by - April 30, 2020 3:36 pm
The executive order handed down this week from President Donald Trump known as the National Emergency Production Act as amended to cover the food supply chain ordered meatpackers and processors…
by - April 30, 2020 1:36 pm
A statewide volunteer organization that ran soup kitchens during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic is trying to feed people across the state in response to COVID-19. The Arkansas Extension Homemakers…
by - April 29, 2020 2:28 pm
Following a monumental, but brief surge in cattle production in March, the market in April is set for one of the worst production months in decades. The number of federally…
by - April 28, 2020 1:09 pm
President Donald Trump said Tuesday (April 28) he’s issuing an executive order aimed at Tyson Foods and its competitors’ liability amid reports of coronavirus outbreaks at meat-processing plants that are disrupting…
by - April 28, 2020 12:25 pm
Springdale-based poultry company George’s Inc. said Tuesday (April 28) it has confirmed COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases at three of its production facilities, but the company has not closed any of its…
by - April 27, 2020 2:37 pm
Tyson Foods Chairman John Tyson warns “millions of pounds of meat” will disappear from the supply chain as the COVID-19 pandemic closes packing plants and backs up the animal supply….
by - April 23, 2020 3:47 pm
Tyson Foods said Thursday it is temporarily suspending the operations at a large beef packing and processing plant in Pasco, Wash., as it works with health officials to test employees…
by - April 22, 2020 4:43 pm
COVID-19 continues to loom over the world’s cotton industry and other crops have a gloomy outlook, according to a report by agricultural economists with the University of Arkansas System Division…
by - April 22, 2020 11:48 am
Tyson Foods said Wednesday (April 22) it plans to indefinitely suspend operations at its Waterloo, Iowa, pork processing plant amid raised concern for worker safety and the community as COVID-19…
by - April 20, 2020 9:37 pm
The number of COVID-19 cases continued to spike in Northeast Arkansas, and Crittenden County remains the second most infected county in Arkansas. The county that abuts the Mississippi River across…
by - April 20, 2020 3:56 pm
Hormel Foods has temporarily shuttered a processing plant in Rochelle, Ill., after health officials linked two dozen COVID-19 cases to the processing facility that makes bacon, ham and microwavable meals. It’s…
by - April 19, 2020 5:15 pm
Farmers markets in the four largest cities in Northwest Arkansas are not expected to open as usual in light of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, including the Springdale Farmers Market that…
by - April 15, 2020 3:14 pm
Thanks to a donation of nearly 160,000 pounds of chicken from Fort Smith-based OK Foods, the River Valley Regional Food Bank organized food distribution for 4,000 families in the Fort…
by - April 14, 2020 4:31 pm
Farmers can start using the weed killer dicamba this week, and a significant amount of litigation is on the horizon. A Missouri peach farmer was recently awarded $265 million after…
by - April 14, 2020 8:49 am
The World Trade Center Arkansas has received a $700,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration. The money will back expanded trade, export and commercialization opportunities for Arkansas…
by - April 13, 2020 3:01 pm
The U.S. meat industry has seen production capacity decline as a result of COVID-19. Derrell Peel, livestock marketing analyst with Oklahoma State University, said reduced capacity could cause backups in…
by - April 13, 2020 10:39 am
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted virtually every economic sector in country and state, but no sector is facing more uncertainty than the agriculture sector. A multi-sector economic impact report has…
by - April 10, 2020 7:34 am
Fayetteville brokerage AcreTrader, the online farmland investing platform, has successfully completed a seed round of funding with a total raise of over $5 million. The oversubscribed round, led by RZC…
by - April 9, 2020 4:25 pm
Farmers face a myriad of challenges as the spring planting season unfolds, not the least of which is finding enough workers. COVID-19 will likely impact those workers on farms, and…
by - April 8, 2020 11:46 am
Cargill Inc. said Tuesday (April 7) it has temporarily shuttered production at its Hazleton, Pa., ground beef and pork processing plant in an effort to keep employees safe. The plant…
