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2014 Tri-State Soybean Forum Looks At 100-Bushel Year
DUMAS, ARK.
With Arkansas soybean growers breaking 100-bushel barrier multiple times in 2013, the century mark will be the emphasis at the 2014 Tri State Soybean Conference set for Friday, Jan. 3 in Dumas, Ark.
The conference will be held at the Dumas Community Center, 18 Belmont Street. Registration opens at 7:30 a.m. There is no cost to attend.
“This has been a banner year in soybeans for Arkansas growers, “ said Bob Stark, professor of Agricultural Economics at the University of Arkansas-Monticello, secretary and treasurer of the Tri State Soybean Forum. “We want to celebrate the 2013 yields and plan to have a panel discussion featuring the growers who broke the century mark share some of what they learned.”
Speakers and tentative topics on the agenda:
• 8 a.m. – Jeremy Greene, Professor of Entomology, Clemson University – “A New Soybean Pest for the Mid-South - The Kudzu Bug”
• 8:45 a.m. – Terry Spurlock, Extension Plant Pathologist, University of Arkansas – “Spatial Distribution of Aerial Blight in Soybean Fields Undergoing Annual Rotations with Rice”
• 9:30 a.m. – Grover Shannon, Professor of Soybean Genetics and Breeding, University of Missouri – “Chloride Issues in Soybean Production”
• 10:15 a.m. – Break
• 10:45 a.m. – Larry Steckel, Associate Professor/Row Crop Weed Specialist, University of Tennessee – “Managing Weed Resistance in Soybean Systems”
• 11:30 a.m. – United Soybean Board Representative, National Soybean Update
• 11:45 a.m. – Lanny Ashlock, Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board Project Manager & Mid-South Soybean Board Research Coordinator, moderating a panel discussion with the Arkansas Race for 100 Winners: Nelson Crow, Dumas; Matt Miles, McGehee; and Eddie Tackett of Atkins.
• 12:15 p.m. – Forum Collegiate Scholarship presentations
• 12:30 p.m. – Lunch
The meeting is sponsored by numerous agricultural industry companies in the region, the United Soybean Board, the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board, and the Arkansas Soybean Association.∆
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