UAEX Fruit and Vegetable Production

Did you know blackberries can be grown in a soilless substrate? 🤔

🟣Join our experts for an informal evening viewing a long-cane blackberry production demonstration! 🟣

This event is free, BUT registration is required.

Register here: https://forms.gle/KkcToA9ogfKRiRpH9

Join us for a field walk at a working high tunnel operation! Meet the grower and learn about high tunnel production, management practices, and more.
Registration is limited to 25 participants.

📆 Thursday, June 25
🕒 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
📍 Casscoe, AR
💰 Free

Register today: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/Q8a4K5stR3

This is the last week to register before the Blackberry Field Tour!

Join Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Arkansas Blackberry Growers Association, and us for an afternoon discussing the latest developments in blackberry production. The afternoon will conclude with a field tour and catered meal served at 5:00 p.m.

$20 will be collected on-site to cover the cost of the meal.

We hope to see you there! https://forms.gle/RbJ7JhgAHVLbs58Q8

🔔We have a new pest update from our IPM team! 🪰

In this blog, Dr. Aaron Cato discusses his suggestions for avoiding breakthrough Spotted-Wing Drosophila infestations in blackberry.

Read more here: https://www.uaex.uada.edu/farm-ranch/crops-commercial-horticulture/horticulture/ar-fruit-veg-nut-update-blog/posts/swd2026.aspx

To read more of our blogs and to sign-up for our newsletter: https://www.uaex.uada.edu/farm-ranch/crops-commercial-horticulture/horticulture/ar-fruit-veg-nut-update-blog/

Join us for a field walk at a working high tunnel operation! Meet the grower and learn about high tunnel production, management practices, and more. *Registration limited to 25 participants.*

📆Thursday, June 25th
🕒5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
📍Casscoe, AR
💰Free

Register today! https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/Q8a4K5stR3

Have you registered yet?

Join us at the Fruit Research Station in Clarksville on Tuesday, June 9th. The program will highlight research updates from the University of Arkansas and experts from around the Southeast.

🕒Indoor demonstrations begin at 1:00 p.m.
🔬ARBGA updates and presentations covering regional research to follow.
🔎Field tour of advanced selections, long-cane research, and robotic harvesting.
✨Dinner served at 5:00 p.m.
💰$20 per person will be collected on-site to cover costs of the meal.
📍1749 State Hwy 818, Clarksville, AR 72830

Register today! 🟣🟣🟣
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmEsuGNjCXgm7AKGhpt6P0epvyVWpRlP-P0ldYKKS8Z296Og/viewform

Who wants to learn more about high tunnels? 🙋🏼‍♀️

The workshop will begin at the Stone County Extension Office and include visits to high tunnels in Mountain View and Shirley (approximately 45-minute drive). The program will conclude at the Shirley Community Center (489 Hwy 9 E, Shirley, AR) with lunch and presentations on high tunnel production, pest management, irrigation, and related topics. *Feel free to only attend a portion of the farm tours. A detailed itinerary will be sent out after registration.

Please arrive at the Stone County Extension Office (Mountain View) by 8:30 a.m. for check-in. Transportation between locations is NOT provided.

📆Tuesday, June 16th
🕒8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
📍205 Martin St., Mountain View, AR 72560
💰$15, includes lunch

Register today! https://uada.formstack.com/forms/high_tunnel

💧💧💧Join specialists for a morning of hands-on demonstrations of common parts of a drip irrigation system, common problems, and proper design. A field walk including troubleshooting and maintenance will be followed by classroom instruction on determining how much water you should be applying. *Registration limited to 25 participants.*

📆Tuesday, June 16th
🕒8:00 a.m. - Noon
📍Forrest City, AR
💰Free

Register today! https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/3dtPmnYwyb