2013 Soybean Research Summit To Feature 100-Bushel MVPs
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
The 2013 Arkansas Soybean Research Summit will cap a record-breaking year with a panel discussion featuring the growers who broke the 100-bushel per acre barrier, along with University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture experts who will share advice for a great 2014 growing season.
“We have a solid lineup that we think will answer many of the most common concerns and questions Arkansas soybean growers may have had through the 2013 growing season,” said Jeremy Ross, extension soybean agronomist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
The conference is set for Tuesday, Dec. 17, at the Northeast Arkansas District Fairgrounds in Jonesboro. 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 at 501-671-2148 for more information.
The agenda:
• 8:30 – Welcome - ASPB Chairman Shannon Davis
• 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 by Ron’s Catfish in Jonesboro; Break refreshments by Craighead County Extension Homemakers.∆