by - April 26, 2023 4:18 pm
Tyson Foods is cutting 10% of its corporate headquarters jobs and 15% of senior leadership jobs, according to an internal memo from CEO Donnie King on Wednesday (April 26). As…
by - April 25, 2023 10:47 am
Medical marijuana sales in Arkansas during the first quarter of the year totaled $70.5 million, up 7.14% compared with sales in the same quarter of 2022, according to the Arkansas…
by - April 25, 2023 8:52 am
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will make some low-income Arkansas residents in three counties (Cross, Lonoke and Pulaski), recovering from the impacts of tornadoes and severe storms beginning March…
by - April 24, 2023 3:50 pm
Ground has been broken on the new Greene County Extension office in Paragould. “Greene County, for the extension office, for 4-H, for Master Gardeners, for our farming community and so…
by - April 18, 2023 1:39 pm
Arkansas soybean and corn producers are now eligible for Margin Protection insurance under an expansion announced by the Risk Management Agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. RMA’s expansion of…
by - April 13, 2023 4:26 pm
A 31% gain in inbound traffic pushed Arkansas River tonnage to 3.076 million tons in the first quarter of 2023, up 13.6% compared with the same period in 2022, according…
by - April 12, 2023 6:22 pm
Jamie Burr, former director of environmental compliance for Tyson Foods, has been named the first chief sustainability officer for the Des Moines, Iowa-based National Pork Board. Burr brings more than…
by - April 11, 2023 2:53 pm
Net farm incomes in Arkansas set an all-time record in 2022 with $4.2 billion collected. The Rural & Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center, based at the University of Missouri, projects…
by - April 10, 2023 1:35 pm
Leigh Pruss has been promoted to vice president of finance at the Arkansas Farm Bureau, the state’s largest membership organization and a leading advocate for agriculture and rural Arkansas. Pruss…
by - April 10, 2023 9:34 am
Arkansas’ planted row crop acres are predicted to jump by 52,000 acres this year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA’s annual Prospective Plantings report forecasts growers intend to…
by - April 9, 2023 9:44 pm
No one knows precisely when rice arrived in the Americas, but historians think African slaves brought the grain with them to the new world. Slaves grew rice in small gardens…
by - April 4, 2023 9:14 am
Jackson County sits in the heart of the Arkansas Delta an area world famous for its rich soil and varied row crops. Farmers, agriculture researchers and others often congregate in…
by - March 29, 2023 2:13 pm
Memorial Day or Fourth of July cookouts will be more costly this year as chicken and beef prices remain high. Derrell Peel, livestock marketing specialist with Oklahoma State University Extension,…
by - March 28, 2023 4:09 pm
Tyson Foods may have violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PSA) in the effort to close large poultry processing operations in Van Buren and Glen Allen, Va., according to Peter…
by - March 27, 2023 8:06 am
Fertilizer costs have exploded in the last two years due to inflation, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and other factors. Farmers across the country and in Arkansas may have to…
by - March 21, 2023 4:43 pm
Producers Rice Mill will have a new solar storage microgrid developed by Scenic Hill Solar and it will be a record-breaking. The groups announced the project on Tuesday (March 21),…
by - March 21, 2023 10:44 am
Starting next year, John Anderson will be in a position to provide strategic guidance to the Southern Agriculture Economics Association, an organization he says has helped shape him professionally for…
by - March 20, 2023 7:05 pm
On the heels of Tyson Foods’ announcement to close its processing plant in Van Buren, Ark., with the elimination of almost 1,000 jobs, the Springdale-based meat giant reports a new…
by - March 14, 2023 11:44 am
The news hit like a freight train Monday (March 13) when Tyson Foods quietly announced the closure of its large chicken processing facility in Van Buren – a facility that…
by - March 14, 2023 11:04 am
Cattle inventories are the lowest they’ve been in more than half a century, and will drop even further, said James Mitchell, extension livestock economist for the University of Arkansas System…
