The United States Botanic Garden, the oldest continuously operating public garden in the United States, and the American Public Gardens Association, the leading professional organization for the field of public horticulture, recently awarded funding to 26 public gardens and their…
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Reefer Madness: Use of Medical Marijuana Up in Arkansas and Prices Down, But Not All Dispensaries Rolling in Green
Medical marijuana sales in Arkansas have reached the milestone of $1 billion in sales since the industry was launched in May 2019. Patients now collectively spend an average of $776,000 a day on medical marijuana purchases across Arkansas, according to…
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Spotlight on Small Business: Tuckaway Farm
A change of scenery led to a change of lifestyle for Joe and Mary Saumweber and their five children. With Joe engaged in tech startups and Mary raising their offspring, the couple had considered farming for many years before opening…
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Report: The Top 6 Agriculture Trends to Watch in 2024
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffArkansas-based The Communications Group (ComGroup) recently released its third agriculture marketing trends report. The report highlights what the firm has identified as the top six leading marketing trends that will have the greatest impact on the commercial success of agribusinesses in…
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Whitaker, Moore Join AgriCapture Board of Directors
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffAgriCapture, a Nashville, Tennessee-based company that certifies climate-friendly practices on farms, ranchlands and grasslands and quantifies greenhouse gas emissions, has announced two Arkansans as new members of its board of directors: Jim Whitaker and Ryan Moore. Fifth-generation farmer Jim Whitaker…
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Riceland Foods Names McGilton as CEO
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffRiceland Foods recently revealed a leadership reorganization under which the Board of Directors has appointed Kevin McGilton as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. McGilton previously served as Vice President of Government Affairs and Chief of Staff. He spent two decades…
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Arkansas-based Cooks Venture Closes, Lays Off Hundreds
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffArkansas-based Cooks Venture, a poultry producer that specializes in heirloom birds and regenerative agriculture, recently closed its operations in Oklahoma and Arkansas for financial reasons, according to several media outlets. A total of 511 employees at eight different facilities were…
Groundwater levels in Arkansas, especially in the Delta, are declining at critical levels due to agricultural and industrial needs and are not being naturally replenished quickly enough. A report released this summer by the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources…
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Wings Over the Prairie Duck Calling Festival Returning to Stuttgart
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe 88th annual World Championship Duck Calling Contest and Wings Over the Prairie Festival is set to be held on Thanksgiving weekend from Friday, Nov. 24 to Saturday, Nov. 25. Spanning six city blocks in downtown Stuttgart, the festival is…
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BellRock Brands to Enter Arkansas Market
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffColorado-based BellRock Brands Inc., an industry-leading cannabis multi-state house of brands, has entered into a licensing agreement with Dark Horse Medicinals, LLC, the state’s first operational medical marijuana processor, to bring the Mary’s Medicinals and Dixie brands to Arkansas. “Dark…