UACES Facebook 2023 county winter production meeting schedule kicks off Jan. 10
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2023 county winter production meeting schedule kicks off Jan. 10

“These off-growing-season meetings are valuable for the insights growers will hear from our agronomists, economists and other row crop specialists." — Vic Ford.

By Mary Hightower
U of A System Division of Agriculture
Dec. 2, 2022

Fast facts

  • Schedule runs January through March
  • Meeting details available from county offices
  • Schedule is online

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LITTLE ROCK — The Cooperative Extension Service has two dozen dates posted for the 2023 winter county production meetings that begin in January.

“These off-growing-season meetings are valuable for the insights growers will hear from our agronomists, economists and other row crop specialists,” said Vic Ford, who heads up extension’s agriculture and natural resources for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. “Our winter meeting speakers will help growers prepare for the 2023 growing season.”

2022 Hazen winter production meeting
Winter production meetings in Arkansas kick off in January 2023.

The schedule can be found online at https://bit.ly/2023-Winter-Production. Contact your county Cooperative Extension Service office for venue addresses and start times information.

This year’s schedule, with dates, county names and commodities.

JANUARY

  • Jan. 10 — Poinsett/Craighead — rice, soybean, corn
  • Jan. 11 — Lonoke/Prairie/Pulaski — rice, soybean, corn
  • Jan. 12 — Cross County — rice, soybean, corn
  • Jan. 24 — Lafayette, Miller, Little River — cotton, corn, soybean, rice
  • Jan. 25 — Ashley/Chicot — rice, soybean
  • Jan. 26 — River Valley — soybean
  • Jan. 27 — Clay/Greene — corn, cotton

 FEBRUARY

  • Feb. 3 — Lee/Phillips  — rice, soybean
  • Feb. 3 — Mississippi/ Crittenden — corn, cotton
  • Feb. 6 — Jackson/ Independence — rice, soybean
  • Feb. 7 — Lee/Phillips/Monroe/St. Francis — corn, cotton
  • Feb. 7 — Jefferson — rice, soybean, corn
  • Feb. 8 — Arkansas County — rice, soybean, corn
  • Feb. 8 — Craighead/Poinsett — corn, cotton
  • Feb. 9 — Greene (morning)/ Clay (afternoon) — rice, soybean
  • Feb. 9 — Southeast Arkansas — corn, cotton
  • Feb. 10 — White — rice, soybean, corn
  • Feb. 13 — Tri-County (Lincoln, Drew, Desha) — rice, soybean
  • Feb. 14 — Monroe/ St. Francis — rice, soybean
  • Feb. 15 — Woodruff — rice, soybean, corn
  • Feb. 16 — Mississippi — rice, soybean
  • Feb. 17 — Randolph/ Lawrence — rice, soybean, corn
  • Feb. 28 — Crittenden County — rice, soybean

MARCH

  • March 1 — Clark — rice, soybean, corn, cotton

To learn about extension programs in Arkansas, contact your local Cooperative Extension Service agent or visit www.uaex.uada.edu. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @AR_Extension. To learn more about Division of Agriculture research, visit the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station website: https://aaes.uada.edu. Follow on Twitter at @ArkAgResearch. To learn more about the Division of Agriculture, visit https://uada.edu/. Follow us on Twitter at @AgInArk.

About the Division of Agriculture
The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s mission is to strengthen agriculture, communities, and families by connecting trusted research to the adoption of best practices. Through the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Cooperative Extension Service, the Division of Agriculture conducts research and extension work within the nation’s historic land grant education system.

The Division of Agriculture is one of 20 entities within the University of Arkansas System. It has offices in all 75 counties in Arkansas and faculty on five system campuses.

The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture offers all its Extension and Research programs and services without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, age, disability, marital or veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Media contact: Mary Hightower, mhightower@uada.edu

 

 

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