Extension Events May 2022

Mark your calendar for these upcoming events!

New Avian Flu Updates & Webinar May 24th

backyard hen with chicks

Join Dr. Clark via Zoom on May 24, 6 PM to get avian flu updates and learn how to keep your backyard flock safe. 


Avian influenza can infect poultry such as chickens, turkeys, pheasants, quail, domestic ducks, geese, and guinea fowl and is carried by free flying waterfowl such as ducks, geese, and shorebirds. This strain of avian flu can be transmitted between birds through feces and bodily fluids.

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Fruit and Vegetable Field Day June 7

Join us on Tuesday, June 7 from 8:30 AM to 1 PM at the Southwest Research & Extension Center in Hope.The event includes presentations on horticultural resources, blackberry trellising and pest management, maximizing watermelon yields, tomato and squash pest management tools and an insect trapping demonstration.

blackberries

The event will also include a mobile plant health clinic with Sherrie Smith, Extension plant pathologist for the Division of Agriculture, and a tomato grafting workshop with Bradley County agricultural agent John Gavin.


The cost to attend the horticulture field day is $20 per person. Lunch is included in the price and will be served at noon. Visit the link below to register, or call the center at 870-777-9702.


The registration deadline is June 3.

Register for the Field Day
Grow Your Own Groceries

Join us via Zoom to learn how to grow healthy, nutritious food in your own backyard and get some tips for new ways to cook and prepare your harvest!

Grow Your Own Groceries: Summer Squash

June 9, 12-1 PM

Learn how to grow healthy squash plants and deal with common pest problems. Then stick around for a bonus recipe featuring squash.

Get Squash Tips
zucchini growing

Grow Your Own Groceries: Tomatoes

July 7, 12-1 PM

Get Arkansas-specific tips for growing tomatoes and managing pests. Then learn a delicious new way to use fresh tomatoes.

Grow the Best Tomatoes
tomatoes on the vine

Grow Your Own Groceries: Eggplant

Aug 4, 12-1 PM

Eggplant is a native of India, but it is widely grown here in the south. Learn the best ways to start your eggplant out right and get tips for dealing with common problems.

Start Growing Eggplant
eggplant

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