by - September 19, 2023 8:27 am
It’s been 13 years since peanuts were reintroduced as a row crop in the Arkansas Delta, and the harvest window for the legumes is rapidly approaching. Harvesting peanuts in Arkansas…
by - September 13, 2023 11:53 am
For the second year in a row, the Mississippi River is at record low levels as harvest in the Delta looms. The river levels have and will impact the movement…
by - September 12, 2023 3:00 pm
Plant viruses in the agriculture sector cause billions of dollars in losses each year. Farmers may now have a new tool in tracking these diseases. Scientists with the Arkansas Clean…
by - September 10, 2023 7:08 am
I always look forward to this time of year when harvest is in full swing. We see the American farmers’ hard work, entrepreneurism and innovation paying off as bushels and bales leave…
by - September 7, 2023 11:46 am
Less than a year into his role as president of prepared foods at Tyson Foods, Stewart Glendinning is resigning effective Sept. 14. The departure was made public Thursday (Sept. 7)…
by - September 6, 2023 7:53 pm
Arkansas rice farmers are well ahead of the average harvest schedule for the state and record yields are possible this season. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural…
by - August 31, 2023 12:34 pm
Wildfires continue to rage in parts of the western U.S. and firefighters from the Natural State pitched in early this month to help subdue them. A crew of wildland firefighters…
by - August 29, 2023 12:35 pm
Data collected since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic suggests Arkansas’ largest economic sector, agriculture, has rebounded from its impacts. Jobs, cash farm receipts, farm implement purchases and other metrics…
by - August 29, 2023 12:00 pm
Representatives from Corporación Multi Inversiones (CMI), one of the largest importers and end-users of feed grains in Central America, will be meeting with producers at the Arkansas Corn and Grain…
by - August 28, 2023 2:33 pm
Arkansas’ medical marijuana sales totaled $164.6 million in the first seven months of 2023, up 4.64% compared with the same period in 2022, according to the Arkansas Department of Finance…
by - August 23, 2023 2:34 pm
It’s proven to be a tough job to hold as of late. The Tyson Foods chief executive officer role has turned over four times in seven years since Donnie Smith…
by - August 23, 2023 10:11 am
Arkansas State University and its College of Agriculture have opened a new building at the Judd Hill Farmers’ Market on the A-State campus. The $2.4 million building adds indoor spaces,…
by - August 21, 2023 11:11 am
At 94 million projected acres, the U.S. corn crop is on pace to be the third largest since 1944, but the quality of the crop could be a different matter….
by - August 17, 2023 3:24 pm
Less than two weeks after committing to expanding its international presence after two big consecutive quarterly losses, Tyson Foods is reportedly exploring the sale of its business in China. Reuters…
by - August 16, 2023 9:39 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders announced the following appointments to the State Plant Board: Kyle Baltz, of Pocahontas, to the State Plant Board. Term expires on August 15, 2028. Robert Thorne, of…
by - August 16, 2023 12:41 pm
Benton County food company Cooks Venture, a vertically integrated poultry business, announced Wednesday (Aug. 16) the appointment of former Cargill executive John Niemann as its new CEO. “I am excited…
by - August 14, 2023 11:35 am
Recent perpetual rains may have a significant impact on Arkansas rice as the crop inches closer to harvest. Northeast Arkansas farmers have been checking their fields for losses after storms…
by - August 10, 2023 5:34 pm
Honeybees are not indigenous to the Western Hemisphere. The first documented shipment of honeybees to the New World was recorded in 1622, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Many…
by - August 10, 2023 3:11 pm
Tyson Foods has struggled in recent quarters with its U.S. business and likely will struggle in future quarters. Still, the company is not backing away from investments and growth plans…
by - August 9, 2023 3:57 pm
Editor’s note: The State of the State series provides reports twice a year on Arkansas’ key economic sectors. The series publishes stories to begin a year and stories in July/August…
