by - January 19, 2022 4:05 pm
Arkansas soybean farmers were set for a solid return year in 2021 after years of battling low prices, bad weather and problems connected with the COVID-19 pandemic. Jeremy Ross, extension…
by - November 9, 2021 8:13 am
A new pathogen that harms soybean crops was identified several years ago and research indicates it’s spreading geographically and causing more damage. Where it came from and why it impacts…
by - November 3, 2021 5:48 pm
Arkansas’ soybean harvest is wrapping up and the expectations are for yields to be about average this year, Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board Chair Donald Morton told Talk Business & Politics….
by - July 27, 2021 12:37 pm
Arkansas’ soybean farmers are two months away from harvest, and both the cash and book markets for the crop are well into double-digit dollars. Markets closed Friday (July 23) as…
by - January 25, 2021 2:24 pm
Arkansas’ soybean sector has been emblematic of the state’s overall agriculture sector in recent years. Low commodity prices, trade wars, and unpredictable weather forced the number of soybean acres to…
by - April 7, 2020 3:59 pm
Arkansas farmers are projected to grow more rice this year than last, but according to the United States Department of Agriculture, producers will likely plant less than had been anticipated….
by - August 13, 2019 4:33 pm
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…
by - July 31, 2019 4:32 pm
The long-standing trade war with China seemingly has no end in sight and now Arkansas farmers are being advised to find new markets. They are also being told that the…
by - April 16, 2019 2:31 pm
Daniel Rogers, program technician for soybean breeding and genetics at the University of Arkansas, will soon start using a drone, or unmanned aerial vehicle, to monitor soybean crops at seven…
by - February 26, 2019 4:50 pm
Perpetual rains significantly impacted the harvest in 2018, and as the calendar creeps towards the start of early planting, the onslaught of rain is already threatening the 2019 season. At…
by - February 25, 2019 4:20 pm
China has agreed to buy 10 million metric tons of soybeans from the U.S. as optimism grows that the trade war between the two countries might be coming to a…
by - January 15, 2019 4:08 pm
As the trade war rages with China the real impacts to U.S. soybean farmers are starting to be felt. University of Arkansas agriculture economist Scott Stiles created a chart mapping…
by - October 31, 2018 7:28 pm
Soybean farmers have been inundated with challenges this season and those problems continued through the end of October. As of Monday (Oct. 28) about 63% of Arkansas’ 3.25 million soybean…
by - October 16, 2018 4:39 pm
A bad soybean harvest in Arkansas has turned much worse in the last week. The number of acres that are projected to be harvested has dropped by 320,000 acres to…
by - October 9, 2018 8:23 pm
Arkansas soybean farmers are bracing for their worst crop in 10 years. Mold, mildew, and fungus have plagued soybeans that are still in the field, soybean agronomist Jeremy Ross told…
by - July 12, 2018 6:11 pm
The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicted Thursday (July 12) a record surplus of soybeans during the next year after revising downward the amount of exported soybeans. U.S. farmers will export…
by - December 27, 2017 1:39 pm
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…
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…
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 - June 27, 2017 4:39 pm
There’s hope that a farmer in Arkansas will produce 120 bushels of soybeans on one acre this year. “Grow for the Green,” the perennial competition that challenges the state’s soybean…
