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Grower assisted field tests, meetings, and tours show new ideas and technology for economic benefits. |
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Production meetings are important to producers in the county. Throughout the year a telemarketing conference, pesticide applicator training, hunting leases, consultant-producer IPM training and Farmer-Lender meetings are held to supplement additional needs. Theses are attended by 135 persons.
Attendance this year was 180 farmers, consultants and industry fieldsmen at the county rice, soybean, corn, grain sorghum, cotton, Ag Expo, and wheat production meetings. The subject matter was presented by Extension staff and state specialist.
Field demonstrations are very useful to address current issues that growers face each year. Most major crops are investigated to help with projected problems plus attempt cost effective pest management decisions. Getting the most of improved land was considered by planting rice behind a current wheat crop. Joe Marotti and the Extension Service continued the third year of multiple rice variety tests. No-till and reduced input agronomic methods resulted in rice yields of 145 bu/a that was harvested with the remainder of his rice crop. Several other growers in the area have adapted this practice on more than 1,000 acres.
The new Corn Research and Verification Trial was conducted on the Boyce Johnson Farm. Management practices consisted only of University of Arkansas recommendations. Field averages were 202 to 214 bu/a for each of the two years. Addressing Bob Pollard’s problems of wheat production on flat clay soils was shown with the two year Wheat Research and Verification Trial. The addition of drain furrows, different fertility rates and varieties helped improve yields 54 to 65 bu/a for each respective year.
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