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Pine Tree Research Station Driving directions:
From Little Rock on I-40, take Exit 216, Hwy. 49 and Hwy. 17, and proceed north for approximately 11 miles. Turn right onto Hwy. 306 and proceed approximately 12 miles to the Station. The Pine Tree Research Experiment Station of the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture is located in east-central Arkansas approximately 50 miles due west of Memphis, TN. This station consists of approximately 12,000 acres of land, which includes 8,000 acres of timber or woodlands and 3,500 acres in cropland or otherwise open land. The Pine Tree Station is also responsible for the Newport Branch Station in Jackson County. The mission of the Pine Tree Branch Station involves crops research, foundation seed production, timber research, and wildlife management. Research on grain crops such as rice, wheat, soybeans, grain sorghum, and corn spans several disciplines including control or management of diseases, insects, and weeds; soil fertility; variety development; and crop management practices such as irrigation, row spacing, planting methods, and rotations. Timber research is done in cooperation with the Arkansas Forest Resources Center located at the University of Arkansas at Monticello and includes stand management practices, regeneration techniques and alternative enterprises for East Arkansas Delta lands. The Pine Tree Station works in concert with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Division scientists to demonstrate improved wildlife management practices, including habitat improvement and species introduction. Much of the station's time and resources are devoted to the production of foundation seed crops of rice, soybean and wheat for the Arkansas Crop Variety Improvement Program. The soils and conditions of the Pine Tree location represent those of much of the crops producing region of Arkansas. Pine Tree Station is a major contributor to the success of the East Arkansas farming community. Research and demonstration projects at Pine Tree Station include the following. Soybean Dr. Gus Lorenz, Associate Head, Extension Entomology Dr. Pengyin Chen, Associate Professor, Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences (CSES), Soybean Breeding Jeremy Ross, Extension Agronomist, Soybean Dr. Nathan Slaton, Associate Professor, CSES, Soil Testing Arkansas State University Dr. L. R. "Dick" Oliver, University Professor, CSES, Weed Control Rice Dr. James Gibbons, Research Assistant Professor, RREC, Rice Genetics Dr. Fleet N. Lee, Professor, RREC, Plant Pathology Dr. Gus Lorenz, Associate Department Head, Extension Entomology Dr. Nathan Slaton, Associate Professor, CSES, Soil Testing Dr. Jason Norsworthy, Associate Professor, CSES Wheat Dr. Nathan Slaton, Associate Professor, CSES, Soil Testing Grain Sorghum Dr. L. R. "Dick" Oliver, University Professor, CSES, Weed Control Forestry Chris Stuhlinger, System Forest Manager, UAM Dr. Matthew Pelkki, Professor, Forest Economics, UAM Dr. Hal Liechty, Associate Professor, Hydrology Ecology, UAM Newport Research Station 649 Jackson 917 The Newport Research Station is one mile southeast of Newport on Hwy. 67 in Jackson County. The 480-acre tract was the site of Erwin Air Field during WWII, and the runways and taxiways still exist. This station, formerly known as the Beef Substation, was closed in 1993 and was reopened in 2005. Approximately 50 acres are being utilized as an upland bird habitat demonstration area, and approximately 300 acres remain in fescue/bermuda pasture and hay production. The land not currently being used for research on soybeans, rice ,corn, grain sorghum and wheat will be converted from grassland hay and pasture to soybean and other row crops. Currently the Jackson County Cooperative Extension Service is housed on the station in a spacious office building with an area for local meetings. Driving Directions: Research Dr. Morteza Mozaffari, Research Assistant Professor, Soil Testing Dr. Chuck Wilson, Extension Agronomist, Rice, RREC Dr. Bob Scott, Extension Weed Scientist, CSES Dr. Scott Monford, Extension Plant Pathologist, RREC Dr. Chuck West, Professor, Forage Physiology, CSES Rex Roberg, Wildlife Management Program Associate, Forest Resources Extension |
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