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Congratulations, Itunuoluwa Adegbite, on your Meullenet Research Award! Adegbite, a @uarkhort Ph.D. student, won $200 and third-place in the competition created this year to recognize outstanding undergraduate and graduate student research. Jean-François Meullenet, head of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, presented her the award during the Sensory Science Center's STAR in Sensory Nudges conference on Oct. 19. See more photos from the conference: flic.kr/s/aHBqjD85px @AginArk @uarkbumpers
ALT Jean-Francois Meullenet presents Itunuoluwa Adegbite a Meullenet Research Award.
Research by agricultural economists showed that parts of Arkansas and other Southern states are among those most exposed to the impacts for corn and soybean prices when the river is low. Read more: aaes.uada.edu/news/fryar-riv… @AginArk @uarkaeab @uarkbumpers
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A decades-old scientific concept was brought back to life by Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers to develop a DNA-based vaccine additive that boosts immune responses against salmonella. Read more: aaes.uada.edu/news/salmonell… @AginArk @uarkbumpers
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Congratulations, Amanda Fleming, on your Meullenet Research Award! Fleming, a food science Ph.D. student, won $300 and second-place in the competition created this year to recognize outstanding undergraduate and graduate student research. Jean-François Meullenet, head of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, presented the award during the Sensory Science Center's STAR in Sensory Nudges conference. See more photos from the conference: flic.kr/s/aHBqjD85px @AginArk @uarkbumpers
ALT Jean-Francois Meullenet present Amanda Fleming a Meullenet Research Award.
Congratulations, to Lei Chen, the first-place winner of the first Meullenet Research Award. Chen, a food science Ph.D. student, was presented the award Monday by Jean-François Meullenet, head of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, at the Sensory Science Center's three-day STAR in Sensory Nudges Conference. Find out more about the conference that continues through Oct. 21: aaes.uada.edu/news/sensory-s… @AginArk @uarkbumpers
ALT Jean-François Meullenet with Lei Chen holding the first-place Meullenet Research Award.
As concerns about farmer mental health continue to grow, agricultural researchers are compiling more data on the complex nature of suicide awareness among those who may be able to offer help — school-based agricultural educators. Read more: aaes.uada.edu/news/farm-stre… @AginArk @uarkbumpers @AR_Extension @USDA_NIFA #NIFAImpacts
ALT A harvester unloads rice into a combine under a partly cloudy sky.
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If it peeps, clucks, crows or gobbles, Billy Hargis wanted to know what disease threatened it and how to stop it. After more than 40 years of research and teaching, the veterinarian and Distinguished Professor of poultry science has moved on to a new phase in his life: retirement and the freedom to travel without answering emails. Read about his career highlights: aaes.uada.edu/news/billy-har… @AginArk @uarkbumpers
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ALT Billy Hargis with LaTasha Gray with turkey poults in the background
ALT Billy Hargis with JF Mullet and Deacue Fields.
Leadership update: Cynthia Sides has been named interim director of @AginArk's Technology Commercialization Office. She will continue serving as associate director for research development and compliance while helping move UADA discoveries into real-world products, partnerships and solutions. Read more: aaes.uada.edu/news/cynthia-s…
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Can a feed supplement given to fall-born calves during summer months help them handle heat stress? Animal Science faculty members are looking into it with support from an @ArkBeefCouncil grant? Read more: aaes.uada.edu/news/fall-calv… @AginArk @uarkbumpers
Want your sanitizer to work its best? Start with a clean surface. A Center for Food Safety study shows why cleaning food-contact surfaces matters, from produce packing houses to home kitchens: aaes.uada.edu/news/cutting-b… @AginArk #foodsafety
ALT Cutting board in a kitchen.
In food safety, just because it's a dry environment doesn't mean it's resistant to bacterial pathogens. In a Center for Food Safety study, pathogens introduced in dry conditions often persisted as long as, and sometimes longer than, those in wet conditions. Read more: aaes.uada.edu/news/food-prod… @AginArk
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The first high-quality, chromosome-scale reference genome for the rice stink bug - Oebalus pugnax - identified more than 13,000 genes with broad biological and agricultural relevance. Read more about the development: aaes.uada.edu/news/rice-stin… @AginArk @ArkansasEPP @uarkbumpers
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Congratulations to all those who received 25-Year service awards at the @uarkbumpers annual fall faculty reception: aaes.uada.edu/news/2026-bump… @AginArk
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Just because your cutting board is cleaned with soap and water doesn't mean it's free of foodborne pathogens. See what researchers found and how the results apply beyond produce packing houses to home kitchens: aaes.uada.edu/news/cutting-b… @AginArk
ALT Cutting board in a kitchen.
A Center for Food Safety study shows that cleaning before sanitizing improved pathogen reduction by nearly 6 percentage points. "The difference may seem small, but it is significant,” said Kristen Gibson, director of the center. “It is the difference between tens and hundreds of bacteria removed.” Read more: aaes.uada.edu/news/food-prod… @AginArk
ALT Kristen Gibson in the lab.
Calling local food service professionals: There will be a workshop just for you at the STAR in Sensory Nudges Conference being held Oct. 19-21! The final day will include a workshop on sensory nudges to enhance the dining experience for individuals with low vision. Read more: aaes.uada.edu/news/sensory-s… @AginArk
Catch @AginArk Department of Food Science researchers Dr. @ScottLafontain and Ph.D. student Andrew Maust discuss their non-alcoholic beer research with James Spencer on the most recent episode of Basic Brewing Radio: basicbrewing.com/ @ScottLafontain
ALT Andrew Maust and Scott Lafontaine in the food science department's brewing room.
Cleaning food-contact surfaces before sanitizing can achieve nearly 100 percent pathogen removal, compared to 93.81% with sanitizer alone, according to a two-year study from @AginArk's Center for Food Safety led by Kristen Gibson. Read more: aaes.uada.edu/news/food-prod… @uarkbumpers
ALT Kristen Gibson in the Center for Food Safety lab.
The rice stink bug's genome assembly offers a new data-informed tool in the fight against a costly pest. Read more: aaes.uada.edu/news/rice-stin… @ArkansasEPP @uarkbumpers @AginArk
ALT Damage to rice plants caused by the rice stink bug.
At the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, plant breeder Caio Canella Vieira is working to develop high-yielding, stress-resilient soybean varieties designed for Arkansas conditions.
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