University of Arkansas Pine Bluff
ContentProgram 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 |