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Nov. 17 Field Day Online: Healthier Cattle, Healthier Bottom Line
Researchers from the UADA and OSU will discuss their findings on bovine respiratory disease, anaplasmosis…
Arkansas Study Shows Soybeans Yield 10.5 Percent More with Cover Crop
A three-year study conducted by the AAES shows that cover crops can improve yields in soybean fields…
Friends, Colleagues Remember Division of Agriculture Entomologist Phil Tugwell for Hard Work, Generosity, Impact on Arkansas Agriculture
Phil Tugwell — “Tug” to his friends — was known as a hard worker who was generous with resources…
Pittman: Foreign Ownership of U.S. Forestlands Has Wide-Reaching Implications
Forestland accounts for nearly half of the foreign-owned land in the U.S., which can have broad implications…
New Parboiling Method Saves Water, Improves Nutrient Content in Rice
Food scientists at the AAES have developed a new parboiling process that reduces water use up to 75%…
Chaff Lining, Seed Mills Aid in Fight Against Herbicide-Resistant Weeds
The Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station is taking part in research to fight the battle against herbicide…
Beef and Forages Field Day Set Oct. 29 at Southwest Research and Extension Center
Ways to improve cattle health and reproduction are features of a Beef and Forages Field Day on Oct. 29…
2021 Issue of Discovery Journal Highlights Undergraduate Student Research
Student scientists at the University of Arkansas saw their work featured in the 2021 edition of Discovery…
Greenhouse Gas, Cover Crops Research Part of Northeast Rice Research and Extension Center’s 2021 Virtual Field Tour
A project to measure greenhouse gases and water use in furrow-irrigated rice, and the use of cover crops…
New Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences Head Aims to Engage with Students, Stakeholders in First Year
Jeff Edwards plans to hit the ground running in his new role as head of the CSES department for…
Arkansas Grows 10 Edible, Ornamental Pumpkins as Part of 11-State Squash Hunger Trial
A plethora of pumpkins at the Milo J. Shult Agricultural Research and Extension Center is part of the 11-state Squash…
Arkansas Corn & Cotton Online Field Day Set Oct. 28
Corn and cotton are the topics for the next virtual field day presented by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture…
Cover Crops: Five Things To Know
The proper use of cover crops can produce several benefits for production systems in Arkansas including improved soil health…
Soil and Soybean Scientists Work to Get a Handle on “Dead Man’s Fingers”
A monster that lives by eating the dead is hiding underground, and it has developed a taste for soybeans…
Food Science Doctoral Candidate Earns $10,000 MISA Foundation Scholarship
Tad Beekman, University of Arkansas Food Science, is one of seven students nationally selected…
Students Praise Program in Waterfowl, Land Management Offered through UAM, Division of Agriculture, Five Oaks
It’s “everything I could imagine and more!” That’s how Katherine Allen described her first months as a student…
New Guard Llama Settles in at Agricultural Experiment Station
A new guard at the Milo J. Shult Agricultural Research and Extension Center is only 4 years old, but…
Animal Scientists Pioneer New Methods for Culturing Swine Gut Microbiomes
AAES scientists have developed bacterial cultivation methods to isolate different bacteria from pigs…
Bobbitt Names Division of Agriculture Veteran Culver as Interim Chief
University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt today named longtime Division of Agriculture…
Researchers Pursue Best Procedures to Keep Dine-In Customers Safe from COVID-19
Arkansas researchers are working to answer one of the leading questions on Americans’ minds as the country struggles…