Hot Spring County Extension on the Land Conservation Assistance Network

Hot Spring County Extension
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last updated: November 2021

We are part of the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service’s statewide network and the University of Arkansas System’s Division of Agriculture. Our mission is to provide research-based information through non-formal education to help all Arkansans improve their economic well-being and the quality of lives. Whether it is agriculture, 4-H, health and living, or community development, the Hot Spring County Extension Office is at your service!

Agriculture

The Hot Spring County Extension Service provides information needed by producers from hay production to beef genetics. Since producers have experienced an overpopulation of weeds in their fields due to major drought conditions recently, Extension staff has concentrated on weed control and performed numerous weed control demonstrations during regular farm visits.

Knowledge gained from training and education has helped producers purchase appropriate chemicals to control different weed problems. Producers have become aware of lost yieldage occurring on their farms from either lack of nutrients or weed canopy cover over their established grasses. Utilizing weed control practices and some established rotational grazing, county producers have saved thousands of dollars on hay and winter feeding costs. These savings are being put back into the land by fertilizing and spraying areas left untreated before due to lack of funds.

Contact our county office for more information on services, education and training for county producers and homeowners.

Family Questions? Family Answers.

Hot Spring County Family and Consumer Sciences offers many programs to help you and your family grow stronger, extend resources, enhance health and reach full potential.

Interest in preparing food from the garden to the table is booming and with a renewed interest in cooking, canning and freezing, it is important we use the most up-to-date information to prevent foodborne illnesses. Research is continually being conducted in the area of food preservation and recommendations may change.

The Hot Spring County Extension Family and Consumer Sciences staff will help you with your food preservation questions. Contact our office for more information on upcoming seminars, canning and freezing classes, and other informational activities.

Pressure Canner Testing is available by appointments.

Hot Spring County 4-H Club Programs

Since its beginnings more than 100 years ago, 4-H has grown to become the nation's largest youth development organization. The 4-H idea is simple: help young people and their families gain the skills they need to be proactive forces in their communities' and develop ideas for a more innovative economy. That idea was the catalyst to begin the 4-H movement, and those values continue today.

The Cooperative Extension System is a unique partnership of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the 109 land-grant universities (in every state and territory) and more than 3,000 county offices.

There are ten active 4-H clubs in Hot Spring County with a membership of nearly 100 youth and twenty adults and teen leaders working with these youth. Hot Spring County 4-H'ers, leaders and parents are involved in such areas as computer technology, livestock production, food safety, camps, shooting sports, horse science, leadership and citizenship development, character development, ATV safety, school enrichment programs, outdoor cookery, state-to-state 4-H Exchange program and many others.

If you are interested in becoming a part of the largest non-formal educational program for youth ages-5-19, please give us a call at 501-332-5267. For more recent information check out our 4-H Newsletter, Hot Spring County 4-H Happenings.

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Hot Spring County Extension is not employed by or affiliated with the Land Conservation Assistance Network, and the Network does not certify or guarantee their services. The reader must perform their own due diligence and use their own judgment in the selection of any professional.