Andrew Sharpley, a founder of Ark Discovery Farms Program, retired in January, mostly; crop, soil & environmental sciences prof; still focused on conservation in agricultural production systems to preserve #WaterQuality: bit.ly/3d19QgB #AgFoodLife

Retired AES researcher Andrew Sharpley is known for his work helping establish the Arkansas Discovery Farms and his focus on conservation practices. Sharpley took some time to reflect with Arkansas Farm Bureau on his lengthy career and work with Arkansas farmers and ranchers. youtube.com/watch?v=aQZc33…

Had an amazing group of students from VA Tech out to Tour the Marley Discovery Farm near Elkins, today. Both Jeff and Mike D. helped stimulated interesting conversation about sustainable agriculture, conservation practices, and water quality. Thanks Jeff for hosting us!!!

Anyone know this bird hunting for some local worms in soil mapped as Enders stoney loam, or perhaps just nibbling on some perennial rye seeds growing in a stand of buttercups? A fine day for soil sampling at the Moore Discovery Farm near Lincoln, AR. #SoilTesting #Wildlife #Birds

Took soil samples at the Morrow Discovery Farm. A variety of silt loams were collected including Captina silt loam, Johnsburg silt loam, Pembrok gravelly silt loam, Pembroke gravelly silt loam, and Clarksville extremely gravelly silt loam. #siltloam #soil #forage #ArkansasAg

Pair of dung beetles (Canthon pilularius) nest building at the Morrow Arkansas Discovery Farms. Dung beetles are important insects for AR pasture helping to reduce fouling, distribute nutrients, aerate soil, and break up the life cycle of parasites. Soil Science Society of America Arkansas Farm Bureau

Group of soybean graduate students from around globe visit Marley Arkansas Discovery Farms. Many excellent questions/conversations about connections between #poultry and row-crops. Like, it takes > 4.5 and 3.5 million tons of #ARcorn and #ARsoy to grow 1 billion #AR broilers in 1 yr

#ARDiscoveryFarms has some truly exceptional #Farmers! Jeff Marley recently presented about the research we're conducting on his NWA #Poultry farm, at the South Central Region - NACD meeting in Eureka Springs. It's a privilege to work with producers like Mr. Marley.

Do you know your #Watershed & where your #Runoff #Water goes? Here's an interactive map, pretend you're a drop of #Rain, click on the map, & follow its journey. 40% of the continental US drains into the #GulfOfMexico via the #MississippiRiverBasin. river-runner.samlearner.com

Several of the #ARDiscoveryFarms team were honored at the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service's annual Extension Excellence Awards this week. The AR Soil & Water Conservation Virtual Field Trip team received the State Team Award.

This video shows some of #ARDiscoveryFarms' Lawrence Berry's (Lawrence Berry) grad research at the Morrow #Farm in NWA. When winter feeding hay, research shows unrolling bales offers benefits to both forage quality & quantity, as well as soil bulk density & water infiltration.

So many questions…Does lunar soil qualify as “soil” using an earthly definition? What should “lunar” soil be extracted? What yield goal should fertilizer recommendations be based on? What’s the price of potash on the moon? Was this a grid sample? #soil Soil Science Society of America

The #ARDiscoveryFarms Program is planning a conference focusing on #Conservation & #Agricultural #Sustainability in Arkansas, & we need your feedback! Please click the link below & take this short survey to help us plan and gauge interest in this event. bit.ly/ardiscoveryfarm

#ARDiscoveryFarms recently got to host McGehee Schools, AR's Ms. Anna Grayson's #Science students at the Dumas Discovery Farm. Students learned about #WaterQuality issues, #GulfHypoxia, #Conservation practices, #SoilHealth, #AggregateStability, & #SoilEcology.