SSAWG Presntation

1. PANEL ON HEMP
PRODUCTION IN
ARKANSAS
Dr. Victor L. Ford
Interim Associate Director – Agriculture and Natural
Resources
Cooperative Extension Service
University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture

2. Introduction
• Native of Northeast Tennessee
• Grew-up Working Tobacco, Vegetables, and Cattle
• B.S. in Forest Resource Management
• M.S. in Forestry
• Containerized Seedlings in Greenhouses
• Ph.D. in Forestry and Forest Products
• Focused on Soil Chemistry, Tree Nutrition, and Mycology

3. Introduction
• Worked 15 Years for University of Arkansas
• Extension Forester
• Regeneration
• Marketing
• Shiitake
• Director, Southwest Research and Extension Center
• Horticulture Crops
• Beef Cattle
• Forestry
• Plant Pathology
• Interim Associate Director, Agriculture and Natural
Resources

4. Introduction
• Worked 20 Years for Westvaco and MeadWestvaco
• Developed Land Mapping System for Over 2.3 Million Acres
• Developed Weed Control Prescriptions
• Fertilization Recommendations
• Water Quality
• Farm Leases, Land Acquisition, and Land Disposal
• Director for Three Research Facilities
• Seed Orchards
• Pilot Eucalyptus Project
• Fiber
• Biofuel
• Investment Analysis
• Wetlands Consultant

5. Interest in Hemp
• Agriculture Venture
• Fiber
• Questions from Potential Producers
• Potential Research and Extension Programs
• Not Enough Answers and Reliable Information