University of Arkansas Pine Bluff

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ARKANSAS
  Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas
  Arkansas Land and Farm Development Cooperation
  Arkansas State Department of Agriculture
  Dale Bumpers Small Farm Research Center
  Delta Land and Community, Inc.
  Arkansas Land and Farm Develop Corp.
  University of Arkansas
  University of Arkansas Pine Bluff
  Winrock International

Program Description
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff's (UAPB) Small Farm Project is an on-going program in the School of Agriculture and Home Economics.
The project assists limited resource farmers improve their management skills (production and financial) through one-on-one and group training. The project has also helped farmers purchase land; buy equipment and machinery; add alternative enterprises to operations; and locate seeds for farmers.

Publications
The following publications are available for small farmers from UAPB: Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program Fact Sheets: Butter Beans, Watermelon Southern Pea, Commercial Okra, Greens, Squash, and Sweet Potatoes Grazed Bermuda, Grazed Fescue, Mechanically Harvested Bermuda-Hay, Mechanically Harvested Fescue; Crop Insurance Fact Sheets: cotton, soybean, rice, sorghum, and corn. Miscellaneous Vegetable Publications: Sweet Potato Production Guide for Limited Resource Farmers, and Sweet Corn Production in Arkansas; Miscellaneous Livestock Publications: Backgrounding, Cattle Working Facilities, and Swine Production in Arkansas; Vegetable Fact Sheets: Commercial Fresh Market Southern Pea Production, Commercial Okra Production, Fresh Market Southern Pea Production in South Arkansas, Sunflower Production in Arkansas, and Year-Round Home Garden Planting Chart; Livestock Fact Sheets: Beef Cattle Identification, and Arkansas Herd Inventory Program.

Contact
Henry English
University of Arkansas
Mail Slot 4906,
1200 North University Dr,
Pine Bluff, AR 71601.
Phone: (870) 575-7246
Fax: (870) 575-4682

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