by - October 30, 2017 9:03 pm
Arkansas Rice showcased a new mural in downtown Little Rock on Monday. The art illustrates a field during harvest on the exterior wall of Besser Ace Hardware on Main Street….
by - October 24, 2017 7:22 pm
Arkansas became a peanut growing state once again six years ago, and this year was one of the largest crops planted. Peanut farmers planted about 30,000 acres this year in…
by - October 23, 2017 7:54 pm
The Arkansas Forestry Commission (AFC) has moved from its former location on Roosevelt Road to join other agencies of the Arkansas Agriculture Department (AAD) at the AAD headquarters complex at…
by - October 23, 2017 12:25 am
After staving off an investor-led push to be put on the auction block for nearly nine months, El Dorado-based Deltic Timber Corp. has succumbed to an all-stock deal to be…
by - October 18, 2017 8:07 pm
Arkansas will receive $302,776 from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA)Specialty Crop Block Grant program to fund eight specialty crop projects this year. A list of the eight Arkansas…
by - October 16, 2017 8:28 pm
About half the state’s cotton acres have been harvested and the rest could be out of the ground by Nov. 1. Arkansas cotton acreage leaped when compared to 2016 as…
by - October 16, 2017 8:27 pm
By this stage in the growing season, the Arkansas’ Soybean Association’s contest “Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Challenge,” would be settled, but the state’s soybean farmers continue to over…
by - October 13, 2017 12:55 pm
The Arkansas Biosciences Institute will hold its fall research symposium Oct. 25 at the just-opened Don Tyson Center for Agricultural Sciences in Fayetteville. The Arkansas Biosciences Institute, or ABI, was…
by - October 10, 2017 6:53 pm
Arkansas soybean farmers had to whither springtime floods, dicamba drift, and even the remnants of two hurricanes late in the season. Despite those obstacles, about 62% of the 3.5 million…
by - October 9, 2017 7:02 pm
A full generation has passed since the U.S. beef industry launched its “Beef. It’s What For Dinner” campaign, but the sector’s largest trade group — the National Cattlemen’s Association —…
by - October 6, 2017 1:37 pm
U.S. Senator John Boozman, R-Rogers, and Congressman Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, members of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees, announced Friday (Oct. 6) that the Departee Creek Watershed Improvement District and…
by - October 5, 2017 4:52 pm
Feral hogs are a growing problem in Arkansas and across the United States and state officials are considering the approval of a poison to reign-in feral hog populations. Feral hogs…
by - October 5, 2017 4:04 pm
Fires are raging across the western United States and U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs, has decided to act. Westerman has introduced a bill that would stop “fire borrowing,” a…
by - October 3, 2017 6:27 pm
The Arkansas Farm Bureau along with Arkansas veterans, the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs, the Arkansas Agriculture Department and other agriculture leaders will take part in the Veterans 4 AG…
by - October 2, 2017 9:31 am
Simmons Foods’ investment of $300 million into a modern chicken slaughter and primary processing facility has some wondering if jobs will shift from other operations in Van Buren and outside…
by - September 29, 2017 5:55 pm
Tyson Foods CEO Tom Hayes said the company’s “time of transformation” led to 450 job cuts at the corporate offices in Springdale, Chicago and Cincinnati. Insiders tell Talk Business &…
by - September 28, 2017 4:48 pm
As fiscal 2017 winds to a close for Springdale-based Tyson Foods, the meat giant is again cutting corporate jobs as part of a stated goal to have a leaner operation…
by - September 27, 2017 5:02 pm
The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame is seeking nominations from the public for its next class. The deadline is Nov. 1. The Agriculture Hall of Fame recognizes Arkansans who are…
by - September 27, 2017 3:53 pm
Siloam Springs-based Simmons Foods will build in western Benton County between Decatur and Gentry a $300 million poultry processing complex that is expected to add 1,500 jobs. Company officials said…
by - September 27, 2017 1:20 pm
Springdale-based Tyson Foods has resolved a three-year legal dispute with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over water pollution and dumping of wastewater in southwestern Missouri. Tyson Foods will pay a…
