Lawrence Berry

I'm a big fan of the natural world. Whether it's the soil, water, air, or the wildlife that thrives within it, we are all so lucky to have earth as a home.

[Lawrence Berry @AR_WaterQuality]

@ARDiscoveryFarm @AR_Extension @ARsoilsGuy @MdanielsMike @ArkansasNRCS Y'all did an excellent job with this. Congrats!

[Arkansas Discovery Farms @ARDiscoveryFarm]

Several of the #ARDiscoveryFarms team were honored at the @AR_Extension's annual Extension Excellence Awards this week. The AR Soil & Water Conservation Virtual Field Trip team received the State Team Award.

[Arkansas Discovery Farms @ARDiscoveryFarm]

#ARDiscoveryFarms recently got to host @SRMcGeheeSD's Ms. Anna Grayson's #Science students at the Dumas Discovery Farm. Students learned about #WaterQuality issues, #GulfHypoxia, #Conservation practices, #SoilHealth, #AggregateStability, & #SoilEcology.

[Arkansas Discovery Farms @ARDiscoveryFarm]

This video shows some of #ARDiscoveryFarms' Lawrence Berry's (@AR_WaterQuality) grad research at the Morrow #Farm in NWA.
When winter feeding hay, research shows unrolling bales offers benefits to both forage quality & quantity, as well as soil bulk density & water infiltration.

[Arkansas Discovery Farms @ARDiscoveryFarm]

The #ARDiscoveryFarms Program is planning a conference focusing on #Conservation & #Agricultural #Sustainability in Arkansas, & we need your feedback! Please click the link below & take this short survey to help us plan and gauge interest in this event.
https://t.co/HNBNxlrIIu

[Nathan Slaton @SlatonNathan]

So many questions…Does lunar soil qualify as “soil” using an earthly definition? What should “lunar” soil be extracted? What yield goal should fertilizer recommendations be based on? What’s the price of potash on the moon? Was this a grid sample? #soil @SSSA_soils

[Lawrence Berry @AR_WaterQuality]

@Pat83667307 Nice. I've found a few walking in creeks and streams in NW Arkansas, but never anything that large, amazing find.

[Lawrence Berry @AR_WaterQuality]

27 species mix, these cows cannot wait!

[Lawrence Berry @AR_WaterQuality]

Drilling cool season demonstration cover crop at the Morrow @ARDiscovery Farm today to fill in winter/early spring forage gap and increase soil health. Tomorrow will broadcast equal amount. Thanks @UofA_Research Animal Science for loaning this impressive tool. Now just need rain.

[Arkansas Discovery Farms @ARDiscoveryFarm]

Do you know your #Watershed & where your #Runoff #Water goes? Here's an interactive map, pretend you're a drop of #Rain, click on the map, & follow its journey.

40% of the continental US drains into the #GulfOfMexico via the #MississippiRiverBasin.

https://t.co/LrIwSb2VP6

[Arkansas Discovery Farms @ARDiscoveryFarm]

#ARDiscoveryFarms has some truly exceptional #Farmers!

Jeff Marley recently presented about the research we're conducting on his NWA #Poultry farm, at the South Central Region - NACD meeting in Eureka Springs.

It's a privilege to work with producers like Mr. Marley.

[Lawrence Berry @AR_WaterQuality]

@ARDiscoveryFarm @uaex_ag @ARsoilsguy

[Lawrence Berry @AR_WaterQuality]

Brought new #ARDiscoveryFarm member Kishan to Morrow farm. As we strolled #covercrops and talked #soilmicrobes, Kishan educated us about locally sourced effective microorganisms (LEM) to build microbial communities, suppress pathogens, & increase nutrient uptake. #soilhealth

[Lawrence Berry @AR_WaterQuality]

Group of soybean graduate students from around globe visit Marley @ARDiscoveryFarm. Many excellent questions/conversations about connections between #poultry and row-crops. Like, it takes > 4.5 and 3.5 million tons of #ARcorn and #ARsoy to grow 1 billion #AR broilers in 1 yr

[Lawrence Berry @AR_WaterQuality]

Pair of dung beetles (Canthon pilularius) nest building at the Morrow @ARDiscoveryFarm. Dung beetles are important insects for AR pasture helping to reduce fouling, distribute nutrients, aerate soil, and break up the life cycle of parasites. @SSSA_soils @ArFB

[Lawrence Berry @AR_WaterQuality]

Took soil samples at the Morrow Discovery Farm. A variety of silt loams were collected including Captina silt loam, Johnsburg silt loam, Pembrok gravelly silt loam, Pembroke gravelly silt loam, and Clarksville extremely gravelly silt loam. #siltloam #soil #forage #ArkansasAg

[Lawrence Berry @AR_WaterQuality]

Anyone know this bird hunting for some local worms in soil mapped as Enders stoney loam, or perhaps just nibbling on some perennial rye seeds growing in a stand of buttercups? A fine day for soil sampling at the Moore Discovery Farm near Lincoln, AR. #SoilTesting #Wildlife #Birds

[Bumpers College - University of Arkansas @uarkbumpers]

Andrew Sharpley, a founder of Ark Discovery Farms Program, retired in January, mostly; crop, soil & environmental sciences prof; still focused on conservation in agricultural production systems to preserve #WaterQuality: https://t.co/Y9cnlzOQFP

#AgFoodLife

[Lawrence Berry @AR_WaterQuality]

@ARsoilsGuy @arcottonman Wow! That cover is looking dense, a bet a cow would have a field day on that stuff.

[Lawrence Berry @AR_WaterQuality]

@ArkAgResearch @ARDiscoveryFarm @ArFB So lucky to have had the privilege to work with this man @ARDiscoveryFarm. Besides being a world class scientist, Andrew is also an amazing human being with a witty humor that makes folks around him relax and ease-up. Thanks Andrew for your many years of service to conservation!