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Meet The Speaker: Dr. Trenton L. Roberts
Dr. Trenton L. Roberts is a Professor and Extension Soil Fertility Specialist in the Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences...
Jan 27


Meet The Speaker: Chris Colclasure
Chris Colclasure is the Director of the Natural Resources Division of the Arkansas Department of Agriculture. A position he has held...
Jan 18


Dr. Paul DeLaune will make remarks at 2025 ASWEC luncheon
Dr. Paul DeLaune is the Department Head of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences (CSES) at the University of Arkansas. Prior to his...
Jan 16


Meet The Speaker: Matt Miles
Matt Miles, alongside his wife, son and daughter-in-law farm over 12,000 acres of farmland in the Arkansas Delta. Matt began his...
Jan 14


Meet The Speaker: Amanda Mathis
Amanda Mathis began volunteering with Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in 2004 and quickly learned the agency was a perfect...
Jan 10


Meet The Speaker: Dr. Paul Counce
Dr. Paul Counce is a professor in the Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences and Rice Research and Extension Center at the...
Jan 10


Meet The Speaker: Dean Wall
Dean Wall has been a grain farmer in Greene County, Arkansas for 40 years. He is a graduate of Arkansas State University (Agricultural...
Jan 10


Meet The Speaker: Jerry Don Clark
Jerry Don Clark is a fourth generation rice and soybean farmer. He owns and operates a 2,500 acre farm in the Otwell/Valley View area...
Dec 29, 2024


Meet The Speaker: Mike Clay
Mr. Mike Clay serves as the Memphis District’s Chief of the Hydraulics & Hydrology Branch. In this role, he serves as consultant and...
Dec 29, 2024


Meet The Speaker: Michael Klamm
Michael Klamm serves as the Deputy Regional Director for the Delta Region, encompassing Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, with the...
Dec 20, 2024


Meet The Speaker: Sandi Rose
Sandi Rose has worked at the Arkansas chapter of The Nature Conservancy for five years. She currently works as the Program Manager for...
Dec 20, 2024


2025 ASWEC Online Registration
Online registration is now available for the 2025 Arkansas Soil and Water Education Conference and Irrigation EXPO -...
Dec 9, 2024


Save the Date - ASWEC Returns in 2025
This year's Arkansas Soil and Water Education Conference and Irrigation EXPO will be held in Centennial Hall at the Arkansas State...
Nov 5, 2024


Meet the speakers for the 2024 Arkansas Soil and Water Education Conference and Irrigation EXPO
We are so excited to introduce some of our speakers for the 26th annual Arkansas Soil and Water Education Conference and Irrigation EXPO!...
Jan 1, 2024


We're Back!
The Arkansas Soil & Water Education Conference and Irrigation EXPO will be held at the First National Bank Arena in Jonesboro, Arkansas,...
Sep 26, 2023


Meet Our 2023 Speaker: Chris Colclasure
Chris Colclasure is the Director of the Natural Resources Division of the Arkansas Department of Agriculture. A position he has held since...
Jan 9, 2023


Meet Our 2023 Speaker: Joel Riley
Joel Riley has been working for the USACE Memphis District Hydraulics and Hydrology Branch since 2020. He graduated with a Civil...
Jan 9, 2023


Meet Our 2023 Speaker: Dr. Laura Ruhl-Whittle
Dr. Laura Ruhl-Whittle grew up in Monroe, Louisiana, and later moved to Ft. Myers, Florida. She received a BS and MS in Geological...
Jan 9, 2023


Meet Our 2023 Speaker: Amanda Mathis
Amanda Mathis grew up on a cattle operation in northwest Arkansas, where her passion for agriculture began early in life. She boasts a...
Jan 9, 2023


Meet Our 2023 Speaker: Dr. Benjamine Runkle
Dr. Benjamine Runkle is an associate professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Arkansas. He started this...
Jan 9, 2023

Meet Our 2023 Speaker: Catherine Janasie
Catherine M. Janasie is Research Counsel II (Sr.) with the National Sea Grant Law Center (NSGLC) at The University of Mississippi School...
Jan 9, 2023


Meet our 2023 Speaker: Dr. Shannon Speir
Dr. Shannon Speir is the Assistant Professor of Water Quality in the Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences at the...
Jan 9, 2023


Meet Our 2023 Speaker: Dr. Chris Delhom
Dr. Chris Delhom is a Research Engineer and Acting Research Leader with the Cotton Structure and Quality Research Unit of the USDA...
Jan 9, 2023
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