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Start The Year Right: Jan. 3 Tri State Soybean Forum In Dumas
DUMAS, ARK.
Soybean growers in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi can learn from growers with record-breaking yields, as well as university experts at the Friday, Jan. 3, Tri State Soybean Forum set for Dumas, Ark.
The conference will be held at the Dumas Community Center, 18 Belmont Street. Registration opens at 7:30 a.m. There is no cost to attend.
Speakers and tentative topics on the agenda:
• 8 a.m. – Jeremy Greene, Professor of Entomology, Clemson University – “A New Soybean Pest for the Mid-South – The Kudzu Bug”
• 8:45 a.m. – Terry Spurlock, Extension Plant Pathologist, University of Arkansas – “Spatial Distribution of Aerial Blight in Soybean Fields Undergoing Annual Rotations with Rice”
• 9:30 a.m. – Grover Shannon, Professor of Soybean Genetics and Breeding, University of Missouri – “Chloride Issues in Soybean Production”
• 10:15 a.m. – Break
• 10:45 a.m. – Larry Steckel, Associate Professor/Row Crop Weed Specialist, University of Tennessee – “Managing Weed Resistance in Soybean Systems”
• 11:30 a.m. – United Soybean Board Representative, National Soybean Update
• 11:45 a.m. – Lanny Ashlock, Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board Project Manager & Mid-South Soybean Board Research Coordinator, moderating a panel discussion with the Arkansas Race for 100 Winners: Nelson Crow, Dumas; Matt Miles, McGehee; and Eddie Tackett of Atkins.
• 12:15 p.m. – Forum Collegiate Scholarship presentations
• 12:30 p.m. – Lunch
The meeting is sponsored by numerous agricultural industry companies in the region, the United Soybean Board, the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board, and the Arkansas Soybean Association.∆
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