Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
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Table of Contents • Notable • College and campus enrollment at record highs • New faculty members enrich variety of programs • Chair holder is culinary tourism expert • Childcare center architects approved • Kent Rorie joins Vice President's staff • Arkansas wins national IFT College Bowl • Savoy forest used for research, extension projects • Turfgrass specialist receives national award • Weed science team wins Southern Region Contest • Faculty member's colleagues host benefit concert • 'Corps of Discovery' lecture scheduled • New soybean variety described at Pine Tree Field Day • NEREC observes 50th anniversary at field day • Vegetable Substation hosts Southern Pea Field Day • Field day features turfgrass programs • Food science sponsors MasterFoods USA summer interns • Habitat project selected for USGBC study • Johnson consults on blackberries in Nanjing
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Northeast Research and Extension Center observes 50th anniversary The Northeast Research and Extension Center at Keiser celebrated its 50th Anniversary with a field day Thursday, Aug. 23. Presentations by 16 Division of Agriculture researchers included discussion of changes over the past 50 years. The field day included tours of crop research plots and an indoor program with a talk by State Senator Steve Bryles of Blytheville. An historical perspective on "What it takes to make a living on cotton," was presented by agricultural economist Bruce Ahrendsen, and plant breeder Robert Bacon discussed "Wheat Varieties, Now and Then." A look at the future of the impact of biofuels on Arkansas agriculture was provided in a presentation on "The Future of Renewable Fuels in Arkansas," by Mike Shook of Patriot Biofuels, and "Biofuels: A Perspective for Arkansas," by agricultural economist Michael Popp. Research plots at NEREC include sunflower and switchgrass for study as potential energy crops. Center Director Fred Bourland said NEREC was established on 655 acres at Keiser in 1957 as an expansion of the Alfalfa Substation established in 1948 at Osceola. The station was expanded to 766 acres, and a resident faculty was appointed when it became the Northeast Research and Extension Center in 1980. It is one of five regional Division of Agriculture centers with a resident faculty. Bourland said the Keiser location was chosen primarily to provide for cotton research on its clay soils, which are typical of many soils found east of Crowley's Ridge. In addition to Bourland, who is also a cotton breeder, the resident faculty at NEREC, all with doctoral degrees, includes Glenn Studebaker, entomology; Rob Hogan, agricultural economics; and Daniel Stephenson, agronomy. The center's history is outlined in a 50th Anniversary commemorative brochure available online at http://aaes.uark.edu/nerec.html.
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