Tag: Cotton

Cotton crop planted; producers leery of future rains

Virtually all of the state’s cotton crop has been planted and now producers are in a waiting game to see if weather conditions will dry out. Since the beginning of…

Record low number of cotton gins in Arkansas; state acres projected to be down

The number of cotton gins in Arkansas is down to 26, tied for the lowest number of gins ever, according the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)….

New cotton grading system to help farmers with planting best seeds for soil

One of the most common row crops in Arkansas has one of the most mysterious origins. No one knows exactly when humans first started using cotton to make clothes. Scientists…

Cotton, peanuts see crop growth, yield challenges

Cotton and peanut acres surged in Arkansas during the 2024 growing season, but untimely rains likely cut into the quality of both crops, slightly reducing yields. Growers harvested 640,000…

Hurricane remnants may have aided peanut farmers; cotton quality might be downgraded

Arkansas was not directly impacted by hurricanes that hit Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, and others several weeks ago, but remnants of those systems did have the potential…

Clay County bucks national and state cotton growing trends in 2023

Cotton acreage dropped across the country this growing season and throughout much of Arkansas, there are some farmers in the state that decided to grow it anyway. They may now…

Cotton prices surge as drought impacts other cotton growing states

Northeast Arkansas has gone more than a week with little to no rain and cotton farmers are taking advantage. For the week ending May 15, Arkansas cotton was 53% planted,…

Cotton planting lags due to wet weather in Northeast Arkansas

Another rainy spring is providing an all too familiar challenge to cotton farmers this year. Monday’s “Crop Progress” report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service showed farmers across the board…

Cotton crop yields up, acres down in 2020

Cotton, along with other Arkansas row crops, got off to a slow start when the planting season began in 2020. Torrential rains stymied farmers’ efforts along with the impacts from…

Record cotton yields, rising acres could take a COVID-19 crash

For hundreds of years, the dark, nutrient-rich soils of the Arkansas Delta supported cotton farming. For more than a century, trade in this plant made this the most prosperous region…

Storms impact rice and cotton harvests

Heavy winds and rains blew across much of northeastern Arkansas and surrounding areas last week and it will likely impact both rice and cotton harvests, as growers try to make…

Soybean acres experience catastrophic drop, lowest level in six decades

Dwight Eisenhower was president of the United States the last time so few farm acres were dedicated to soybeans in Arkansas. Fueled by an ongoing trade war with China and…

Cotton planting expected to hit estimates despite weather, bollworm concerns

Bad weather has hampered cotton growers in 2019, the growing stages vary greatly from field to field, and bollworm problems loom. But, the state is on pace to hit its…

Cotton crop has done well but dangers loom

At least 67% of the state’s cotton crop has been harvested, well above the 42% average during the last five years through mid-October. But, a significant problem is looming. Perpetual…

Arkansas farmers oppose mega merger between Bayer and Monsanto

A proposed $66 billion merger between German-based pharmaceutical giant Bayer and agricultural company Monsanto has opposition from farmers in Arkansas and other agriculture dependent states. Both companies own patents for…

Arkansas cotton farmers face perilous conditions

Arkansas farmers planted 425,000 cotton acres this year, nearly double the number planted in 2015. Low prices, Chinese cotton surpluses, and surging input costs could cause the number of acres…

FreedomWorks says Sen. Cotton bill about data collection is ‘Big Brother on steroids’

U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., on Wednesday introduced the Liberty Through Strength Act II, a bill he says will strengthen United States intelligence efforts, but which a prominent conservative group…

Republicans win all Arkansas Congressional seats

Republican candidates captured all four Arkansas Congressional races, the first time in modern Arkansas history that members of all Congressional districts in the state are Republicans. U.S. Rep. Steve Womack,…

4th District GOP primary a dead heat

With a little more than a month until Election Day, the Republican primary in the Fourth Congressional District is a two-way horse race between the 2010 GOP nominee and her…

New lines shape Arkansas’ 4th District race

Arkansas' 4th Congressional District picked up all or part of 8 counties in the western part of the state under new redistricting boundaries and the analogy of frontier territory couldn't…

Coon Supper, pre-event reception scheduled for Jan. 10

Saline Health System names Amy Rice as new CFO

Farmers & Merchants Bank names Lee Ann Hoskyn to head marketing

769-acre Madison County preserve to be protected, opened to public