UADA winter production meeting calendar available online
“Our county production meetings are a good opportunity for farmers and consultants to fine-tune their production to the most up-to-date research-based information.” — Shane Gadberry
By Mary Hightower
U of A System Division of Agriculture
Dec. 8, 2025
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- Annual production calendar is available online
- Meetings focused by county, commodity
- Tech-focused meeting scheduled for Jan. 8
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LITTLE ROCK — At a time when making the most of every cent, minute and acre counts, this year’s winter production meetings will focus on improving a farm’s bottom line and mitigating negative impacts.
The annual winter meetings — focused by commodity and county — will feature extension agronomists and economists from the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
The annual production calendar is available online. Many details are still in the works, so attendees should contact their county extension agent for times and locations.
The slate of 23 meetings begins Jan. 8 for Clay and Greene counties and ends March 24 in Mississippi and Crittenden counties. The Jan. 8 meeting is unique as it focuses on ag technology.
“In a time when row crop producers are finding it hard to make ends meet, it's even more critical that they find ways to make those ends meet,” said JJ Jones, Delta District director for the Cooperative Extension Service. “We’ll be talking about financial practices, tools and technologies in an effort to ease the situation for farmers.”
Shane Gadberry, head of agriculture and natural resources for the Cooperative Extension Service, said that “input costs aren't getting any cheaper, so getting the most out of production inputs through proper application rates and timing is critical.
“Many of the production meetings are also diving into economics with demonstrations of the decision tools being developed out of our agricultural economics program,” Gadberry said. “Our county production meetings are a good opportunity for farmers and consultants to fine-tune their production to the most up-to-date research-based information.”
The URL for the county production meetings is: https://bit.ly/Winter-production-meetings-26.
To learn more about extension programs in Arkansas, contact your local Cooperative Extension Service agent or visit www.uaex.uada.edu. Follow us on X 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 X at @ArkAgResearch. To learn more about the Division of Agriculture, visit https://uada.edu/. Follow us on X 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 three campuses.
Pursuant to 7 CFR § 15.3, the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture offers all its Extension and Research programs and services (including employment) without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, marital or veteran status, genetic information, sexual preference, pregnancy or any other legally protected status, and is an equal opportunity institution.
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Media contact: Mary Hightower
mhightower@uada.edu