by - April 15, 2025 1:04 pm
Heavy rain and storms from April 2-5 resulted in at least $78.93 million in crop-related flood damage in Arkansas, with most of the total in the eastern part of the…
by - April 12, 2025 6:16 pm
Fayetteville-based Cobblestone Farms plans to host more than 250 attendees at its Cultivating Community fundraiser at 6 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Barn at the Springs in Springdale. According to…
by - April 10, 2025 2:38 pm
Missouri-based beef cattle ranch The 808 Ranch plans to expand onto about 1,000 acres between Bentonville and Pea Ridge. Ranch owners Lamar Steiger and his wife, Shari, will expand their…
by - April 8, 2025 5:25 pm
Wholesale egg prices have declined in recent weeks, but it might be several weeks before the impacts are felt for consumers at the grocery store. A dozen eggs sold wholesale…
by - April 7, 2025 3:34 pm
Historic rainfall and multiple tornado outbreaks during the past several days damaged row crop fields throughout the Arkansas Delta region. From Wednesday (April 2) through Sunday (April 6), up to…
by - March 28, 2025 4:17 pm
The preliminary gross domestic product (GDP) and personal income report for the 50 states has Arkansas ranked first for GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2024, and ranked 47th…
by - March 27, 2025 9:20 am
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture will partner with Farm Credit for the 10th annual Arkansas Farmers Market Promotion Program. In 2024, the Department awarded over $11,500 in grants to 21…
by - March 26, 2025 9:17 am
The Arkansas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation (ABWEF) board of directors authorized the distribution of a $1 per acre cash rebate to growers for reported 2024 cotton acres registered with the…
by - March 24, 2025 1:06 pm
Arkansas farmers have started the planting season. Corn farmers have 2% of their crop in the ground, according to the Crop Progress report from the federal National Agricultural Statistics Service….
by - March 23, 2025 10:00 am
It’s no secret that farmers across the nation face a number of challenges heading into the new planting season. From rising input costs, low commodity prices, inflation, tariffs, severe weather…
by - March 20, 2025 8:39 am
Arkansas State University in Jonesboro broke ground last week on its College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM), and ASU System President Brendan Kelly recently told the board of trustees that when…
by - March 16, 2025 4:39 am
Former Tyson Foods CEO (Luther) Wayne Britt of Fayetteville, age 75, died on March 14, 2025 at the Willard Walker Hospice Home. Britt graduated from Nashville High School in 1967…
by - March 13, 2025 9:19 am
Congressional leaders are determined to slash hundreds of billions of dollars in conservation funding for farmers, and if the cuts go through, producers in the Natural State could lose hundreds…
by - March 12, 2025 8:32 am
The U.S. Congress has not passed a new Farm Bill since 2018 and even that bill uses commodity price points from 2012. Commodity prices have collapsed during the last year…
by - March 12, 2025 8:03 am
Current high school juniors are eligible to apply for and win up to $17,500 in scholarship funding towards higher education through Arkansas Rice’s “Rice Reps” program. “Rice Reps” is a…
by - March 11, 2025 6:14 pm
Arkansas Farm Bureau (ArFB) will launch the Arkansas Farm Trail (AFT), on Saturday, March 15. AFT allows farmers to share stories, connect with consumers and increase visibility for ArFB members…
by - March 10, 2025 5:08 pm
Dr. Kent Kovacs, an associate professor of accounting, economics, and finance at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has received a nearly $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s…
by - March 6, 2025 2:47 pm
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for the Arkansas Century Farm Program until June 30. This program honors Arkansas families who have owned and farmed the same land…
by - March 4, 2025 4:00 pm
One of the most common row crops in Arkansas has one of the most mysterious origins. No one knows exactly when humans first started using cotton to make clothes. Scientists…
by - February 27, 2025 5:14 pm
Erratic weather patterns have impacted row crops in recent years in the Arkansas Delta. One crop in particular has been affected by these weather patterns — soybeans. Farmers typically plant 3…
