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Good day for soil sampling! Successfully collected 30 cm deep soil samples at two of our Hay Verification Farms. This work will dig into carbon sequestration in real-world hay production systems. Measuring soil carbon concentrations to depth and tracking changes over time.

Had a successful Wednesday planting a warm season annual forage variety trial and nitrogen timing study at the Southwest Research and Extension Center. A big thanks to the station crew, Dr. Maggie Justice, and GreenPoint Ag for the assistance and collaboration.

First application of nitrogen are out on irrigated Bermudagrass nitrogen rate research on-farm locations in Faulkner and Greene counties. Big shout out to the county agents for making a timely application. We look forward to interesting results.

Preparing fertilizer for 25 #fertility trials across 13 counties looking at N rate, Sulfur rate, and N stabilizer use in forage production. Hopefully providing a good representation of #arkansas #hay acres and useful information about fertilizer management in forages.

Established a nitrogen rate trial on an irrigated Bermudagrass hay field in Greene county earlier this week. I am excited to see the results of this trial, as well as the data that will be collected on irrigation and potassium management decisions.

Now that I’ve started getting settled in, I’ve gotten the opportunity to present at a few production meetings and conferences. I have enjoyed the good questions and conversations. I am excited for the future of the program and to work with the producers of Arkansas.

I am excited to be working as the new soil extension specialist for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture. I hope to aid producers of Arkansas in improving soil nutrient management practices in forage, pasture, and other crop production.