Good evening.
I'm Nathan McKinney, and I serve as the
Assistant Director of the Arkansas Agricultural
Experiment Station.
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 2020
Corn Field Day Online,
hosted by the University of Arkansas System
Division of Agriculture.
This summer,
we’re conducting field days virtually because of health
and safety concerns related to COVID-19.
In spite of the challenges surrounding the pandemic,
we know that Arkansas Corn Growers want to hear
and to see the results of our research.
We'll start tonight’s broadcast with a series of recorded
presentations from our investigators,
featuring a healthy dose of weed management,
soil fertility, disease identification,
disease management,
and a discussion about crop rotation.
Be sure and hang on, because our scientists
will be live and online tonight
to answer your questions during a Q&A session.
You can use the Q&A box to submit questions
throughout the event.
We'll do our very best to
address each of them before we sign off.
This is a new format for our field days.
It was not our first choice,
but we sincerely hope this serves you well.
Friends, I had a sneak preview and I promise,
if you’ll stay with us, you’ll learn something tonight.
Thank you for joining us and I hope to see you soon.
