2013 Soybean Research Summit To Feature 100-Bushel MVPs
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
This year’s record-breaking, 100-bushel per acre soybean growers will be sharing the secrets behind their successes on Dec. 17 at the Arkansas Soybean Research Summit to be held at Jonesboro.
The half-day summit, at the Northeast Arkansas District Fairgrounds, will also feature a slate of University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture experts who will share advice for a top-notch growing season in 2014.
The event, sponsored by the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board, opens at 8 a.m. with registration and ends with lunch at 12:15 p.m. There’s no cost to attend. Contact Jeremy Ross, extension soybean agronomist at 501-671-2148 for more information.
The agenda:
• 8:45 – Bob Scott, extension weed scientist, on “New Technologies for Controlling Herbicide-Resistant Weeds in Soybean.”
• 9:15 – Travis Faske, extension plant pathologist, “Soybean Diseases – How to Manage Fungicide-Resistant Frogeye.”
• 9:45 – Larry Purcell, Results of the Mid-South Soybean Planting Date by Location Study – What to Plant and When to Plant it Where.”
• 10:15 – Break
• 10:30 – Ross, “Best Management Practices for Northeast Arkansas Soybean Production
• 11:00 – Ryan Van Roekel, U of Arkansas PhD student, “Research-based Facts for Maximum Soybean Yield in Arkansas.”
• 11:20 – Lanny Ashlock, Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board, “100 bushel Soybean Club” – Discussion by the Arkansas growers who broke the 100-bushel yield barrier in 2013.
• Noon – Awards
• 12:15 – Lunch
For more information about crop production in Arkansas, visit extension's web site, www.uaex.edu, or http://Arkansascrops.com or contact your county extension agent.∆