| Date | Day | Time | Activity | Site Description | Notes – 1 | Notes – 2 |
| 21-Jul-19 | Sun | PM | Pickup airport | TAMUK group arrival; Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, San Juan | Southwest Airlines—Flight Number 4683; Arrival time, 3:05 PM | |
| PM | Travel | San Juan to Aguadilla | ||||
| PM | Check in to hotel | Punta Borinquen Resort | ||||
| 6:30 PM | Group meeting | Tour welcome mixer, orientation | D. Sotomayor/C. Donato/T. Machado | 15 min duration | ||
| 6:45 PM | Conference | Conference: The NRCS-NRCD program | R. Tafoya (NRCS-NRCD) | 15 min duration | ||
| 7:00 PM | Dinner | Punta Borinquen Resort | ||||
| 7:30 PM | Conference | Conference: Soils and landscapes of Puerto Rico | Agro. Manuel Matos/Samuel Riós (USDA-NRCS MLRA) | 50 min conference | ||
| 8:30 PM | Conference | Conference: The agricultural economy of Puerto Rico | Dr. Alexandra Gregory (UPRM Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department) | 30 min conference | ||
| 22-Jul-19 | Mon | 7:30 AM | Breakfast | UPRM Isabela Agricultural Experiment Station (AES) | ||
| 8:00 AM | Stop 1 – UPRM Isabela Agricultural Experiment Station (AES) | Seed increment projects; Yautía amarilla (var. Nazareno); Batata (var. Camuy); maize (var. Mayorbella); Ñame (var. Guineo, Colombiano); Habichuela (var. Verano, Bella) | Agro. Abiezer Gonzalez (UPRM-EEA) | |||
| 10:00 AM | Stop 2 – Isabela AES | Soil profile description; Coto clay, CuB2 | Agro. Manuel Matos/Samuel Riós (USDA-NRCS MLRA) | Samuel / Status of soil pit | ||
| 1:00 PM | Lunch | La Buena Cocina, Hatillo | ||||
| 2:00 PM | Stop 3 – Hatillo | Finca Ceiba del Mar, Gustavo Toledo | Milk production; CAFO; grazing/concentrate feeding; Conservation practices | José Torrado (Farmer); Enrique Martínez (UPRM-AES); Javier Medina (District USDA-NRCS) | ||
| 2:30 PM | Stop 4 – Hatillo | Finca Luis Samuel Rivera (if time permits) | Milk production; intensive grazing, electric fence | |||
| 3:00 PM | Stop 5 – Hatillo | Finca Hatillo Dairy; De la Crema Queso y Yogur; José Torrado | Milk production; confined animal; Overview of cheese manufacture; cheese industry in PR | |||
| 3:30 PM | Stop 6 – Hatillo | Finca Ramoncito Talavera | Milk production; intensive grazing | |||
| 5:30 PM | Stop 7 – Isabela, Playa Jobos | Coastal resources; Sand dunes | Vida Marina (Dr. Roberto Mayer; Alvin Rodriguez 787-201-2402) | Link | ||
| 7:30 PM | Dinner | Isabela-Jobos | Link | |||
| 23-Jul-19 | Tue | 7:00 AM | Breakfast | Isabela | ||
| 9:00 AM | Stop 1 – Coffee production | Lares | Joselito Torres Olivencia | Miguel Monroig (UPRM-AES retired); José Ramos (SEA); Gilberto Lozada (PanAmerican Fertilizer) | ||
| 1:00 PM | Lunch | |||||
| 2:00 PM | Stop 2 – Reserva Agrícola Coloso | Roots and tubers | Farmer Sigfredo Patiño | DSR – Falta por visitar | ||
| 3:00 PM | Stop 3 – Reserva Agrícola Coloso | Soil profile description; Río Piedras clay (RpC2, RpD2); Coloso silty clay loam (Cn) | Manuel Matos/Samuel Riós (USDA-NRCS MLRA) | |||
| 4:00 PM | Stop 4 – UPRM Finca Alzamora, Mayaguez | Soil profile description; Humatas clay (HmD2), Daguey clay (DaD2) soil inclusion | M. Matos/S. Ríos; Jose Ariel Muñoz (UPRM); | |||
| 7:00 PM | Dinner | Mayaguez | ||||
| 24-Jul-19 | Wed | 7:00 AM | Breakfast | Cafeteria Colegial | ||
| 8:30 AM | Stop 1 – Lajas Valley Agricultural Reserve | Sábana Grande. Overview of the watershed and description of water transfer system | Visit to the southwest part of Puerto Rico. Most soils are Vertisols, and Mollisols, and some Aridisols. Irrigation/drainage district, reservoirs, saline soils. | We will discuss landuse conflict between the need to preserve agricultural land and the intent to restore a wetland. Some of these areas are saline/sodic. | ||
| 9:00 AM | Stop 2 – Bananera Fabre | Sábana Grande | Commodities: Pineapple, vegetables, avocado. Conservation practices, cover crops | |||
| 11:00 AM | Stop 3 – UPRM Lajas Agricultural Experiment Station | Soil profile description; Fraternidad and | Manuel Matos/Samuel Riós (USDA-NRCS MLRA) | |||
| 12:00 PM | Lunch | UPRM Lajas Agricultural Experiment Station | ||||
| 12:30 PM | Conference | Conference: The NRCS-NRCD program | Conference – Dr. Y. Sanchez “About the NRCS Natural Resources Career Development Program” | |||
| 2:00 PM | Stop 4 – Dairy Industry | Tai-South Farm | Dr. Guillermo Ortiz; Neftalí Lluch | |||
| 3:30 PM | Stop 5 – Finca Altamira | Beef-cattle improvement program and production | Dr. Vanessa Sanchez (787) 647-1781 Franqui ( administrador) 787 647-1774 Oficina (787) 851-0467 |
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| 4:30 PM | Stop 6 – Faro Cabo Rojo | Salt flats | Agro. Edwin Mas (USDA-NRCS) | |||
| 7:30 PM | Dinner | Hormigueros | ||||
| 25-Jul-19 | Thu | 7:00 AM | Breakfast | Cafeteria Colegial | ||
| 8:30 AM | Stop 1 – Lajas Valley | Finca Jaime Acevedo | Plantains and banana production | |||
| 10:30 AM | Stop 2 – Lajas Valley | Finca Carlos Gonzalez | Vegetable crop production | |||
| 11:00 AM | Finca Carlos Gonzalez | Soil profile | Manuel Matos/Samuel Riós (USDA-NRCS MLRA) | |||
| 12:00 PM | Lunch | Bosque Seco de Guanica | ||||
| 1:00 PM | Stop 3 – Guanica | Bosque Seco de Guanica | Dr. Oscar Abelleira | |||
| 3:00 PM | Stop 4 – Bahía de Guánica | Soil profile La Covana-Limestone outcrop-Seboruco complex, (LcE) | Manuel Matos/Samuel Riós (USDA-NRCS MLRA) | |||
| 4:00 PM | Late Lunch/Dinner | Carlitos Kitchen | Link | |||
| Evening | Stop 5 – La Parguera (Magueyes) | Bioluminescent bay tour | ||||
| 26-Jul-19 | Fri | 7:30 AM | Breakfast | |||
| 9:30 AM | Stop 1 – Martex Farms | Santa Isabel | Mango, banana, ornamentals | Agro. Peter Hernandez | ||
| 12:30 PM | Lunch | |||||
| 3:00 PM | Stop 2 – Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve | Salinas | Dr. Angel Dieppa | |||
| 27-Jul-19 | Sat | Breakfast | ||||
| 9:00 AM | Stop -1 Aquatic Habitat – El Verde Research Station | Soil and water resources | El Verde National Forest | Lizandra Nieves; Omar Perez; Ricardo Santiago | ||
| 11:00 AM | Stop 2 – La Coca Waterfall | Restoration issues; Mass movements; Restoration zones | El Yunque National Forest | |||
| 12:00 PM | Lunch | Sierra Palma / Palo Colorado; Baño Grande y Baño de Oro | ||||
| 1:30 PM | Stop 3 – Pico del Este | Wet-cloud forest transition | El Yunque National Forest | 360 degree view of island | ||
| 3:00 PM | Stop 4 – Mt Britton Trail (Britton Tower) | 2 hr hike | El Yunque National Forest | |||
| 5:00 PM | Stop 5 – Luquillo | Kioskos | ||||
| 28-Jul-19 | Sun | 8:00 AM | Breakfast | |||
| 9:00 AM | TAMUK group, Jardín Botánico, UPRM Rio Piedras | |||||
| AM | UPRM group, Departure | |||||
| PM | TAMUK group, Cultural visit Viejo San Juan | |||||
| 29-Jul-19 | Mon | AM | TAMUK group departure | Southwest Airlines—Flight Number 2414; 12:30 PM |