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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">Forwarded on behalf of Sangita Pawar<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p> <span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><img width="169" height="105" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D1B513.309D5B40" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01D1B280.B1E025B0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Treat yourself to a fun and interactive way to provide your insight to the animal production programs of the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the
National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) using a new online “ideas engine.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We need expert input from you—our stakeholders, customers and partners—on how Federal investments can best address current needs and challenges facing animal production. The ideas you provide
will help form the framework for developing the next ARS National Program Action Plan and defining priorities for NIFA’s animal production research, education and extension. Information on these programs can be found at these links for
</span><a href="http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/programs/programs.htm?NP_CODE=101"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">ARS</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> and
</span><a href="https://nifa.usda.gov/topic/animals"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">NIFA</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you are interested in providing your insight by suggesting, refining, and prioritizing ideas around any of the topics listed below, simply send an email with
<b>your name, affiliation, email address, and topic of interes</b>t (in the format provided below) to
</span><a href="mailto:Insight@nifa.usda.gov"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Insight@nifa.usda.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> by
<b><u>June 6<sup>th</sup>.</u></b> You will receive instructions on how to join. You can participate as much as you like, when you like, while the system is open during the month of June 2016.
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:150%"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Topic 1: Animal Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:150%"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Topic 2: Applications of Biotechnology to Animal Production</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:150%"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Topic 3. Animal Well-Being, Stress and Production</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:150%"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Topic 4: Animal Reproductive Biology<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:150%"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Topic 5: Quality, Nutritional Value and Healthfulness of Animal Products</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in;line-height:150%"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Topic 6: Lactation Biology and Nutritional Efficiency of Animals</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Topic 7: Animal Growth Biology and Alternatives to Antimicrobials for Growth Promotion<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:150%"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Topic 8: Forages and Forage Utilization for Animal Production<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:150%"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Topic 9: Reducing Environmental Impacts of Animal Production<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:150%"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Topic 10: General Priorities for Animal Production<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(Please list the topics by your preference: Example
<b>Topic 6, Topic 4, and Topic 9) </b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you and we look forward to your participation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Caird Rexroad, ARS (</span><a href="mailto:RexroadIII@ARS.USDA.GOV"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">RexroadIII@ARS.USDA.GOV</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Adele Turzillo, NIFA (</span><a href="mailto:aturzillo@nifa.usda.gov"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">aturzillo@nifa.usda.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Charlotte Baer, NIFA (</span><a href="mailto:cbaer@nifa.usda.gov"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">cbaer@nifa.usda.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lakshmi Kumar Matukumalli, NIFA (</span><a href="mailto:lmatukumalli@nifa.usda.gov"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">lmatukumalli@nifa.usda.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mark Mirando, NIFA (</span><a href="mailto:mmirando@nifa.usda.gov"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">mmirando@nifa.usda.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Steve Smith, NIFA (</span><a href="mailto:sismith@nifa.usda.gov"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">sismith@nifa.usda.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)
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