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AI, Machine Learning Boosts Arkansas Animal Science Research
Supercomputers and artificial intelligence aren’t typically thought to go with animal science, but they are among the tools for a relatively new field of science called bioinformatics that can be used to improve animal health and productivity.
Claude Kennedy, Retired Cotton Station Director, Former ASCS Regional Director, Passes Away at 82
The Cotton Research Station at Marianna may bear Lon Mann’s name, but the place belonged to Claude Kennedy. “He loved his station. It was personal for him,” said Chuck Culver, director…
New Parasite Affecting Canadian Partridges Named for Arkansas Poultry Scientist
With a newly discovered poultry pathogen named in his honor, Billy Hargis has a permanent place in the annals of science. And now, the pathogen has a permanent place on Hargis. Eimeria hargisi is a parasite discovered by…
Food Scientists are Finding Ways to Preserve Food Quality and Ensure Food Safety
Sometimes the processing that makes food safe can compromise flavor and nutrients, but food scientist Jennifer Acuff is looking for a way to make food safe and minimize loss of quality.
USDA-Grant Supported FRST Project Releases New Fertilizer Prediction Tool
A new fertilizer recommendation tool, developed nationally in collaboration with the AAES, could save farmers millions of dollars annually while reducing excess nutrient losses to the environment.
Nathan McKinney Retires as Assistant Director of Experiment Station
Nathan McKinney is known across the state of Arkansas as someone who has been committed to improving the lives of people through advances in agriculture. In addition to serving as associate vice president of agriculture and assistant director of the AAES since August 2012…
Value-Added Products Focus of ‘Plan. Produce. Profit!’ Workshop May 6
A farmer who can’t sell imperfect tomatoes at the market may turn them into a value-added product, like spaghetti sauce, ratatouille, or salsa. With a little imagination, the same option is available…
Pre-Weaned Calf Deworming Study Showed Improved Weight-Gain, Added Value
A recent Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station study showed deworming calves about two months before weaning improved weight gain and added value for producers…
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…
Protein Specialist Samira Feyzi Joins UA System Food Science Department
As the global population grows, food scientists like Samira Feyzi are exploring the world of plant proteins to broaden their use in human nutrition. Feyzi recently joined the AAES…
Exchange Program Research Provides Critical Nutrition Recommendations in Tanzania
Using a novel research methodology, researchers in the U.S. and Tanzania have identified new recommendations for reducing nutrient deficiency in the East African country…