ARKANSAS

1. Significant Activities/Program Highlights

• Continued excellent funding of Extension and Research projects from Promotion Boards - Rice, Soybeans, Wheat, Corn/Sorghum
• Conducted two-day row crop training for crop consultants
• Cooperated with Louisiana and Mississippi 1890's and 1862's in Extension and Research to propose funding from Section 401 funds
• Submitted funding proposals for Section 406 Water Quality funds
• Helped Southern Region Pesticide Impact Assessment Coordinators submit a regional funding proposal for Section 406 funding

• Began "Future of Mid-South Agriculture" conference and multi-state programming to address changes in structure of agriculture, risk management, etc. - partnered with Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and now Kentucky
• Cooperating with NRCS and Extension from seven states on the Lower Mississippi Valley Initiative

• Associate Vice President - Extension, Dr. David Foster, moves to Oklahoma State University.
• Dr. David Hensley on board as Horticulture Department Section Leader and Head. Associate Director, Dorothy Hall, retired.
• Dr. Ivory Lyles announced to fill Associate Vice President - Extension position October, 1, 2000.

• Water Quantity and Quality in agricultural area of eastern Arkansas
• Potential changing structure of agriculture and the impact on the farm enterprises
• Citizen initiative to eliminate property taxes

• Multi-state Extension partnership