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UADA Today

Get the lowdown on what's happening in the Division of Agriculture.

Episode 11 — Oct. 25, 2024, UADA Today, live from DTAS

In this episode we welcome guests Kristen Gibson and Renee Threlfall to talk about their work in hydroponics safety and muscadine/vinifera hybrids. 

Episode 10 — Sept. 17, 2024, UADA Today

In this episode, we talk about the grand opening of the NE Rice Research and Extension Center, the first-ever corn college, food preservation videos and the "Behind the Discovery" video series. 

Episode 9 — Aug. 7, 2024, UADA Today

In this episode, we talk about the Discovery Farms-Anheiser Busch field day, with profiles of Chief HR Officer Evan Jewett and AVP Ron Rainey.

Episode 8 — June 6, 2024, UADA Today

In this episode, we discuss our salary program and the state of our funding. 

 

Episode 7 — April 23, 2024, UADA Today

In this episode, we talk about the Support Staff Conference, the Technology Commercialization Offce and we have profiles of attorneys Barbara Batiste and Nga Mahfouz. 

 

Episode 6 — Feb. 20, 2024, UADA Today

In this episode we look back at the January 2024 Ag Awards at the CA Vines Arkansas 4-H Center. We also profile Bumpers Dean Jeff Edwards and John Anderson, director of the Cooperative Extension Service. 

 

Episode 5 — Nov. 28, 2023, UADA Today

In this episode, we profile Harrison Pittman, head of the National Agricultural Law Center, and Chris Lee, the new chief IT officer, as well as review the inaugural Avian Influenza Summit and the Agri-Food Innovation Summit.

 

Episode 4 — Sept. 26, 2023, UADA Today

In this episode, we profile CFO Matt Brown and Lisa Childs, AVP and head of the Technology and Commercialization Office, as well as a review the rice field day at Stuttgart. 

 

Episode 3 — June 27, 2023, UADA Today

In this episode, we profile Chief of Staff Christina Miller, and Nathan McKinney, retired assistant director of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station and we talk cultural competence with Ron Rainey. 

 

Episode 2 — March 8, 2023, UADA Today

In this episode, Nathan Slaton talks about the soil test lab and its work and we look at 4-H Day at the Capitol. We also have a special segment — a conversastion between Deacue Fields and UA Chancellor Charles Robinson on the special agreement between the Division of Agriculture and UA-Fayetteville. 

 

Episode 1 — Dec. 14, 2022, UADA Today

In our first episode of UADA Today, we look at extension's summer intern program with Carla Due, a visit by U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman to our SW Research and Extension Center in Hope, and visit with Kristin Higgins of the Public Policy Center on our voter education intitiatives and its value as a non-biased source of information on ballot issues.