by - December 5, 2017 12:19 pm
Deacue Fields III has been named the new dean of the University of Arkansas Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, pending approval by the UA System Board…
by - December 5, 2017 6:54 am
The last step in banning dicamba during the bulk of the 2018 growing season and a significant increase to the fines for farmers who use it illegally will be decided…
by - December 4, 2017 6:02 pm
Rice and ducks are big business in Northeast Arkansas and a Newport area rice farmer has received the Conservation Champion Award. Marvin Hare, whose family has been farming in Jackson…
by - December 4, 2017 8:36 am
Randy Veach and Rich Hillman were re-elected president and vice president Friday (Dec. 1) of the Arkansas Farm Bureau. Delegates elected seven other board members and filled a vacant board…
by - November 30, 2017 7:47 pm
Attendees at the fifth annual Four States Cattle Conference will learn about the latest advice for navigating that marketplace, from advances in forage recommendations to cattle management methods and risk…
by - November 29, 2017 8:23 pm
An Arkansas Forestry Commission (AFC) wildfire detection flight had to be rerouted Tuesday over Sharp County after authorities were notified an unmanned drone was flying in the airspace above a…
by - November 28, 2017 1:32 pm
The Federal Aviation Administration has announced a program to encourage commercial drone use, and one drone expert expects it will help the federal agency evaluate more advanced drone operations beyond…
by - November 27, 2017 3:48 pm
The Arkansas Agriculture Department’s Forestry Commission (AFC) has suppressed 103 wildfires that burned 1,805 acres in the last four days, and now, 59 of 75 Arkansas counties are under high…
by - November 27, 2017 10:36 am
Springdale-based poultry producer George’s Inc. has purchased Campos Foods from Oklahoma City-based Lopez Foods Inc. George’s announced the purchase on Monday (Nov. 27). Terms of the deal were not disclosed….
by - November 20, 2017 12:17 pm
Tyson Foods announced Monday (Nov. 20) plans to build a $300 million chicken production complex near Humboldt, Tenn. The facility is expected to create more than 1,500 jobs. Operations in…
by - November 16, 2017 4:52 am
Agriculture is Arkansas’ most dominant economic sector, and the harvest in the Natural State is nearly complete. Cotton and soybean crop production is up this year, while corn and rice…
by - November 13, 2017 1:31 pm
Wichita, Kan.-based Cargill Protein announced Monday (Oct. 13) the donation of 120,000 pounds of turkeys to the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank, Arkansas Food Bank and River Valley Regional Food Bank….
by - November 13, 2017 7:17 am
Tyson Foods posted record per share earnings of $5.31 for fiscal year 2017 thanks in no small part to a 155% operating income increase in the company’s beef segment. Per…
by - November 9, 2017 5:27 pm
Plumes of smoke fill the autumn skies in the Delta as farmers burn row crop field refuse, and many complain about the side-effects of the smoke. Arkansas rice industry leaders…
by - November 9, 2017 4:59 pm
Tyson Foods is having another record year as its chicken, beef and pork segments are well into the black and improvements continue on the turnaround of the meat giant’s prepared…
by - November 8, 2017 3:17 pm
Arkansas State Plant Board members voted Wednesday (Nov. 8) during a public hearing and board meeting to ban dicamba in Arkansas during a bulk of the 2018 growing season. Dicamba is used…
by - November 6, 2017 4:28 pm
President Donald Trump has appointed David Branscum to serve as Arkansas Rural Development Director and David Curtis as Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director. U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark.,…
by - November 6, 2017 4:23 pm
A coalition of 85 agriculture-related organizations have drafted a letter warning U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross about the negative impacts of withdrawing from North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)….
by - November 1, 2017 4:14 pm
Northeast Arkansas skies are filled each fall with plumes of smoke rising from row crop fields set on fire intentionally by farmers. Motorists and residents complain about the smoke, and…
by - October 31, 2017 4:48 pm
Farmer Jacob Hartz had a problem many farmers in Arkansas faced in the 1920s. Rice had been introduced in the state, and it depleted nutrients in the soil. Extension agents…
