Thanks to the Walmart Foundation’s State Giving Program, the community garden at Southern Arkansas University’s Department of Agriculture will be able to rapidly grow, and through education, outreach and produce, decrease the region’s food deserts. A $25,000 grand from the Walmart Foundation’s State Giving Program allowed SAU to purchase a garden tractor and zero-turn lawnmower… Read More
For Arkansas 4-H President Mary Alice Cole, it’s always been SAU
Mary Alice Cole never doubted she wanted to attend Southern Arkansas University, and now, after becoming state president of Arkansas 4-H, the incoming freshman has achieved that goal. “Ever since I was little, I always said I was going to SAU,” Cole said. “When I first came to tour, I got this feeling of home…. Read More
Drew List latest FFA officer to choose SAU
Drew List didn’t grow up on a farm yet he has nonetheless succeeded in Future Farmers of America, ascending to one of its top statewide elected positions this summer before entering Southern Arkansas University as a freshman. The Vilonia resident, who is majoring in Agriculture Plant Science, said he didn’t have farming in his background…. Read More
Watkins latest of FFA officers to choose SAU
Kinsey Watkins of Guy, Ark., said she has found what she was looking for at Southern Arkansas University – that “home away from home” feeling. Watkins will be a freshman this year but comes to SAU already familiar with the University and with a prestigious title: 2016-2017 state president of the Arkansas FFA (Future Farmers… Read More
SAU brings back lambs for regional benefits
Sheep production is ba-a-a-a-a-a-ck at Southern Arkansas University, and the plan is for the newborns to provide opportunities for more youth in the region to experience agriculture. The first set of ewe twins were born in a blue barn on SAU’s farm on February 10, and over the Valentine weekend another set of twins and… Read More
Food and agri advocate speaking at SAU Feb. 11
J.J. Jones of The Center for Food Integrity in Gladstone, Missouri, will present “A New Conversation About Food…Why it is needed?” at Southern Arkansas University’s Foundation Hall at 7 p.m. on February 11, 2016. The public is invited to attend this free event. A “product of Northwest Kansas,” Jones has enjoyed a career in agricultural… Read More
Taylor McNeel of Arkansas grateful to serve as National FFA President
With a raspy voice and between coughing spells, a tired but excited Taylor McNeel is thankful to God and to all those who invested in her life for the opportunity to serve as the National President of FFA and the organization’s more than 610,000 members. McNeel, a junior Agriculture Business student at Southern Arkansas University,… Read More
Boo in the Barnyard a safe, fun and free event
The sixth annual Boo in the Barnyard is set to start at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 29, in front of the Southern Arkansas University Agriculture Center. The public is invited to attend this safe and fun Halloween event, which will offer a petting zoo, face painting, lots of games with candy prizes, photos with… Read More
$280,000 USDA grant to promote high-paying and in-demand agri careers
The agriculture departments at Southern Arkansas University and the University of Arkansas are teaming up to take on science’s “elephant in the room,” declining numbers of agriculture students and more and more mouths to feed on earth. “The number of farm-reared students has declined greatly while high-paying agriculture careers in Arkansas and beyond have steadily… Read More
SAU returns to row cropping with 400 acre gift
Southern Arkansas University’s farming operation is growing again, this time with the gift of approximately 400 acres of crop land in southern Lafayette County. Ted Jackson Monroe, Sr., of Bradley recently transferred ownership of the farm land to a private trust which will be managed by the University, and SAU students and farm employees are… Read More
