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Dr. Ivory W. Lyles |
As I travel around Arkansas, I frequently marvel at this state’s natural beauty and abundance of natural resources. I also reflect upon the impact we in Extension have each day in preserving that beauty and those natural resources as we work closely with our agricultural producers.
How do we accomplish this feat each day? First of all, we must understand that agriculture is a major player in Arkansas’ economy, generating $13 billion, or one-fifth of Arkansas’ gross state product. Agriculture also generates approximately 174 thousand jobs statewide. Agriculture’s well-being is vital to the wellbeing of Arkansas. As an industry it surpasses all others for the amount of revenue pumped into local communities and into the state and for the variety and number of jobs provided.
Whether you drive on our interstates, state highways or back roads, you cannot help but notice how widespread agriculture is throughout the Natural State. To further illustrate agriculture’s significance to Arkansas, it is important to note that we rank among the top five states in poultry and rice production and we are one of the top producers of cotton and soybeans.
This level of success hasn’t occurred by chance. Extension has played a significant role in providing producers with technology and practices essential to their productivity and viability. Extension has also had a tremendous and lasting impact on the preservation of Arkansas’ natural resources and beauty, because, as we teach production practices, we also teach producers how to preserve the integrity of their soil, their land, their water and the watersheds impacted by their practices. At the same time, we work with communities to reduce their non-point pollution of the same watersheds. This in turn protects the wildlife essential to keeping Arkansas the Natural State.
When producers follow our recommendations, they typically reduce the amount of chemicals used, they reduce run-off from their land, they reduce the amount of water used and they protect the local wildlife. At the same time, they increase their production levels.
When I look at the collective talent, knowledge and dedication we have among Extension employees, I cannot help but think with pride on the significant influence we have had and will continue to have on the well- being of Arkansans. I hope we will continue to attract and maintain a rich and diverse faculty and staff. I hope each of us takes pride in what we have achieved and will continue to accomplish, and I hope we will constantly improve our own knowledge through study and inquiry.
By doing so, we will assure ourselves that Extension will always play a major role in seeing agriculture remain Arkansas’ number one industry while having a significant hand in preserving our Natural State’s beauty and abundance of natural resources.
- Ivory W. Lyles
Payroll Reminder
All employees currently paid monthly will receive one-half of their monthly pay on August 16. Thereafter, all such employees will be paid semimonthly on the 1st and 16th of the month. Time sheets for the period August 1-15 are due on August 18.
- Karin Grigsby Payroll Officer
Faculty Salary Incentive Bonuses Awarded
Seven Extension faculty were awarded salary incentive bonuses for the work they did in FY06 to increase extramural resources for their programs. This year’s faculty salary incentives totaled $27,620. Since the plan’s inception, faculty and support specialists have been paid salary incentives of over $100,000 in bonuses and fringe benefits. The purpose of the plan is to enhance the quantity and quality of the Division of Agriculture’s programs by increasing the level of extramural funding. For information on how you can qualify, please see information at:
Congratulations to Mitch Crow, Mike Daniels, John Hopkins, Mike Klumpp, Connie Phelps, Ples Spradley and Phil Tacker for their awards.
| Faculty Salary Incentive Program FY06 Bonuses | |
| FSIP Salaries FY06 | $27,620 |
| Fringes | $8,289 |
| Total Compensation | $35,909 |
- Bernadette Hinkle
Extension Faculty Receives 2006 ASABE Superior Paper Award
The publication titled, "Multiple Inlet Approach to Reduce Water Requirements for Rice Production" in Applied Engineering in Agriculture, Vol. 21, No. 4, by E.D. Vories, Phil L. Tacker and Rob Hogan, was recognized with a 2006 ASABE Superior Paper Award at the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting Awards Luncheon on July 12, 2006, in Portland, Oregon. This award was made to the top 2.5 percent of the papers published by ASABE in 2005.
- Lalit Verma
Donna Francis Receives NEAFCS Continued Excellence Award
Donna Francis, county Extension agent - family and consumer sciences, Drew County, has been recognized by the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (NEAFCS) on the regional and national levels for continued excellence.
Among other accomplishments, Donna has been actively involved in Delta HOPE, a tri-state program that addresses childhood obesity by incorporating physical activity into traditional classroom lessons.
Donna will officially receive the Continued Excellence Award at the 2006 NEAFCS Annual Session and Exhibits, October 3-6, 2006, in Denver.
- Lynn Russell
Katie Cobb Receives NEAFCS Florence Hall Award
Katie Cobb, county Extension agent - family and consumer sciences, White County, has been awarded the Florence Hall Award by the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (NEAFCS).
Katie’s work with recovering drug addicts served as the basis for this prestigious award. She realized that eating well was difficult for this target audience and that nutrition was not always a priority. Conducting programs at the Mills Center, residents acquired new addictions….healthy eating habits.
Katie will officially receive the Florence Hall Award at the 2006 NEAFCS Annual Session and Exhibits, October 3-6, 2006, in Denver.
- Lynn Russell
North Central Stocker Cattle Conference
The North Central Stocker Cattle Conference will be held on August 10, 2006, from 2:00 to 7:30 p.m. at the North Arkansas College - South Campus in the John P. Hammerschmidt Center in Harrison, Arkansas. This is the conference’s third year, and each has been better than the previous one.
Dr. Dan Thomson from the Department of Clinical Sciences at Kansas State University will discuss the latest concepts for stocker cattle health. Previously, Dr. Thomson was the Director of Animal Health and Well-Being for Cactus Feeders in Amarillo, Texas.
Internal and external parasites can impact stocker cattle profits. Dr. Chris Tucker, Department of Animal Science, University of Arkansas, will present the newest approaches to controlling internal parasites. Dr. Kelly Loftin, Extension entomologist, will address the best methods to control external parasites.
For the past 22 years, Jim Lofton has been an order buyer procuring stocker and feeder cattle for others. He also runs a herd of 300 commercial cows with the calves usually retained through harvest. In addition, 2,500 to 4,000 head of stockers are run through his receiving and growing yard annually. Mr. Lofton will discuss his experience with designing livestock facilities for stocker cattle.
The registration fee for the North Central Stocker Cattle Conference is $20 and is payable at the door. Farm Credit Services of Western Arkansas is the sponsor for this program.
- Tom R. Troxel
Symposium on Beef Cattle Marketing - Globally, Nationally and Locally
As a result of the successful Department of Animal Science Centennial Celebration symposium in June, 2005, and the importance of beef marketing identified by the Arkansas Beef Audit, a symposium on Beef Cattle Marketing - Globally, Nationally and Locally has been planned. The symposium will be held August 15, 2006, from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. at the Pauline Whitaker Animal Science Arena at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Marc Vanacht will begin the symposium, and he believes the agriculture marketing system is collapsing. With production agriculture shifting due to land, labor, water and environmental regulations, agriculture marketing has become global and not local or national. Mr. Vanacht, AG Business Consultants, is experienced in business strategy development, product and marketing management, market research and analysis, with and for companies and government. His perspective will be very thought provoking.
Age and source verification are already critical. Marcine Moldenhauer, Strategic Supply Manager for Cargill Meats Solutions, will address age and source verification and other marketing issues from an industry perspective. Ms. Moldenhauer is responsible for setting direction, overseeing and executing alliances, partnerships, marketing agreements and cattle feeding to supply the branded and premium beef programs.
Following these speakers will be a producer panel made up of three of the most well respected cattle producers in Arkansas - Lawson Hembree, David Miller and John Paul Pendergrass. Mr. Hembree represents the purebred industry, Mr. Miller the cow-calf industry and Mr. Pendergrass the stocker industry. They will discuss how marketing their respective products has changed and what future critical issues they see.
The registration fee for the Beef Cattle Marketing - Globally, Nationally and Locally symposium is $50 and is payable at the door. Sponsors for this symposium include King Lecture and Farm Credit Services of Western Arkansas.
- Tom R. Troxel
"TnT" - Exploding Into Leadership
Twenty-four 4-H members from Mississippi and Greene Counties, along with FFA members from three chapters in Mississippi County, recently participated in a leadership-training workshop at the Manila Airport Center in Mississippi County on July 11 and 12.
County Agents Debbie Still and Romona Thieme, along with FFA Advisors Dale Poag, Ben Rutherford and Jim Thieme, planned the event.
University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service Specialists Dr. Joseph Waldrum, Mike Klumpp and Caroll Guffey conducted sessions on True Colors, working in teams and GPS training.
A banquet was held for the youth, parents and community leaders with Mississippi County Judge Steve McGuire and Randy Veach, vice president of the Arkansas Farm Bureau, serving as speakers.
This is the second year that a leadership workshop has been conducted between the Cooperative Extension Service and the Mississippi County Youth Leadership Coalition.
- Romona Thieme
Area 4-H’ers Go "Back to Nature"
Approximately 125 4-H members from Howard, Little River, Miller and Sevier Counties participated in a three-day camp at Beaver’s Bend State Park in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, on June 21- 23, 2006. Each year, 4-H members, parents, leaders and agents attend the three-day camp to learn about environmental issues that are important to them and the area they live in.
Just how long the camp has been in existence is debatable. Ouachita District Director Quinton Hornsby says he can remember attending the camp back in the 1960s as a 4-H member in Sevier County. A 4-H alumnus in Howard County states she attended in the late 1950s when it was a day camp. Fact is that for at least the past 45 years the camp has brought together 4-H’ers from at least three counties to learn about the world they live in.
The original camp included 4-H members from Howard, Little River and Sevier Counties. Over the years, other counties have participated including Garland and Miller Counties. Miller County joined the group approximately 14 years ago. Today, the camp includes 4-H members from the four counties that comprise the corner of Southwest Arkansas. While minor changes have been made to offer a camp that is interesting to youth, the basic structure remains. Youth participate in lots of leadership and educational activities including canoeing, swimming, learning how to use GPS units, insects, community service projects they can incorporate back home, meal preparation and cleanup and camp crafts.
Agents from the four counties plan the three-day program and conduct many of the educational segments along with help from state specialists and area government agencies. Agents and 4-H program assistants attending this year included Joe Stuart, Becky Reynolds, John Turner, Carla Haley, Julia Chism, Rex Herring, Terrie James, Vicky Wright, Sherry Eudy, Jean Ince and Sherry Wenta. Josh Wright also participated and conducted two educational sessions for the group.
Each year, 4-H members from the four counties look forward to returning to rebuild old friendships and make new ones. Hopefully, the camp can look forward to at least 45 more years of learning fun!
- Jean A. Ince
Keep Up With Several Calendars at Once
The GroupWise Multi-User calendar view is a graphical way to view several schedules at once. This is a quick and easy way to see your unit’s schedules as you are planning meetings or other events. It’s a snap to set up*:
1. First, make sure you have been given proxy rights to read the calendars of
the people you wish to view. (To learn how to grant you those rights, they may
visit
http://www.uaex.edu/depts/InfoTech/GroupWise/
GWProxySettings.asp)
2. Next, select the dropdown next to the Calendar icon in the toolbar and select Multi-User.
3. When the calendar displays, select the icon at the top right corner of the calendar that looks like a person to add or remove users.
4. Check the boxes next to the users listed that you wish to view. If you don’t see a name listed, enter the person’s name in the Name: box and select Add User.
5. Select OK to view your calendars.
6. The current day is listed for all your selections. You can choose one of the arrows to the left and right of the numbers at the top left of the calendar to move 1 day, a week, a month or a year at a time.
*Note: Because this is a graphical view of GroupWise calendars, there are no alternate non-mouse instructions available for many of the functions.
Tip of the Month:
Multi-User Calendar view is an easy way to view all the conference and meeting rooms at once.
- Nina R. Boston
Grants and Contracts
| Project Title | Award Amount | Principal Investigator | Granting Agency |
| National Center on Family Homelessness - Katrina Project | $7,500 | Rosemary Rodibaugh | National Center on Family Homelessness |
| Creating Knowledge Worker Friendly Communities | $10,000 | Mark Peterson | Arkansas Community Foundation |
| Insecticide Termination for Late-Season Bugs (Stink Bugs) in Second-Generation (Bollgard II) Bt Cotton |
$13,000 |
Gus Lorenz | Cotton Incorporated |
| Developing a Strategy for the Land-Grant System to Address Rural Development Research, Extension and Policy in the South | $2,500 | Tammy Seefeld | Mississippi State University |
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Total |
$33,000 |
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