Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station

We are an innovative agriculture & food research institution, achieving discoveries to benefit Arkansas and beyond. We are part of the UA System Division of Ag.

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The Lon Mann Cotton Research Station has grown from one of our earliest research sites to a 655-acre research complex with research programs that influence agricultural production across Arkansas and beyond.

Read more about the station's history at https://t.co/lopgLhuOmc

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What barriers may discourage some students from pursuing a career in veterinary medicine? Danielle Reeves, a recent animal science honors graduate, explores the question in this year's @uarkbumpers Discovery journal. Read more: https://t.co/2qkALpWTgp @AginArk

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The Pit-less Tailwater Pump, a new kind of water-saving irrigation system invented by @cghnery_ua, recently became commercially licensed by @AginArk for manufacture and sale by @IrrigationMart. The USDA-NRCS incentives program deadline for financial assistance is Nov. 20. Read more: https://t.co/8aXsBx9TkI @AginArk @Arkansas.Rice @arkansassoybean

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A nine-greenhouse complex is planned at the Milo J. Shult Agricultural Research & Extension Center thanks to a $2.5 million @USDA_NIFA grant. Read more: https://t.co/6AzL8rLwm7 @AginArk @uarkhort

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About 33% of school-based ag educators surveyed across the South stated that their schools did not offer mental health professional development, but 76.5% reported willingness to attend training. Read more about results of the study: https://t.co/EVdnqZ4JZz @AginArk @uarkbumpers @AR_Extension @USDA_NIFA #NIFAImpacts

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With $2.5M in @USDA_NIFA support, planning is underway for modernized greenhouses at the Milo J. Shult Agricultural Research & Extension Center. Construction is expected to be completed in late 2028. Read more: https://t.co/6AzL8rLwm7 @AginArk @uarkhort

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Following the retirement of Wayne Kuenzel, colleagues are reflecting on the lasting impact of a scientist whose work expanded our understanding of avian biology and inspired generations of students and researchers. Read more: https://t.co/SBt9tFyNKx @AginArk

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The 2026 issue of Discovery, the @uarkbumpers undergraduate research journal, features research by Danielle Reeves, a recent animal science honors graduate, seeking to better understand barriers of entering the veterinary profession. Read more: https://t.co/2qkALpWTgp @AginArk

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Billy Hargis retired this summer as one of the most respected researchers, teachers and veterinarians focusing on health and disease challenges in commercial poultry, said David Caldwell, head of the Department of Poultry Science. Read more about Hargis: https://t.co/HtIlge1iBe @AginArk

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From food texture and flavor perception to AI, music and consumer behavior, the Sensory Science Center's recent STAR in Sensory Nudges Conference highlighted how sensory science continues to drive innovation across industries. Read more: https://t.co/bl8bjeQHX5 @AginArk @UarkFDSCClub @uarkbumpers

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As an @AginArk administrator, Cynthia Sides has worked closely with UADA's Technology Commercialization Office. She took on the additional duty as interim director of TCO on Oct. 15, following the retirement of Lisa Childs, assistant vice president for technology commercialization. Read more: https://t.co/Z0LINfsHLA

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From mule teams to GPS-guided tractors and spray drones, the Lon Mann Cotton Research Station in Marianna is celebrating 100 years of helping Arkansas farmers adapt, innovate and thrive. Discover how one of the state's first agricultural research stations has evolved alongside Arkansas agriculture: https://t.co/U85TOubum1 @AginArk @AR_Extension @SlatonNathan @ArkansasEPP @UarkBENG @uarkaeab @AgInArk_CropIP @arkansassoybean

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Animal scientists are investigating the use of an omega-3 supplement to lower stress and inflammation levels in fall-born calves going through the backgrounding phase in the summer. Read more: https://t.co/woaW16DYDe @AginArk @uarkbumpers

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From mapping neural pathways in the chicken brain to advancing knowledge of avian reproduction, vision and stress response, Wayne Kuenzel's research career has influenced scientists around the world. Learn more about his remarkable legacy in poultry science at https://t.co/OeaV4WJd0I @AginArk

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Results of a multistate Southern region study paint a largely encouraging picture around the ability of school-based agricultural educators to help farm families in distress. Read more: https://t.co/dko8RrEvsj @AginArk @uarkbumpers @AR_Extension @USDA_NIFA #NIFAImpacts

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Over the course of his career, Billy Hargis published hundreds of scientific publications that resulted in dozens of licensed inventions. Of all his achievements, though, he points to the scores of students he mentored and collaborators he worked with as being the greatest sources of fulfillment. Read more about Hargis, who retired this summer: https://t.co/HtIlge1iBe @AginArk

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Cynthia Sides was recently named interim director of @AginArk's Technology Commercialization Office while continuing her role as associate director for research development and compliance for the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station. Read more: https://t.co/CwsesflSgG

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With support from the @ArkBeefCouncil, Zena Herrera in the Department of Animal Science is looking into a feed supplement for calves going through the backgrounding phase in the hottest months. Read more: https://t.co/woaW16DYDe @AginArk @uarkbumpers

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Congratulations, Itunuoluwa Adegbite, on your Meullenet Research Award! Adegbite, a @uarkhort Ph.D. student, won $200 and third-place in the competition created this year to recognize outstanding undergraduate and graduate student research. Jean-François Meullenet, head of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, presented her the award during the Sensory Science Center's STAR in Sensory Nudges conference on Oct. 19. See more photos from the conference: https://t.co/NxE8Vzac3N @AginArk @uarkbumpers

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Research by agricultural economists showed that parts of Arkansas and other Southern states are among those most exposed to the impacts for corn and soybean prices when the river is low. Read more: https://t.co/wkwMhBSabB @AginArk @uarkaeab @uarkbumpers