Barnyardgrass workshop Planned For March 9 In Stuttgart

Fast facts

• Barnyardgrass workshop set for March 9 at Grand Prairie Center, Stuttgart.
• No cost to attend. Pre-event registration preferred.
• Email cljamies@uark.edu with your name, affiliation.

 Barnyardgrass workshop planned for March 9 in Stuttgart

For rice growers in the Mid-South, barnyardgrass looms as big a threat as herbicide-resistant pigweed does for soy and cotton farmers and barnyardgrass will be front and center of a workshop set for March 9 in Stuttgart.

The Roy J. Smith Barnyardgrass Workshop runs from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Grand Prairie Center in Stuttgart. There is no cost to attend. Pre-event registration is not required but is preferred. To register, send an email cljamies@uark.edu with your name and affiliation.

“When you look across all Mid-South crops, barnyardgrass is second only to Palmer pigweed in terms of being problematic. In rice, it’s the biggest weed management challenge that growers face today,” said Jason Norsworthy, weed scientist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. “This workshop is meant to give a better understanding of what’s happening with barnyardgrass across the Mid-South.”

The workshop was named for Smith, “who was a USDA weed scientist who brought herbicides into Mid-South rice,” Norsworthy said. ”He’s one of the pioneers who first worked with propanil in rice and showed that it had value for farmers.”

Smith spent nearly 38 years with the Agricultural Research Service in Stuttgart. He is remembered with a high-yielding rice variety developed by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture named Roy J in his honor.

The workshop opens at 8:30 with registration. The programs includes:

• 9:35 a.m. - Contributions of Roy J. Smith to Mid-South Agriculture - Ford Baldwin, weed consultant.
• 9:50 a.m. - How Problematic Barnyardgrass is in the Mid-South and Current State of Resistance - Bob Scott, extension weed scientist, U of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
• 10:20 a.m. - The Biology of Barnyardgrass: Management Implications - Daniel Stephenson, associate professor-weed science, LSU AgCenter
• 10:50 a.m. - Non-Chemical Approaches to Improving Barnyardgrass Management - Jason Bond, associate research professor Mississippi State University.
• 11:20 a.m. - Resistance Prevention and Contending with ALS-Resistant Populations - Muthu Bagavathiannan, assistant professor-weed science, Texas A&M.
• Noon  - Lunch
• 1:20 p.m. - Managing Barnyardgrass in Mid-South Crops - Tom Barber, associate professor, extension weed scientist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
• 1:50 p.m. - What’s in the Pipeline? - Jason Norsworthy, professor-Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, U of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
• 2:20 p.m. - Panel Discussion
• 3 p.m. – Adjourn

Source:uaex.edu