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Lon Mann Cotton Research Station

The Dan Felton, Jr. Building replaces the original office building built in 1926 at the Cotton Branch Experiment Station, which is now the Lon Mann Cotton Research Station.

Members of the Mann and Felton families gathered for pictures at the Lon Mann Cotton Research Station sign on Hwy. 1 following the dedication program in April 2007.

Highway 1 South
P.O. Box 789
Marianna, AR 72360
870-295-2839
Fax:870-295-2838
Claude Kennedy,
Resident Director: ckennedy@uaex.edu

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
* Dale Yadon (dyadon@uaex.edu), Soybean and Corn Research

Principal Investigators and Research Projects

* Dr. Lanny Ashlock -- Very Early Soybean Production System
* Dr. Robert Bacon -- Small Grain Cultivar and Canola Strain Test
* Dr. James L. Barrentine -- Cotton Herbicide Studies, Roundup Ready Tolerance Test
* Ray Benson -- Cotton Variety Testing
* Dr. Fred Bourland -- Cotton Breeding Program
* Dr. Kelly Bryant -- UNR Cotton / Drill Soybean / Conventional Cotton Study
* Dr. Pengyin Chen -- Evaluation of Soybean Breeding Lines
* Steven Coy -- Tarnish Plant Bug Damage to Pre-squaring Cotton
* Don Dombek -- Commercial Soybean and Corn Variety Performance Tests
* Dr. Don Johnson -- Thrips Resistance Variety Test and Insecticide Screening for Thrips
* Dr. William Johnson -- Wheat, Corn & Grain Sorghum Variety, Herbicide and Fertility Study
* Dr. Kim Pittcock -- Potential of Alternative Crops with Vegetables
* Dr. Larry Purcell -- Ultra Early Soybean Production
* Dr. John Rupe -- Soybean Sudden Death Syndrom vs Well Proximity and Yield, Charcoal
Rot/Southern Illinois Cultivar Evaluation
* Dr. Nathan Slaton -- Soil Testing & Research Nitrogen and Potassium Study
* Oscar Sparks -- Weed Control in Transgenic & Conventional Cotton Varieties
* Dr. N.P. Tugwell -- Cotton Stand Density, Growth Regulator, Weed Water Termination Study
* Dr. Tina Teague -- Cotton Variety/ Stand/ Growth Regulator and Irrigation Timing
* Dr. Earl Vories -- Effects of Irrigation Timing on Cotton Yield and Earliness

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