Arkansas - Booneville Plant Materials Center

The Booneville Plant Materials Center (ARPMC) is co-located with the Agricultural Research Service at the Dale Bumpers Small Farm Research Center 6 miles south of Booneville Arkansas on state highway 23. The ARPMC develops plants and plant science technology to address conservation issues in areas from the rugged Ozarks to the western coastal plain. The Center serves portions of Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.”

The area is characterized by small family farms. Forage, poultry, and timber production are the major land uses. The soils are most often shallow, stony, and erosive.

The Booneville Plant Materials Center has developed improved conservation plants, including Hampton Germplasm big bluestem, ‘Bumpers’ eastern gamagrass, and Wynia Germplasm Indiangrass.

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