Soybean meeting

The Clay County Extension Service will host their 2009 Rice and Soybean Production Meeting and Ag Expo beginning at 8 a.m. with sign-in Monday, Feb. 2. The event, which is being held at the M.B. Ainley Community Center in Corning, will include a full program of speakers and booths set up by various agri-businesses.

During the sign-in period, coffee and doughnuts will be served and those attending will have a chance to visit sponsor booths. The program for the event gets underway at 8:20 a.m. and will end at 12:15 p.m. with lunch, which is provided by Harold Bauschlicher.

The speakers and some of their topics include:

Debbie Baker, county extension agent for family and consumer science; Scott Stiles, extension economist on risk management marketing strategies; Dr. Jeremy Ross, extension agronomist for soybeans with a soybean production update; Cliff Coker, extension plant pathologist with a soybean disease update; Dr. Bob Scott, extension weed specialist with a rice and soybean weed control update; Dr. Scott Monfort, extension plant pathologist with a rice disease update; Dr. Chuck Wilson, extension agronomist for rice with a rice production update, and Ron Baker, county extension agent for agriculture with recommended practices for poultry litter in row crops.

Those who want more information may call the extension office in Piggott at 598-2246 or the office in Corning at 857-6875.