by - March 14, 2019 8:37 pm
A tumultuous year in farming has included trade and tariff wars, complicated weather conditions, and depressed commodity prices. U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, notes there has been progress too, ranging…
by - March 14, 2019 5:20 pm
Companies that produce products with “fake rice” may face a new hurdle in the Natural State. The Arkansas Senate approved HB 1407 Wednesday (March 13) in a 31-3-1 vote. The…
by - March 14, 2019 2:05 pm
Tyson Foods announced Thursday (March 14) a program that uses DNA technology to trace beef products backs to the animal of origin for its Open Prairie Natural Angus Beef production….
by - March 13, 2019 3:11 pm
The Arkansas Agriculture Department’s Plant Board on Wednesday (March 13) approved a proposal from the Boll Weevil Committee for a $1 per acre refund to all Arkansas cotton farmers from…
by - March 13, 2019 10:47 am
Retail food prices ticked higher in February, up 1.5% from a year ago and 0.3% higher than in January, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. The increase expected…
by - March 13, 2019 1:24 am
Arkansas is among the 67 select semi-finalists still in the running to land the new national headquarters for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) farming-related research and science-funding groups. U.S….
by - March 12, 2019 7:47 pm
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson declared this week (March 10-16) as Arkansas Agriculture Week. He made the proclamation Tuesday (March 12) at a ceremony held at the state capitol in conjunction…
by - March 12, 2019 8:43 am
William Fuller went on a hunting trip in 1896 with a friend to Louisiana and little did the Arkansas farmer know that the trip would turn him into a “king”…
by - March 10, 2019 11:30 am
Tyson Foods CEO Noel White grew up in the heartland, but he knew as a teenager what his meal ticket for success would be. “I knew I wanted to be…
by - March 10, 2019 4:38 am
Keith Forrester always thought that someday he would eventually return to the family row-crop farm at tiny Whitton in western Mississippi County where he was raised. Three generations of his…
by - March 7, 2019 8:16 am
Tyson Foods announced Wednesday (March 6) a new poultry handling and transportation certification by a third party — U.S. Poultry & Egg Association. Tyson is the first major food company…
by - March 6, 2019 5:03 pm
Karen Watts has been hired as the new digital and innovation manager for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. Her job will be to bring modern technology and…
by - March 5, 2019 3:33 pm
Randall Pope, retired director and senior advisor of The Westchester Group, an asset and investment management company headquartered in Champaign, Ill., will be the speaker Thursday (March 7) at the…
by - March 5, 2019 11:40 am
An increase in the number of recalls of meat and poultry products possibility containing metal and other foreign matter is prompting changes in the regulatory protocol, according to the U.S….
by - March 4, 2019 9:26 pm
The Arkansas Senate on Monday (March 4) unanimously adopted a bill that would change a 102-year old law to clarify serious violations on the use of the farming herbicide dicamba,…
by - February 28, 2019 5:25 pm
Lee, St. Francis and Cross counties will receive grants from the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM) to do work on their FEMA-approved Disaster Mitigation Plans, according to the East…
by - February 26, 2019 4:50 pm
Perpetual rains significantly impacted the harvest in 2018, and as the calendar creeps towards the start of early planting, the onslaught of rain is already threatening the 2019 season. At…
by - February 25, 2019 4:20 pm
China has agreed to buy 10 million metric tons of soybeans from the U.S. as optimism grows that the trade war between the two countries might be coming to a…
by - February 21, 2019 3:45 pm
It’s now up to the Arkansas Legislature to approve restrictive use of dicamba during the 2019 growing season. The Arkansas State Plant Board (ASPB), in a 9-6 vote, decided to…
by - February 18, 2019 4:25 pm
Arkansas farmers managed to pull enough rice from the land to mark a 30% increase over 2017’s lower numbers, which was a result of flooding during that year’s spring. Not…
