Mark Knight wasn't even considering entering a white-fleshed peach in the Chilton County Peach Festival contest in Alabama this year. His daughters talked him into it. On the morning of the contest, Knight had harvested some White County peaches, a variety developed by professors in the University of Arkansas Bumpers College and researchers in the U of A System Division of Agriculture fruit-breeding program. They looked good, and they proved to be blue ribbon peaches.

Patterson Hillaire, Kylie Hackworth, Katie Dobbins and Shaylee Wallace, all agricultural and extension education master's degree students, were recognized for teaching and poster presentations.

Amanda McWhirt, extension horticulture crops specialist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, earned the honor during the society's Rubus and Ribes Symposium in June.

Simon Codjo and Glory Okpiaifo, graduate students in agricultural economics and agribusiness in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, successfully defended their theses.

Gina Riggio, a doctoral student in the cell and molecular biology program, won first place in the student poster competition during a national water conference earlier this month.

Professors Jeff Luckstead and Lanier Nalley of Bumpers College and a colleague from Kansas State found that a modest price increase could eliminate the need for child labor in Ghana.

Donna L. Graham, University Professor of agricultural education, has been named the nation's Outstanding Agricultural Educator by the American Association for Agricultural Education.

John Marcy, extension specialist and professor at the Center of Excellence for Poultry Science, was named the "2019 Industry Leader of the Year" by The Poultry Federation

Sarah Mayfield, a doctoral student in food science, has earned three national scholarships from organizations that support the grape and wine industry.

Martin Egan is researching how cells conduct their own quality control, moving damaged proteins to a control area for later repair or removal.