Friday, December 12, 2025

soil

Trent Roberts named first UArk endowed chair in soil fertility

• By Fred Miller • The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture has appointed Trent Roberts the Endowed Chair in Soil Fertility Research. Roberts is an associate professor of soil fertility and testing for the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station...

U Ark launches row crop text message updates

Interested in receiving up-to-date University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture row crop information and recommendations directly to your text messaging inbox? Look no further. The university is rolling out a text messaging service from several UAEX row crop Extension...

Researchers: Fertilizer choice can affect methane-producing organisms in soil

University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture rice research may lead to more sustainable crop production in the state and around the world. The quest for increased sustainability in agriculture and other industries includes examining greenhouse gases and how they’re...

LSU researcher assembles an economical drone field-mapping system

• By Randy Price • If you have ever tried mapping a field with a drone for crop scouting, you will quickly find out that producing an image map of a field requires some amount of work and usually a trip...

Newport, Ark., rice grower named Field to Market’s 2017 Rice Farmer of the Year

Jennifer James, a rice farmer from Newport, Arkansas, was recently named the 2017 Farmer of the Year by the Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture. The award is presented to a producer who has embraced conservation and stewardship...

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