by - June 22, 2018 9:46 am
Nathan Slaton, head of the Arkansas Soil Testing Lab, has been appointed assistant director of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, the statewide research component of the University of Arkansas System’s Division…
by - June 20, 2018 4:59 pm
Springdale-based Tyson Foods and Merck Animal Health together granted a $500,000 research gift to the poultry science department at Texas A&M University to help build a new research facility in…
by - June 19, 2018 6:53 pm
Arkansas is commonly referred to as the Natural State, but it could also be called the rice state. Rice farmers in the state planted 1.161 million acres last year, about…
by - June 13, 2018 4:27 pm
The Arkansas Rice Research Promotion Board has dedicated $4 million toward the construction of a rice research center in Poinsett County, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture spokesman Ryan…
by - June 6, 2018 6:48 pm
With Congress failing to pass a Farm Bill for the next five years, Arkansas farmers are teetering toward limbo with future farm policy. In mid-May, the U.S. House of Representatives…
by - June 5, 2018 6:12 pm
Powerful storms swept through Northeast Arkansas Saturday night (June 2) destroying crop land in several counties and causing extensive damage to the Delta Regional Airport in Colt. At 11:21 p.m….
by - June 4, 2018 4:41 pm
The Tyson Foods buying spree continues. The Springdale-based company announced Monday (June 4) the acquisition of Tecumseh Poultry, a company that touts its humane methods of processing all organic “Smart…
by - June 1, 2018 5:27 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and other Arkansas trade officials awoke Friday (June 1) to fears of a possible international trade war after President Donald Trump moved forward Thursday with his threat…
by - May 29, 2018 4:35 pm
Despite an unusually cold spring, and inconsistent weather, Arkansas row crop farmers have planted nearly all of their corn, soybean, and rice crops, according to the University of Arkansas System…
by - May 20, 2018 3:21 pm
Dirt. Nutrient-rich, alluvial-plain soil. It’s the foundation of Arkansas’ row crop agri industry. Rice, soybeans, cotton and other profitable plants have for generations risen from millions of eastern Arkansas acres….
by - May 16, 2018 5:37 pm
Tyson Foods President and CEO Tom Hayes said while the company’s raw material costs will fluctuate the mission to achieve volume growth, margin expansion, more unit sales and year-over-year earnings…
by - May 16, 2018 3:01 pm
Farmers in Northeast Arkansas are working to finish planting this year’s crops, but the success of this year’s efforts won’t be known until harvest time several months down the road….
by - May 14, 2018 12:49 pm
Siloam Springs-based broiler breeder Cobb-Vantress Inc., a company of Springdale-based meat giant Tyson Foods Inc., purchased the former corporate office of vegetable producer Allens Inc. in downtown Siloam Springs for…
by - May 11, 2018 6:53 am
Business and government dignitaries from more than a dozen African countries convened in Bentonville Thursday (May 10) at the state’s first Trade with Africa Summit — a two-day event spearheaded…
by - May 9, 2018 7:22 pm
Chinese soybean buyers have stopped buying U.S. produced soybeans, and at this point in the growing season it’s mildly concerning, University of Arkansas at Monticello agriculture economist Dr. Robert Stark…
by - May 8, 2018 12:49 pm
Tyson Foods recently issued a new bill of rights contract for its poultry growers in an effort to foster more transparency and better communication between the corporate giant and family…
by - May 7, 2018 2:07 pm
Tyson Foods reported second quarter net income of $315 million for the quarter ending March 31, down 7.35% from the year-ago period thanks to rising labor and freight costs. The…
by - May 4, 2018 2:04 pm
Nearly two months after joining operations with its Arkansas rival, PotlatchDeltic Corp. on Thursday (May 3) eked out a first quarter profit and reported its recent deal with El Dorado-based…
by - May 3, 2018 6:56 pm
Tyson Foods is expected to report a second quarter profit of $1.32 per share, or roughly $485 million, up 42% from the year-ago period, according to the Wall Street consensus….
by - May 3, 2018 6:15 pm
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services Bill Northey met with Arkansas government and agriculture leaders in Little Rock on Tuesday to acclimate himself with…
