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Food Scientist Improves Plant-Based Protein Processing for Meat, Dairy Substitutes
Food scientist and grain processing engineer Mahfuzur Rahman uses soundwaves and other technologies to improve plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Poultry Science Researcher Awarded Grant to Help Develop Vaccine Against Costly Disease
Researchers in Arkansas are beginning research to help develop a new broiler chicken vaccine targeting a disease that causes millions of dollars in losses each year…
Herbicide Drift Study Validates EPA Prediction Models, Provides New Recommendations
Farmers and crop dusters may be able to reduce herbicide drift by making simple adjustments, according to a recently published study. The study, published in Nature’s “Scientific Reports” journal late last year…
Whitaker’s Interest in Helping Youth Translated into a First-Class Animal Science Center
Pauline Whitaker’s desire to make life better for children in NWA has played out in many ways, including the construction of the animal science center that bears her name at the Milo J. Shult Agricultural Research and Extension Center.
Women’s History Month: Division of Agriculture Celebrates Women in Leadership
As part of Women’s History Month, the UADA is highlighting women making an impact in research, youth development, public policy and family and consumer sciences in the state…
Arkansas Native Elected Next President of Southern Agricultural Economics Association
John Anderson will be in a position to provide strategic guidance to the Southern Agriculture Economics Association, an organization he says has helped shape him professionally for more than two decades.
Red Clover Extract Improved Food Intake of Sheep on Toxic Tall Fescue
Research conducted by the AAES using a red clover extract in feed shows promise in offsetting some of the adverse effects of tall fescue toxicosis in livestock…
Arkansas Field Studies Show Strengths of Alternative Fertilizer for Corn, Rice and Soybeans
Struvite, the same substance that makes up kidney stones and irritates sewage plant operators, could be an effective alternative to using a limited supply of mined phosphate for crop fertilizer…
Arkansas to Lead $5 Million Grant-Established Center to Advance Robotics in Poultry Processing
Researchers in Arkansas and two other states will be using a $5 million grant to increase use of artificial intelligence and robotics in chicken processing…
Ag Communications Researchers Aim to Enhance Industry’s Connection with Consumers
Understanding how food and agriculture blogs are used can help improve how industry communicators talk to consumers, said Jefferson Miller, professor of agricultural communications…
Poultry Science Grad Students Earn Awards for Research Presentations at International Meeting
Poultry vaccine research using a technique similar to allergy testing in humans and a project to discern the digestibility of phosphorus from meat and bone have earned two student scientists…
High-Tech Cameras Focused on Chicken Breast Defect Detection
Some research for poultry processing automation is more than meets the eye. A multidisciplinary team of scientists at the AAES are testing to see if hyperspectral images…
Farming Opportunity Seekers Network with Farmers March 9 in Fayetteville
People seeking experience on a working farm will have a chance to meet with farmers at a Center for Arkansas Farms and Food networking event on March 9.
Turfgrass Foundation Presents Award of Excellence to Researcher for Graduate-Level Work
The Musser International Turfgrass Foundation presented its 2023 Musser Award of Excellence to horticulture researcher Wendell Hutchens for his graduate-level contributions…
Experiment Station, Bumpers Faculty Selected for LEAD21 Leadership Program
Two faculty members with the University of Arkansas’ Dale Bumpers College of AFLS and the AAES have been selected to participate in this year’s Class 19 LEAD21 program…
Ark-La-Tex Feral Hog Damage Assessment Provides Deeper Understanding
Managing feral swine — the land-damaging, disease-carrying wild hogs that roam throughout the country — starts with good data, according to Nana Tian…
Kyung Soo Kim, Retired Division of Agriculture Researcher, Dies at 89
Kyung Soo Kim, a retired professor of plant pathology for the AAES and the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas, died Feb. 8…
New Researcher Works the Intersection of Statistics, Biology, Computer Science
Rich Adams builds new statistical algorithms to make sense of the biological data from DNA, RNA, proteins and other complexities of biology…
Arkansas Ag Researchers Seek Climate-Resilient Rice as Part of USDA Grant
Scientists at the UADA’s Rice Research and Extension Center seek to develop rice that is more resilient in the face of climate change and usable water depletion…
Crop Science M.S. Student Places Second in International Yield Prediction Contest
Igor Fernandes, M.S. student in CSES in the Dale Bumpers College of AFLS, recently placed second in an international prediction contest conducted by the Genomes to Fields Initiative…