Webinars
TransformAR offers live online seminars in multiple areas of agriculture, livestock, and food science. All webinars will be recorded and available for future access. Handbooks of each webinar series are available in Resources (include link), with key points translated in Spanish.
Small-Scale Poultry Webinar Series
Join us for an introduction to poultry production for beginning and small-scale farmers. Topics include poultry breeds, feeds and feeding, facilities, basic equipment, health care, management for meat and egg production, and marketing.
Schedule:
- November 18, 2026, 6:00 PM
Speaker:
- Dustan Clark, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture and Center for Excellence for Poultry Science
Regenerative Agriculture Webinar Series
Join us for an engaging webinar series exploring the principles and practices of regenerative agriculture. Local agriculture experts will give presentations and lead Q&A sessions to share with participants about the characteristics and goals of regenerative agriculture, how to build healthy soils, integrate livestock into farming systems, increase farm biodiversity, and steward natural resources for long-term sustainability. This series will highlight practical strategies that will strengthen farm resilience and support productive agricultural systems while honoring the responsibility of leaving the land better than we found it. Whether you're a beginning farmer, experienced producer, landowner, or agricultural professional, these webinars will provide valuable insights for creating thriving farms and ecosystems.
Schedule:
- December 1, 2026, 6:00 PM CST
- December 8, 2026, 6:00 PM CST
- December 15, 2026, 6:00 PM CST
Speakers:
- Linda Coffey: Livestock Specialist with the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT)
and a member of the American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control, the Grassroots
Grazing Group, and the Arkansas Grazing Lands Coalition.
- Email: lindac@ncat.org
- Website: NCAT.org
- Nina Prater: Sustainable Agriculture Specialist with the National Center for Appropriate Technology
(NCAT).
- Email: ninap@ncat.org
- Website: NCAT.org
- Christine Hernandez: Livestock Manager at Heifer Ranch’s 1,200-acre Center for Regenerative Agriculture in Perryville, Arkansas.
- Dr. Bill Robertson: Retired Cotton Extension Agronomist with the University of Arkansas with over 20
years of service in 2023 and currently consults as a Conservation Agronomist including
serving as a Technical Specialists with the Soil Health Institute.
- Email: arcottonman@gmail.com
Webinar Recordings
Farm Business Planning Webinar Series
- Part 1: 'Balance Sheet Basics: Financial Guidance & Insights'
- Part 2: 'Understanding Farm Finances: The Income Statement & Statement of Cash Flows'
- Part 3: 'Understanding Farm Finances: Enterprise Budgets, Breakeven Analysis, & Financial Ratios'