by - July 9, 2025 4:49 pm
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced Wednesday (July 9) that agricultural producers who suffered eligible crop losses due to natural disasters in 2023 and 2024 can now apply for…
by - July 8, 2025 5:46 pm
During the past several years, drought conditions have plagued the lower Mississippi Delta region and have had a dramatic impact on row crop farmers. The lack of rain caused river…
by - July 7, 2025 11:22 am
Arkansas’ 37 licensed medical marijuana dispensaries sold $144.217 million in the first six months of 2025, up 6.4% compared with sales with the same period of 2024, according to the…
by - July 2, 2025 8:59 pm
There will be no strike at the large Tyson Foods’ beef processing plant in Amarillo, Texas, with 93% of union members there voting Wednesday (July 2) to approve a new…
by - July 1, 2025 2:26 pm
Riceland Foods distributed more than $4 million to its farmers enrolled in the 2024 Riceland Carbon Ready Program. Since it launched in 2022, the program has paid out close to…
by - July 1, 2025 12:30 pm
Destiney Cameron, a co-owner and manager of AJ’s Oyster House in downtown Fort Smith, plans to soon open Digs, a new restaurant just a few blocks away in the Bakery…
by - July 1, 2025 9:47 am
Farmers in Arkansas have faced a daunting gauntlet of low commodity prices, higher input costs, wild weather patterns and tariffs. It’s led to a record number of farm bankruptcies in…
by - June 30, 2025 7:25 pm
More than 3,000 workers at Tyson Foods’ large beef processing plant in Amarillo, Texas, are on strike in a push for more pay and to force the Springdale-based company to…
by - June 30, 2025 11:00 am
Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill in 2001 wrote a research paper on the economies of four large countries — Brazil, Russia, India and China — that were not a part…
by - June 27, 2025 10:59 am
Arkansas’ real gross domestic product (GDP) was 0.8% in the first quarter, ranking the state fifth for growth among the 50 states. Personal income grew at an annual rate of…
by - June 24, 2025 3:24 pm
Virtually all of the state’s cotton crop has been planted and now producers are in a waiting game to see if weather conditions will dry out. Since the beginning of…
by - June 24, 2025 3:22 pm
Arkansas soybean producers are invited to apply for the 15th annual Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Challenge (GFTG), a competition that rewards high yields, spotlights innovation and promotes best…
by - June 22, 2025 12:29 pm
The Fort Smith Farmers Market on Garrison Avenue began with one man’s vision, a yellow tent, and an “open” sign around 23 years ago. Now, the market has 72 vendors…
by - June 19, 2025 11:26 am
The Southern U.S. Trade Association (SUSTA) Board of Directors has elected Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward as vice president. Ward will serve a two-year term. As vice president, Ward…
by - June 18, 2025 3:08 pm
Weyerhaeuser Co. broke ground Wednesday (June 18) on its new timber processing facility near Monticello and Warren, Arkansas. The company is investing an estimated $500 million in the facility, which…
by - June 18, 2025 3:00 pm
Tariffs, low commodity prices, historic rains, spiraling input costs, and a lack of an updated Farm Bill have left many row crop producers in the doldrums, and some have decided…
by - June 17, 2025 3:43 pm
A $50,000 gift from longtime animal welfare advocate Donna Easley will help support Arkansas residents pursuing veterinary education at Arkansas State University. The Donna K. Easley Small Animal Practice Support…
by - June 12, 2025 4:21 pm
Ten percent of counties in Arkansas lack veterinarians, a shortage that has had a profound impact on companion animal owners, livestock and poultry operations, and veterinarians. On Thursday (June 12),…
by - June 12, 2025 1:24 pm
Dicamba cannot be used at this time in Arkansas after a series of court rulings, and those that defy the law face stiff state and federal penalties. The Arkansas Department…
by - June 11, 2025 1:53 pm
A nearly 50-acre farm along Little Sugar Creek near Bentonville is opening in phases, featuring an organic working farm, farm stand, guesthouse and restaurant Ryn, according to a Wednesday (June…
