by - August 7, 2018 3:46 pm
President Donald Trump has imposed billions of dollars in tariffs on Chinese imports this year, and China has struck back with retaliatory tariffs of its own. Those tariffs are targeted…
by - August 6, 2018 6:45 pm
Soybean prices have been in the doldrums and another problem could impact profits. Soybean plants have no natural defense against root knot nematodes, a plant parasitic round worm that is…
by - August 2, 2018 11:46 am
A lack of rain, and night temperatures can have an impact on the quality of rice at this point in the growing season. A new research greenhouse will be opened…
by - July 31, 2018 11:12 am
PotlatchDeltic Corp.’s second quarter earnings rose nearly 90% as the Spokane, Wash.-based timberland owner benefitted from its near-record lumber prices after reporting its first consolidated financial results following its merger…
by - July 30, 2018 7:10 pm
Tyson Foods was flying high on hopes for a record year of earnings with low grain costs and growing market share among its largest brands. But escalating trade tensions and…
by - July 30, 2018 4:22 pm
The Arkansas Plant Board unanimously approved the appointment of former Arkansas Agriculture Secretary Butch Calhoun to serve as its director. He was selected Friday after Plant Board Director Terry Walker…
by - July 25, 2018 6:31 pm
President Donald Trump has authorized the United States Department of Agriculture to release up to $12 billion in aid programs to farmers impacted by his ongoing trade wars with other…
by - July 24, 2018 10:03 pm
President Donald Trump authorized the U.S. Department of Agriculture to spend $12 billion to assist farmers hit by retaliatory tariffs. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced Tuesday (July 24)…
by - July 23, 2018 5:40 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday (July 23) presented to hundreds of Arkansas farmers and ranchers a revised transformation plan for the state’s Department of Agriculture. Two years ago, the state…
by - July 23, 2018 1:26 pm
Arkansas cotton acres and prices are up in 2018, but an insect pest could eat into farmer profits. Bollworm populations are higher this year and are possibly more resistant to technologies…
by - July 19, 2018 4:37 am
On Wednesday (July 18), U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, was appointed by House Speaker Paul Ryan to serve on the Conference Committee for H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act…
by - July 17, 2018 6:27 pm
Row crop fields in Arkansas’s Delta Region include miles and miles of polypipe, a pipe used to irrigate crops. Holes are punched in the pipe to allow water to spill…
by - July 17, 2018 2:02 pm
A brief but violent storm that swept through Fayetteville on Monday (July 16) damaged research structures on the Arkansas Agricultural Research and Extension Center, resulting in the cancellation of a…
by - July 16, 2018 6:07 pm
Corn prices on Monday traded in the $3.30 per bushel range, just 1-cent higher than the yearly low, according to Markets Insider. Prices are predicted to rebound into the $3.40…
by - July 12, 2018 6:11 pm
The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicted Thursday (July 12) a record surplus of soybeans during the next year after revising downward the amount of exported soybeans. U.S. farmers will export…
by - July 11, 2018 7:09 pm
On the same day the U.S. Senate sent what is considered a “rebuke” to President Donald Trump on his moves to escalate a trade war with China, Arkansas Gov. Asa…
by - July 10, 2018 5:55 pm
Soybean prices have plummeted this year, and the price is approaching a threshold that could make the agri product unprofitable for some farmers, according to University of Arkansas agriculture economist…
by - July 9, 2018 4:55 pm
Flooded rice paddies, protected by a series of levees, have been the norm in the Arkansas Delta for many years. During the 1980s farmers experimented with systems that allowed rice…
by - July 9, 2018 4:24 pm
Arkansas State University’s history is steeped in agriculture, and the school’s first endowed academic position in the school’s College of Agriculture has been filled. Dr. Aaron Shew becomes the inaugural…
by - July 3, 2018 3:30 pm
Greenway Equipment has established an additional two scholarships in the Arkansas State University College of Agriculture. The scholarships were created following a commitment of $115,000 from Greenway, the second such commitment…
