by - August 1, 2023 12:45 pm
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture will receive $5.6 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure (RFSI) program to improve food supply chain operations…
by - July 31, 2023 10:56 am
The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board has approved Arkansas State University’s outline for its College of Veterinary Medicine, including the potential for 40 new faculty and staff positions dedicated to…
by - July 26, 2023 5:53 pm
Bentonville-based Walmart and beverage/snack titan PepsiCo plan to partner over the next seven years to make $120 million worth of investments to support farmers on soil health and water quality…
by - July 25, 2023 12:00 pm
Researchers with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture are conducting research examining soil health practices and their impacts on crop risk insurance premiums and other financial factors often…
by - July 23, 2023 10:33 am
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) launched a partnership between the agency and bipartisan attorneys general in 31 states and the District of Columbia to enhance competition and protect consumers…
by - July 19, 2023 3:59 pm
Springdale-based Tyson Foods’ venture capital arm known as Tyson Ventures held a pitch event July 11 to scout for startups focusing on sustainability issues with which the food processing giant…
by - July 19, 2023 11:52 am
Perpetual rains this summer have kept the Arkansas Delta away from the drought conditions that plagued farmers last year. The extra moisture does cause some other problems, however. Specialists with…
by - July 17, 2023 11:52 am
Volatile fertilizer prices impacted all manner of farm operations in 2022, and the effects have continued into 2023 even as prices have eased. Pasture grasses, typically used to feed livestock…
by - July 13, 2023 11:18 am
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Commission has approved $203,000 for two water and wastewater projects serving more than 11,000 Arkansans. The city of Helena-West Helena in Phillips County…
by - July 11, 2023 8:07 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted unanimously Tuesday night (July 11) to amend the city’s fowl regulations that will limit the number of fowl on certain size lots. After…
by - July 10, 2023 5:53 pm
Arkansas medical marijuana patients have spent $141 million on purchases in the first half of 2023, up 5.2% compared with $134 million in the same period of 2022, according to…
by - July 10, 2023 1:41 pm
Despite myriad forces facing rice farmers in 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Agricultural Statistical Service (NASS) now projects that about 1.311 million acres of the crop have been…
by - July 5, 2023 11:08 am
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Acreage Report sent corn and soybean prices in opposite directions, economists said. At 94 million acres, this year’s corn crop is the third largest since 1944….
by - June 29, 2023 11:58 am
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers plan to issue a revised definition of Waters of the United States, or WOTUS, by Sept. 1, the EPA said…
by - June 28, 2023 11:49 am
Drought, disease, inconvenient rains, and weed infestations have plagued farmers in Northeast Arkansas during the last half decade. In 2023, those farmers might be catching a little break, Craighead County…
by - June 27, 2023 9:42 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors agreed during a study session Tuesday night (June 27) to put a proposed fowl amendment that would make the maximum number of chickens or…
by - June 26, 2023 11:23 am
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Commission (ANRC) approved $702 million in funding for 122 water and wastewater projects serving more than 1.253 million Arkansans. This is the largest…
by - June 24, 2023 9:31 am
Dustin Faulkner, a third-generation Arkansas farmer, is part of an aggressive plan by the world’s largest retailer to save billions of gallons of water in rice farming. Faulkner lives south…
by - June 22, 2023 7:10 pm
The College of Agriculture at Arkansas State University has received a gift of nearly $103,000 from Lynn native and A-State alumnus Dr. J.B. Penn. The funds will be used to…
by - June 21, 2023 11:29 am
The Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station has entered into a 25-year solar service agreement with Entegrity Partners to provide renewable energy for over 80% of the annual electricity consumption at the…
