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Fast facts: Bourland serves division as cotton breeder, researcher Cochran led Division of Agriculture for a decade Looney moved cattle industry forward with genetics research LITTLE ROCK …

Six new members will be inducted into Class 36 of the Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame.

Twenty faculty members, scientists and researchers of Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences were recently recognized with milestone service awards to the college, university, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station and U of A System Division of Agriculture.

Send Fred Bourland, examines test plots for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture cotton variety testing program during a field day at the Lon Mann Cotton Research Station near Marianna. ( UA Division of Agriculture Communications) Fred Bourland has received the A.L. Vandergriff Cotton Pioneer Award for his cotton breeding and research from the Southern Cotton Ginners Association, headquartered in Memphis. Bourland is a professor of cotton breeding and gene...

Fred Bourland, cotton breeder and researcher at the Northeast Research and Extension Center at Keiser, examines cotton varieties being tested in research plots at the Lon Mann Cotton Research Station at Marianna. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo by Fred Miller) KEISER, Ark. — When Fred Bourland left the family cotton farm in Mississippi County for the University of Arkansas, clear across the state in Fayetteville, he had anything but farming on his mind. “I grew up around cotton...

Bourland began his work when a class in cotton breeding sparked his interest in 1969. Fred Bourland received the A. L. Vandergriff Cotton Pioneer Award from the Southern Cotton Ginners Association for 2021.  Fred Bourland still hand picks a lot of cotton. Hes been at it for a little over 50 years.   As a cotton breeder he has spent a lot of time walking cotton fields, selecting varieties to advance in successful breeding programs.  "Theres a lot of stories about how fast he picks...

‘Pests, climate change and yield key worries’ January 07, 2021 Experts concerned about stagnant yield in India Climate change, insects and lower yield have emerged as top three big challenges that global cotton sector would have to battle for in the coming decade. Researchers and experts from International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) were unanimous in raising concerns about the impact of poor yield, prevalent diseases, climate change and competition with man-made fibres as some of the...