A vegetable production clinic aimed at commercial vegetable growers will be 8 a.m., Friday, March 6, at Marianna. Held at the Lon Mann Cotton Research Station, the meeting will adjourn after a noon lunch.
Although the targeted audiences are commercial growers, local gardeners and Master Gardeners, the meeting is open to anyone interested in gardening, said Henry English, director of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Small Farm Program.
Topics will include disease, weed and insect control in vegetables; U.S. Department of Agriculture updates; and production information on growing cucumbers, watermelons, squash, cantaloupes, bell peppers, eggplant, sweet potatoes, southern peas and greens.
Presenters will be University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension specialists and faculty including Nida Burgos, professor of crop science; Glenn Studebaker, Extension entomologist; and Terry Spurlock, Extension plant pathologist. UAPB presenters are Sixte Ntamatungiro, assistant professor of agriculture; and English. Also on the program is Charlie Williams, USDA StrikeForce coordinator.
Details: Ernest Bradley, UAPB multi-county agent-agriculture, at 870-295-7720.