by - January 8, 2020 12:11 pm
The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame plans to induct six individuals for their contribution to the state’s largest industry. Induction ceremonies for Class XXXIII will be held Friday, March 6…
by - January 8, 2020 11:55 am
About 200 farmers, consultants and other agriculture industry professionals attended the 64th annual Tri-State Soybean Forum last week, taking stock of both the good and bad in soybean production in…
by - January 7, 2020 4:27 pm
The Arkansas Farmer’s Industrial Hemp Conference, a two-day meeting designed to give farmers the pros and cons of adding industrial hemp to their crop rotation will be held Feb. 14…
by - January 6, 2020 8:35 pm
Cotton yields might not be as good as projected during the 2019 growing season, but Bill Robertson, extension cotton agronomist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, thinks…
by - January 6, 2020 1:25 pm
As 2020 gets underway the cattle industry is looking at new opportunities, ongoing changes and evaluating a few risks to its business. Derrell Peel, livestock marketing specialist at Oklahoma State…
by - January 6, 2020 2:49 am
Tommy Jumper believes Delta farmers have been looking for a crop to add to their rotation for both soil improvement and for what he calls “risk mitigation,” but until now,…
by - January 5, 2020 9:40 pm
The promise of some portion of $550 million in new federal funding brought together a consortium of state and national broadband leaders in mid-December at the Association of Arkansas Counties…
by - January 2, 2020 8:00 pm
The last two growing seasons have been some of the toughest in decades for Arkansas farmers, but a glimmer of hope met many as the harvest season rapidly came to…
by - January 2, 2020 6:00 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced the following appointments on Thursday (Jan. 2): Keith Crestman, Jonesboro, as Circuit Judge for the Second Judicial District. Appointment begins January 1, 2020, and expires December…
by - December 29, 2019 9:18 pm
The United States is the top food exporter in the world, and scientists are constantly studying ways to protect the ag sector from the field and into the storage bins…
by - December 17, 2019 2:32 pm
The beef industry is poised to have a solid finish in 2019 as sharply higher carcass weights continue to boost beef production since October, according to Derrell Peel, extension livestock…
by - December 17, 2019 9:23 am
While many of us tend to consider our own place of residence “the center of the universe,” it probably isn’t. At AcreTrader, we have farmland investors on our platform from…
by - December 16, 2019 5:50 pm
Feral hogs are a major concern for the state’s agriculture industry and a new program to stop the spread of these wild pigs has a coordinator. The Arkansas Department of…
by - December 16, 2019 5:23 pm
I.F. Anderson Farms Inc., of Lonoke (Lonoke County) is the 2019 Arkansas Farm Family of the Year. The honor was announced last week at the annual luncheon honoring the county…
by - December 15, 2019 2:22 pm
Arkansas rice farmers Jennifer James of Newport and Dow Brantley of England won awards at the 2019 USA Rice Outlook Conference. James was awarded 2019 Farmer of the Year and…
by - December 12, 2019 5:02 pm
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s State Plant Board hopes to amend the regulations involving the controversial herbicide dicamba. The board proposed to amend the rule by removing the GPS mapping…
by - December 12, 2019 9:09 am
The United Soybean Board has elected Jim Carroll III from Brinkley as Chair at the annual board meeting Wednesday (Dec. 11). In addition, 19 new directors, appointed by U.S. Secretary…
by - December 10, 2019 12:40 pm
October marked another sluggish month for beef exports that fell 9% from the year-ago period. The decline contributed to a year-over-year decrease of 4.2% for the first ten months of…
by - December 10, 2019 8:57 am
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has announced it will lift tariffs on some U.S. soybean and pork exports to the country, but no specifics have been released. The two countries have…
by - December 9, 2019 5:03 pm
Tyson Foods’ fresh meat division signed an agreement with the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Kusto Group to collaborate on a new beef processing plant in Kazakhstan, an emerging nation…
