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Long-Term Arkansas Soil Health Study Shows Benefits …

WEBThere are challenges to the practice, but he says over 20 years of research, including a continuous 18-year field study, show that keeping the carbon (residue) on the field has multiple benefits. Brye’s …

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International Avian Influenza and One Health Emerging Issues …

WEBThe International Avian Influenza and One Health Emerging Issues Summit will be held in person and online, Sept. 30-Oct. 3, at the Don Tyson Center for Agricultural Sciences, 1371 W. Altheimer Dr., in Fayetteville. “Avian influenza has adapted to mammalian species, and it is now endemic in the United States,” said Guillermo Tellez …

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Program Aims to Improve Soil Health for Northwest Arkansas

WEBNWA Specialty Crop Soil Health Program. By Fred Miller – June 10, 2022. LOCAL FOODS — The Northwest Arkansas Crop Soil Health Program is aimed at helping farmers in Washington, Benton, Carroll and Madison counties sustain the productivity of their soils to support local food systems. (UA System Division of Agriculture photo by …

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Slow-Growth Diet Before Breeding Offered Better Long-Range …

WEBFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Borrowing a page from the dairy industry, researchers with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station found that a slow-growth diet meant more piglets and healthier and longer-lived momma pigs. Slowing weight gain for female pigs before breeding showed improvements in performance throughout four breeding cycles

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Mid-South soil health study seeks links between tillage, carbon …

WEBThe study will measure soils on 34 selected soil health measurements including pH, soil organic matter, water infiltration and total carbon. Mid-South crop production is unique because most crop production is irrigated, the soils are poorly drained, have low organic matter by nature, are usually heavily tilled, and mild winter …

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Soil Testing Time Saver Predicts Key Soil Health Characteristics

WEBFarmers in a time crunch have a new, speedier option for analyzing the texture and organic matter content of the soil on their fields. Gerson Drescher, assistant professor of soil fertility for the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, led a study to create prediction models for these key soil health indicators based on standard tests …

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LISTEN: How Pesticides Help Advance Sustainable Agriculture

WEBLISTEN: How Pesticides Help Advance Sustainable Agriculture. In this episode, we learn about research that shows pesticide use can increase productivity and profits for producers, and alleviate pressure on water, land, and energy resources per unit of crop produced. Marty Matlock, professor of ecological engineering with the biological and

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Entomologist studies forest health from the ground up

WEBFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Natalie Clay studies the health of forest ecosystems — not only by examining the trees but by inspecting the organisms living below them. Clay is a new associate professor of entomology and plant pathology for the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station. Her research primarily focuses on how the …

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Rice Research & Extension Center

WEBThe Center’s mission is to investigate, validate and disseminate the best practices for sustainable rice production for Arkansas farmers. The research conducted at the RREC is primarily field-oriented, problem-solving, and applied. Rice breeding efforts for cultivar development are aided by DNA marker-assisted analysis to identify traits associated …

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Milo J. Shult Agricultural Research & Extension Center

WEBThe Milo J. Shult Agricultural Research & Extension Center (SAREC) is the main agricultural research complex in Arkansas and the premier research location in the region. SAREC is also the headquarters site of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station (AES). The Center is used by all AES research disciplines and includes research in the areas of …

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Rice Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station

WEBThe Rice Breeding Program has a long history of rice releases benefiting Arkansas Farmers. Yield and agronomic performance data for state and regional rice trials can be found on the Variety Testing Programs page. Our Rice Breeding Program has had the following impact in Arkansas and the mid-south: 53. PUBLIC RELEASES SINCE 1936.

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