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JF Meullenet

@jfmeull

Director of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station; University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture

 Fayetteville AR
aaes.uark.edu
Joined August 2011
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Happening at the NERREC - earthwork for the Northeast Rice Research and Extension Center complex (exhibition hall, youth education center, offices, and labs) has begun! ⁦@uaex_ag⁩ ⁦@AginArk⁩ ⁦@NabholzCorp⁩
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Thank you, @RepKimSchrier for supporting ag research facilities. This investment will help #LandGrantUniversities navigate current and future challenges and remain world-class leaders in food safety and production research.
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@RepKimSchrier20 Jul 2022
Today the House passed my amendment to fund agriculture research infrastructure. Farmers rely on research to confront the unprecedented challenges of farming in today’s landscape. These institutions need to update their facilities to attract & retain their world-class researchers
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Mary Savin, professor of microbial ecology and soil biology, has been named assistant director of the Arkansas Ag Experiment Station. The partial appointment allows her to continue research and teaching. Read more at aaes.uada.edu/news/savin-aae… @AginArk @SouthernAES
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"Woody breast" in poultry meat is a QC problem that effects workers and customers. Ark. Ag Experiment Station researchers adapted biometric tech to help detect the defect. @WATTAgNet highlights this @USPOULTRY1947 @AginArk study: wattagnet.com/articles/45232…
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As the world's freshwater resources shrink, experiment station scientist Sara Orlowski is breeding #chickens that require less water to produce protein. Read more: bit.ly/AAES-WaterChickens @AginArk @AgIsAmerica @USDA_NIFA #SouthernAgResearch #NIFAimpacts aaes.uada.edu/news/water-eff…
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Deacue Fields takes on his new role as VP of @AginArk on July 1. He is currently dean of @bumperscollege. aaes.uada.edu/news/fields-co… Fields earned his bachelor’s from @SouthernU_BR in 1993, his master’s from @Mizzou in 1995 and his PhD from @LSU in 2002, all in ag economics.
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Congratulations to Brad Austin! Awarded the Non Classified Research Support award at the Arkansas Ag Experiment Station RoPE awards—recognizing early career professional excellence. @AWRC_UARK @AginArk
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The next award goes to Spring Sneed, recipient of the Non Classified Business and Administrative Support RoPE award! Congrats! @NEArkRice @AginArk
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And finally, congratulations to Sam Rochell for winning the Faculty RoPE award! @UApoultrysci @AginArk
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ASHS@ASHS_Hort8 May 2022
Scientists @bumperscollege and @CoulterBME developed a force-sensing apparatus for hand-harvesting blackberries. The data collected was used to design a soft-robotic gripper for robotic harvesting. in #HortScience doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI1648…
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Friends near and far wishing Dr. Andrew Sharpley well in retirement. Cheers, Andrew @ArkAgResearch
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A little bit of our retired VP, Mark Cochran, will live on at @ArkAgResearch's Tyson Center for Ag Sciences. He was honored at a reception there last night.
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Congratulations to Mark Cochran!
University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture (@AginArk) profile pictureUniversity of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
@AginArk16 Nov 2021
A little bit of our retired VP, Mark Cochran, will live on at @ArkAgResearch's Tyson Center for Ag Sciences. He was honored at a reception there last night.
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Jarrod Hardke
@JHardke9 Nov 2021
USDA estimates AR state average rice yield for 2021 at 7,600 lbs/A (168.9 bu/A) which would be a new state record if it holds. #ARrice
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After a six-week shutdown due to COVID-related supply chain disruptions, construction at the University of Arkansas' NERREC is up and going once again ricefarming.com/departments/… @aginark
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Come join our team! #Arkansas #rice
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AES and @uaex_edu researchers have confirmed the existence of glufosinate-resistant Palmer amaranth, or pigweed, in Arkansas. "This finding will represent the first documented case of broadleaf resistance to glufosinate herbicide in the world.” Details: aaes.uark.edu/pigweed/
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The Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station is saddened to share the recent passing of Robert "Bob" Frans, a weed scientist and distinguished professor who will be forever remembered as a pioneer of modern weed control research. More about Frans' legacy: aaes.uark.edu/bob-frans/
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X-Ray research by former graduate student Zephania Odek confirms the importance of a glass transition phase to #rice drying and processing, verifying a hypothesis formed from decades of research by scientists in the AES Rice Processing Program. More here: aaes.uark.edu/XrayRice/
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Yesterday our video crew met with Five Oaks Wildlife Services owner George Dunklin and chief biologist Jody Pagan to talk about the research partnership between their center, @UAMonticello and @AginArk. Read about the partnership here: aaes.uark.edu/uam-five-oaks/
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