In the News - February 2008
Soybean rust forum to feature national, regional experts
BRINKLEY, Ark. - Soybean farmers will have an opportunity to learn what
experts think Asian soybean rust could do this year and learn about tactics to
manage the disease by attending the Soybean Rust Forum 2008 on March 4 at
Brinkley.
"We have a climatologist, Dr. Scott Isard from Penn State University, coming
in to discuss how environment affects movement and spread of the disease," said
Dr. Scott Monfort, associate professor/plant pathologist with the University of
Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service.
Other speakers include Dr. Clayton Hollier, an extension plant pathologist
from Louisiana State University Ag Center; Monfort, Cliff Coker, extension plant
pathologist at Monticello; and Dr. Jeremy Ross, extension soybean agronomist.
"We will finish up with a panel discussion of different impact scenarios if
the disease comes into the state," Monfort said. "It's more of an enhanced
decision-making course with audience participation. This will help farmers to
understand what might happen this year, and why we sometimes change our tactics
in trying to manage the disease."
The forum, which is free, is from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Brinkley
Convention Center. Producers should register through their county extension
agent by Wednesday, February 20. County agents should register their attendees by
February 22. Crop advisers will receive CEU credits for attending. For more
information, contact Debby Monfort at (501) 438-2044 or by e-mail
dmonfort@uark.edu
The Cooperative Extension Service is part of the U of A Division of
Agriculture.
This meeting is open to all interested persons without regard to race, color,
national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, marital or veteran status,
or any other legally protected status. Persons with disabilities who require
alternative means for communication of program information should notify the
county extension office or other appropriate office as soon as possible before
the activity.
February 15, 2008
Media Contact: Lamar James
Extension Communications Specialists
U of A Division of Agriculture
Cooperative Extension Service
(501) 671-2187 or (501) 753-0207
ljames@uaex.edu
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