Inside the Farm
Tours & Day Trips | This program is completed
Have you ever wondered what goes on at “The Farm” just north of the University of Arkansas campus? Celebrating its 100th year in 2019 and originally known as the Main Agricultural Experiment Station until 1996, the 725-acre Arkansas Agricultural Research and Extension Center (AAREC) is the main research station for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture and involves all Division research disciplines in the areas of animal science; poultry science; food science; horticulture; insect pests and plant diseases; crops, soil and water resources; biological and agricultural engineering; and agri-science and technology. More than 250 faculty/extension personnel, research specialists, technicians, and graduate students work at the center. Come and tour the facility and get insights into some of the novel research being conducted here.
- * Participants should expect some light walking and should wear appropriate attire for both outside and inside presentations/activities. There will be a hay ride for part of the farm tour along with sampling of products from the Arkansas Food Innovation Center. Instructors include: J.F. Meullenet, Vaughn Skinner, and Chuck Culver.
Chuck Culver
Mr. Chuck Culver serves as the Director of Development for the Division of Agriculture at the University of Arkansas. Mr. Culver also serves as Vice Chairman of the University of Arkansas Wesley Foundation, which is a United Methodist campus ministry. He serves as also Vice President of the North Fayetteville Gideons International and a member and past President of the Rotary Club of Fayetteville. He has been an Outside Director at AgHeritage Farm Credit Services since 1992.
Vaughn Skinner
Vaughn Skinner grew up on a 2000 acre rice, soybean, wheat and cattle family farm north of Carlisle in central Arkansas. He spent two years at ASU Beebe then went on to receive a B.S. (1982) and M.S. (1986) in Agronomy and a Ph.D. (2010) in Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science at the University of Arkansas. Vaughn spent seven years at the U of A Rice Research and Extension Center as a research specialist. He has been the farm manager for the U of A Agronomy Department since December 1990 and the resident director of the Arkansas Agricultural Research and Extension Center (AAREC) since 1998.