by - December 1, 2025 10:00 am
Arkansas farm income expected to drop 8% next year
Net farm income in Arkansas this year is projected to be down sharply when compared to 2024, but there are reasons — primarily new federal aid — to think net…
Tag: agriculture
by - November 30, 2025 9:00 am
Studies point to benefit of rice as an ingredient in brewing beer
There is archeological evidence that humans were brewing beer in China almost 10,000 years ago. Other evidence points to beer brewing in Iraq 7,000 years ago, and the ancient Egyptians…
by - November 4, 2025 7:01 am
Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward: Bailouts, state creativity needed for farm survival
A late September national conference of agricultural leaders, including U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, was held in Arkansas and gave some hope to farmers across the state who…
by - July 30, 2025 12:00 pm
Communication is key for farmers in challenging times
It’s no secret that farmers are going through a tough time. Being an ag lender and relationship banker means supporting them during difficult moments, encouraging them not to lose hope…
by - July 29, 2025 12:00 pm
A-State College of Agriculture’s strategic vision for state workforce
Arkansas’ agricultural heritage is more than tradition — it’s the foundation of our economy, communities and higher education. In 1909, four agricultural schools were established across Arkansas. Arkansas State University,…
by - June 30, 2025 11:00 am
BRICS+ could negatively impact US, Arkansas agri industry
Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill in 2001 wrote a research paper on the economies of four large countries — Brazil, Russia, India and China — that were not a part…
by - June 4, 2025 10:00 am
Hallie Shoffner talks ‘farm crisis’ in her bid to unseat Sen. Tom Cotton
A.E. Shoffner decided to move from Orange County, N.C., to Jackson County in Arkansas in the 1860s to start a farm. He primarily grew cotton, and it wasn’t long before…
by - May 7, 2025 10:00 am
Savings noted with university testing of ‘See & Spray’ herbicide system
Precision agriculture or farming is a methodology within the industry that seeks new technologies to increase crop yields by lowering the levels of traditional inputs — land, water, fertilizer, herbicides…
by - March 24, 2025 9:00 am
Agriculture’s ‘perfect storm’
I find myself thinking about agriculture a lot lately. I’m not a farmer, but I know enough about farming from the stories I’ve heard over the years from friends and…
by - March 23, 2025 10:00 am
Riceland Foods COO on the urgency for a Farm Bill
It’s no secret that farmers across the nation face a number of challenges heading into the new planting season. From rising input costs, low commodity prices, inflation, tariffs, severe weather…
by - February 12, 2025 5:29 pm
Agriculture chief outlines farm issues at A-State conference
The farming community is facing a multitude of problems from weak commodity prices, higher input costs, potential trade wars, and other problems as the planting season creeps nearer. Arkansas Agriculture…
by - January 27, 2025 9:00 am
Plant scientists continue to study ‘phantom pathogens’
German agricultural chemist Adolf Eduard Mayer made a startling discovery in 1886. He was studying mosaic disease on tobacco leaves when he noticed that if sap from the leaves touched…
by - December 30, 2024 8:00 am
Drought app seeks to measure, help predict trends for agri sector
When the peanut industry returned to Northeast Arkansas in 2010, the rationale for the companies investing in buying points was simple. Disease and a lack of water ravaged many parts…
by - December 4, 2024 1:00 pm
Major crops on pace for high yields; peanut acres set new record
Corn, soybeans, squash and other crops have been grown in the Arkansas Delta for at least a thousand years and yield numbers for some of those row crops could set…
by - September 11, 2024 12:26 pm
State of the State Mid-Year 2024: Arkansas farmers facing ‘pretty rough’ conditions
Financial viability for some farmers is becoming an increasing concern for agriculture stakeholders and public officials as the harvest season draws near, according to Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward….
by - March 2, 2023 8:30 am
Farm bills seek to steer younger Arkansans into agriculture
Rep. Julie Mayberry, R-Hensley, and Rep. Denise Garner, D-Fayetteville, have introduced a bill aimed at addressing the challenges young farmers face entering the profession. According to House Bill 1003, an…
by - February 7, 2021 10:00 am
Agri leaders point to specifics for optimism in 2021
Like nearly every other industry in 2020, the state’s agricultural community had a rough ride. The pandemic may have been the least of its worries. Weather conditions, low commodity prices…
by - January 10, 2021 5:00 am
All Arkansas ag sectors hurt by COVID-19 pandemic; impacts may continue into 2021
The agriculture sector in Arkansas has faced many brutal challenges in recent years before the COVID-19 pandemic enveloped the world. Relatively low commodity prices fueled by a more than two-year…
by - March 23, 2020 5:05 pm
UA System Division of Agriculture makes changes to continue aid to farmers
Even as many private businesses and public spaces close their doors in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, staff and faculty with the University of Arkansas System Division…
by - January 20, 2020 4:14 pm
Pakko, Ward among featured speakers for ASU’s annual Agribusiness Conference
Arkansas State University’s annual Agribusiness Conference, slated for Feb. 12, will provide information and agricultural policy education to farmers, agribusiness professionals, students and educators across the Mid-South. This year’s conference…