogers, K.F. Spivey and K.G. Dugan. 2000. Nitrate Management in Beef Cattle. NC Cooperative Extension Service. AG-606. NC Cooperative Extension Service.

Ranells, N.N., J.T. Green, Jr., M.H. Poore, and R.H. Hansard. 2000. Grazing management for water quality. North Carolina Farm*a*syst Program. AG-566-08. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Raleigh, NC http://www.soil.ncsu.edu/assist/grazing/

Spears, J.F. and J.T. Green, Jr. 2001. Forage Seed Selection and Quality. NC Cooperative Extension Service. AGW-004. (Web document) Pages 1-10. http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agcomm/forage/

Washburn, S.P., S.L. White, J.T. Green, Jr., and G.A. Benson. 2001. Reproduction, mastitis, and body condition scores among spring and fall calving dairy cows in pasture or confinement feeding systems. In: Fertility of the High-Producing Dairy Cow. British Society of Animal Science, Occasional Publication No. 26. Vol 2: 507-510. Galway, Ireland, Sept 1999. M. G. Diskin, Editor.

Washburn, S.P., S.L. White, J.T. Green, Jr., and G.A. Benson. 2002. Reproduction, mastitis, and body condition of seasonally calved Holstein and Jersey cows in confinement or pasture systems. J. Dairy Sci. 85: 105-111.

White, S.L., G.A. Benson, S.P. Washburn, and J.T. Green, Jr. 2002. Milk production and economic measures in confinement or pasture systems using seasonally calved Holstein and Jersey cows. J. Dairy Sci. 85: 95-104.

White, S.L., R.E. Sheffield, S.P. Washburn, L.D. King, and J.T. Green, Jr. 2001. Spatial and time distribution of dairy cattle manure in an intensive pasture system. J. Environ. Qual. 30: 2180-2187.

White, S.L., J.A. Bertrand, M.R. Wade, S.P. Washburn, J.T. Green Jr., and T.C. Jenkins. 2001. Comparison of fatty acid content of milk from Jersey and Holstein cows consuming pasture or a total mixed ration. J. Dairy Sci. 84: 2295-2301.

Widdup, K. H., J. R. Caradus, J. Green, Jr., J. P. Mueller and C. P. Pennell. 1996. White clover ecotype germplasm from the USA for development of New Zealand and overseas cultivars. Agron. Soc. N. Z. Spec. Pub. 11: 149-153.

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