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Lon Mann Cotton Research Station
Highway 1 South From I-40, take Exit 239 and head south on the bypass to Hwy. 1. Turn right onto Hwy. 1; stay on Hwy. 1 traveling through Marianna and continuing three miles south of Marianna to the Station located on the east side (left) of Hwy. 1. The Lon Mann Cotton Research Station is one of the three original branch stations established
by the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station in 1926. Originally the Cotton Branch Station,
it was renamed in 2005 to honor the legacy of Lon Mann as a leader in the development of
Arkansas agriculture. The mission of the Station is to serve the agricultural community of Arkansas, particularly those involved in agronomic crop production in eastern Arkansas. The 650-acre station is located 2 miles south of Marianna and consists primarily of silt loam soils. Research includes annual evaluation of cotton, soybean, wheat, and corn varieties and breeding lines, as well as studies to determine optimum fertility, irrigation and pest management practices for these and other crops. The Station is also the site of the Eastern Arkansas Soil Testing and Research Laboratory, which provides statewide soil testing services. Area farmers and businesses participated in a development campaign that concluded in 2005, which made possible major improvements to the Station. The Station Headquarters, which had been in the same building since 1926, is now in the Dan Felton, Jr., Building. The new building includes a 160-seat auditorium, offices, labs, kitchen and conference room. It is attached by a breezeway to the Soil Testing and Research Laboratory. Research Specialists
* Jimmy Hornbeck (jhornbeck@uaex.edu), Cotton and Wheat Research Principal Investigators and Research Projects * Dr. Lanny Ashlock -- Very Early Soybean Production System
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