agInnovation South (original) (raw)

Don Tyson Center for Agricultural Sciences building front

Two drones are flying on the cotton field

Welcome to the website for agInnovation South! This site’s purpose is to encourage collaboration among agricultural scientists in the South as well as inform the funders of agricultural research about research priorities, impacts, and status of projects.

agInnovation South and ASRED Joint Spring Meeting

Puerto Rico

March 23-26, 2026

Collaborative Research

Jason Joe Ray Senior Agriculturalist taking good care of the Wheat being grown in the greenhouses on the Agronomy Farm. This wheat will be used to create new varieties for Oklahoma Producers.

Southern Land-grant scientists team up to promote Pollinator Friendly Lawns (Mississippi State University, Auburn University and University of Georgia) This also appeared in the NIFA Update March 19, 2025
- MS: https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2025/02/msu-turfgrass-expert-offers-lawncare-advice-increase-refuge-insect
**What Foods and Drinks Are Consumed Less by Those on GLP-1 Weight-Loss Meds? (**University of Arkansas and Oklahoma State University)
- AR: https://aaes.uada.edu/news/weight-loss-drug-survey/.
- OSU: https://news.okstate.edu/articles/agriculture/2025/glp-1-food-types.html
Research Team Homes In on Genetics Behind Blackberry Thorns (University of Arkansas and North Carolina State University)
- AR-https://aaes.uada.edu/news/genetic-region-blackberry-thorns/

Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors
University of Arkansas Don Tyson Annex
2549 N. Hatch Ave.
Fayetteville, AR 72704

Cindy Morley, Program Coordinator

Cindy Morley
Program Coordinator
cmorley@uark.edu
479-502-9545 (office)
479-422-1405 (cell)

Portrait photo of Cindy Morley

Cindy Morley
Program Coordinator
cmorley@uark.edu
479-422-1405 (cell)

Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors
University of Arkansas Don Tyson Annex
2549 N. Hatch Ave.
Fayetteville, AR 72704

Map of SouthEastern Region of US