Research News of March 2024
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Former Rohwer Station Director Larry Earnest Passes Away at 62
Growing up on a farm in Lincoln County, Larry Earnest’s love of agriculture was firmly rooted in the soil of southeastern Arkansas. Earnest, former director of the Rohwer Research Station…
‘Grow Your Farm’ Short Course Coming Up in May
The Center for Arkansas Farms and Food will hold a short course on small-scale farming May 3-4. Agricultural economist and professor Mike Popp speaks to CAFF participants…
Researchers Look to Rice for ‘Clean Label’ Ingredients
Naturally occurring polyphenols and proteins from pigmented waxy rice may help starch ingredients improve texture without any chemical modification — a change some consumers…
Rice Malt Shows Potential to Play a Bigger Role in Beer
Rice is showing potential to play a more prominent role in beer brewing, and it helps that Arkansas produces a lot of it. Arkansas grows about half of the rice in the United States…
Cattle Buying, Steak Sampling Coming to the 2024 Beef and Forage Field Day in Hope
Researchers and extension specialists with the UADA will present on future forage programs, hay verification and winter feed options at the Beef and Forage Field Day next month…
CelluDot Wins Statewide Innovation Award
A startup founded at the University of Arkansas that seeks to mitigate herbicide drift won the Innovation Pacesetter award at the 36th annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards…
Experimenting with CO2 Sensors for Grain Bin Quality Control
Sinking Mississippi River levels in recent years have caused grain shipping disruptions, prompting farmers to pursue on-farm grain bins to preserve quality and market potential…
Atungulu Presented 2024 Andersons Cereals and Oilseeds Award of Excellence
Griffiths Atungulu, director of the Arkansas Rice Processing Program, was recently honored for his contributions to science with the 2024 Andersons Cereal and Oilseeds Award of Excellence…
Yuan Fang Takes Food-Safety Fight to Cellular Level
Even with all of our sanitization technology, we shouldn’t underestimate foodborne pathogens, says food microbiologist Yuan Fang. Fang joined the UADA’s food science department…
Poultry Nutritionist Joins Arkansas Poultry Science Faculty
Poultry science nutritionist Benjamin Parsons plans to bring his passion to the poultry science department and Center of Excellence for Poultry Science through research…