Matthew Morris

Arkansas Farmer|

2024 Abstract - GENERATION TO GENERATION...THE CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES OF RICE FARMING: His Great-Great Grandmother grew the first successful rice crop in Arkansas at the turn of the century. Today Matt Morris monitors the oldest rice farm in the world of the Razorbacks, by laptop and the use of telemetry from the passenger seat of his pick-up. Emma Morris lost her husband at a young age and the rice farm survived and flourished. Matt Morris will speak on his current battle with critical ground water conditions and keeping his legacy rice farm operational by maximizing water efficiency. He’ll be joined by his academic colleague in this effort, Dr. Chris Henry of the University of Arkansas. ------ 2024 ABSTRACT - ROUNDTABLE SESSION - USING SOIL MOISTURE SENSORS ACROSS THE ENTIRE FARMING ENTERPRISE: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THOSE WHO ARE DOING IT: Utilizing Soil Moisture Sensors across the entire farming enterprise is challenging and is potentially a capital-intensive process. Lessons learned from utilizing soil moisture monitoring, the successes, and pitfalls, will be shared in this farmer panel session.