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More than 300 people enjoyed the second annual Division of Agriculture/Bumpers College picnic for faculty, staff and families on Friday, May. 4. Everyone was summoned to leave their desks by 4 p.m. and head to Agri Park where administrative staff served the barbecue and the bluegrass band Hobnobbers provided the music. Serving the food are (from left) Karen Love, Lona Robertson, Nathan McKinney, Mark Cochran, Richard Roeder, Clarence Watson, Michael Vayda and Carrie Sparks.  More photos from the picnic are on display  at this page

'UA Kirksey' edamame variety named for soybean industry leader

'Kirksey' -- First U.S. Edamame Soybean Variety
Joe Kirksey of Mulberry, a state and national soybean industry leader, and AAES soybean breeder Pengyin Chen pose with a plant of the new 'Kirksey' variety, which is the first edamame vegetable soybean variety developed in the U.S. and licensed for commercial production. It is being grown by Arkansas famers under contract to American Vegetable Soybean and Edamame, Inc., which will package and ship edamame from a new plant in Mulberry.

AAES News

Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board awards graduate student fellowships
The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board and the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture recently awarded ASPB Fellowships to two University of Arkansas graduate students.

Rice growers submit 1,500 samples for new soil test
Since last fall, when the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture initiated the N-STaR Nitrogen Soil Test for Rice, farmers have submitted about 1,500 silt loam soil samples for analysis, said Trent Roberts, research assistant professor of crop, soil and environmental sciences.

Fertilizer Foundation honors UA cotton physiologist

 Derrick M. Oosterhuis, Distinguished Professor of crop, soil and environmental sciences at the University of Arkansas, was presented the 2011 Werner L. Nelson Award by the Fluid Fertilizer Foundation