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Sandi Rose has worked at the Arkansas chapter of The Nature Conservancy for five years. She currently works as the Program Manager for...

Online registration is now available for the 2025 Arkansas Soil and Water Education Conference and Irrigation EXPO -...

This year's Arkansas Soil and Water Education Conference and Irrigation EXPO will be held in Centennial Hall at the Arkansas State...

We are so excited to introduce some of our speakers for the 26th annual Arkansas Soil and Water Education Conference and Irrigation EXPO!...

The Arkansas Soil & Water Education Conference and Irrigation EXPO will be held at the First National Bank Arena in Jonesboro, Arkansas,...

Chris Colclasure is the Director of the Natural Resources Division of the Arkansas Department of Agriculture. A position he has held since...

Joel Riley has been working for the USACE Memphis District Hydraulics and Hydrology Branch since 2020. He graduated with a Civil...

Dr. Laura Ruhl-Whittle grew up in Monroe, Louisiana, and later moved to Ft. Myers, Florida. She received a BS and MS in Geological...

Amanda Mathis grew up on a cattle operation in northwest Arkansas, where her passion for agriculture began early in life. She boasts a...

Dr. Benjamine Runkle is an associate professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Arkansas. He started this...

Catherine M. Janasie is Research Counsel II (Sr.) with the National Sea Grant Law Center (NSGLC) at The University of Mississippi School...

Dr. Shannon Speir is the Assistant Professor of Water Quality in the Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences at the...

Dr. Chris Delhom is a Research Engineer and Acting Research Leader with the Cotton Structure and Quality Research Unit of the USDA...

We are proud to announce that our 25th annual Arkansas Soil and Water Education Conference and Expo will be held in-person on January 25,...

Jennifer James is a fourth-generation rice, soybean and corn farmer from Newport, Arkansas. She is part owner of H&J Land Company, a...

Dr. Joe Massey is a research agronomist with the USDA ARS - Jonesboro. Most of his work is farm-based and designed to help sustain water...

Clay Smith currently serves on boards for the Greene County Farm Bureau and Greene County Conservation District. He is from Walcott,...

Jan Yingling is a University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Agent in White County. She has worked with Brandon Cain to enter the Most...

Brandon Cain is a North Central Arkansas farmer from White County that has been using IWM techniques like computerized hole design and...

The virtual 24th annual Arkansas Soil and Water Education Conference & Expo will officially be on January 26, 2022. Due to COVID-19, our...

Richard Pickett is a small business owner and accelerated master’s student at Arkansas State University. Richard Pickett was raised in...

Dr. Rigby is a Research Hydrologist and Acting Branch Chief with the Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center. Dr. Rigby has served as...

Dr. Jeannie Barlow will be unable to speak at the 23rd annual Arkansas Soil & Water Education Conference this year. Dr. James Rigby will...