by - June 15, 2017 9:00 pm
While the news is good that China has agreed to open its markets to U.S. beef, don’t expect products from meat packers like Tyson Foods and local cattlemen to enter…
by - June 15, 2017 8:21 pm
President Donald Trump has declared 13 Arkansas counties as disaster areas after powerful floods and tornadoes ripped through the state in late April and early May. Individual residents in Benton,…
by - June 14, 2017 5:41 pm
Seven farmers across the country – four in Arkansas – received the first carbon credit issued to rice farmers Wednesday, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. The credit…
by - June 12, 2017 6:05 pm
The Trump administration announced Monday (June 12) it has reached agreement with China on final details of a protocol to allow U.S. companies to ship beef exports to China, a…
by - June 12, 2017 4:29 pm
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores said Monday (June 12) it has teamed up with the Arkansas Agriculture Department to support the agency’s “Arkansas Grown” program that kicked off in Little Rock…
by - June 7, 2017 11:13 am
Tyson Foods announced Wednesday morning (June 7) it completed the acquisition of AdvancePierre with 87.27% of the shares tendered at $40.25 per share. Officials with Springdale-based Tyson Foods announced the…
by - June 6, 2017 4:33 pm
Former Vice President for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, James “Jim” Martin, died Saturday (June 3) at his home in Decatur, Ala. He was 84 years old….
by - June 6, 2017 6:37 am
Torrential floods devastated Northeast Arkansas earlier this spring and the damage could top hundreds of millions of dollars in agriculture and other losses. Gov. Asa Hutchinson has submitted a formal…
by - June 5, 2017 4:09 pm
Any move by President Donald Trump to rollback a series of executive orders signed by then President Barack Obama lifting trade and travel restrictions with Cuba would be a mistake,…
by - June 2, 2017 3:01 pm
Steven C. Ricke, director of the University of Arkansas System’s Division of Agriculture’s Center for Food Safety, received the W.C. Frazier Memorial Lecture award from the Food Research Institute at…
by - May 30, 2017 3:38 pm
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared 23 Arkansas counties disasters in the wake of spring flooding. This designation is separate from a presidential disaster declaration, which Gov. Asa Hutchinson…
by - May 25, 2017 12:00 pm
The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture released a report last week that indicated the damage done to the agriculture industry in the state due to floods in Northeast Arkansas…
by - May 23, 2017 8:50 pm
President Donald Trump’s proposed $4.1 trillion budget includes deep cuts to the United States Department of Agriculture, and Arkansas farmers could feel the squeeze. Trump’s budget would cut USDA discretionary…
by - May 22, 2017 7:04 pm
Meat giant Tyson Foods said it’s collaborating with the World Resources Institute to develop industry leading, science-based greenhouse gas (GHG) and outcome-based water conservation targets for its operations and the…
by - May 21, 2017 9:59 am
Arkansas Farm Bureau President Randy Veach fears flooding damage to the state’s agriculture sector will top $200 million and that’s one justification for keeping millions of dollars in tax exemptions…
by - May 19, 2017 6:36 am
Arkansas could benefit economically if trade relations with Cuba are expanded, and several state political leaders including U.S. Sen. John Boozman, U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, and Gov. Asa Hutchinson have…
by - May 15, 2017 4:25 pm
An Iowa-based meat processing company has acquired Decatur poultry business Crystal Lake Farms, including its Free Ranger line of chickens, for $3.5 million. West Liberty Foods filed the ownership paperwork…
by - May 15, 2017 8:46 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson will be the keynote speaker on Friday (May 19) when Simmons Bank sponsors a conference on the future of the Arkansas Delta. The conference will run from…
by - May 14, 2017 9:27 pm
The window for many rice farmers to replant crops lost in the recent floods is closing, and Gov. Asa Hutchinson has sent a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue…
by - May 12, 2017 1:38 pm
It’s been nearly 14 years since U.S. beef could export to China but that’s about to change. The announcement came Friday (May 12) that the ban on U.S. beef exports…
