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Solar Proving a Good Investment for Poultry Farms
Use of solar energy, net metering and grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture has shown…

Food Scientist Tackles Food Safety in the Lab, Field and Classroom
Jennifer Acuff is making a three-tiered effort to ensure food gets from the farm to the kitchen…

Mid-South Conference: Join us for Continuing Education Focused on Ethics in Agricultural Law
Former U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Potter Stewart said that ethics is knowing the difference…

Food Science Doctoral Students Earn Feeding Tomorrow Scholarships
3 graduate students in Food Science have received 2021 scholarships through Feeding Tomorrow…

June 9 Blackberry Tour Offers Insights into Harvesting, Breeding, Trellis Techniques
Summer Blackberry Tour at the Fruit Research Station near Clarksville will provide growers with insights…

Cellulosic Nanomaterial May Help Solve Problem of Herbicide Drift
up to 70 million pounds of herbicides are lost to the environment each year in the U.S, according to…

Agricultural Experiment Station Recognizes 4 Faculty, Staff for Early Career Performance
AAES has named four faculty and staff the inaugural recipients of the Early Career Recognition…

UA System Division of Agriculture, UA-Monticello Announce Blazier as College of Forestry Dean, Arkansas Forest Resources Center Director
There are a number of vital priorities right now for our university, division, the system, and beyond…

Vertical Farming on the Rise: Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station and 80 Acres Farms Enter Research Agreement
Scientists with the AAES, the research arm of the UADA, will coordinate with 80 Acres Farms …

Researchers Find Food Insecurity Heightens Vulnerability to Anxiety, Depression during COVID-19 Pandemic
Families worried about having enough food during the COVID-19 pandemic are at three times the risk…

Food Engineer Aims for Circularity of World Food Systems
Ebenezer Miezah Kwofie sees food production and consumption as linear, with waste products leaking…

Doctoral Student Gann Named American Society of Plant Biologists Ambassador
Peter James Icalia Gann, a U of Arkansas doctoral student, has been selected to serve as an ambassador…

Message in a Bottle: Researchers Evaluating Arkansas’ Wine Grapes
In a quiet lab at the Milo J. Shult Agricultural Research and Extension Center, surrounded by wine glasses…

Food Engineer Joins Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Bumpers College
As you walk to your car after work, you select a meal from a smartphone menu of your favorites…

Grant Funds Arkansas Scientists Research on Medicine Patch for Cattle
Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station Animal Scientist and 2 U of A chemical engineers earned a $500,000…

Division of Agriculture Names Daniel Rivera Director of Southwest Research and Extension Center Effective May 16
SWREC is a 1,185-acre laboratory near Hope in Hempstead County. The center provides field and lab…

Root Respiration Key Indicator for Flooding Forests to Provide Duck Habitat
Doing forest research can be a lonely occupation. Ask the U of A at Monticello graduate student Jonathan Kressuk…

Andrew Sharpley, Renowned Soil and Water Quality Researcher, Retires… Mostly
Sharpley retired as a Distinguished Professor in the department of crop, soil and environmental sciences…

McKenzie appointed Fryar Endowed Professor in Risk Management
Andrew McKenzie, the newly appointed Fryar Endowed Professor in Risk Management, found career…

Southern Cotton Ginners Association recognizes Bourland for achievements in cotton breeding and research
When Fred Bourland left the family cotton farm in Mississippi County for the University of Arkansas…