The 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…
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Arkansas Ranks No. 1 in U.S. for Residents Facing Food Insecurity
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Arkansas Foodbank is addressing the alarming findings in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report titled “Household Food Security in the United States in 2022.” The report reveals a disconcerting increase in food insecurity nationwide, with a significant impact…
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Garvan Woodland Gardens Executive Director Bob Bledsoe to Retire
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffBob Bledsoe, executive director of the Garvan Woodland Gardens, will be retiring from his position in January 2024, the University of Arkansas announced. He has seen Garvan Gardens, an outreach center of the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design,…
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The State of Conservation: Arkansas Conservation Leaders Speak Out on Stewardship of Land
by Mak Millardby Mak MillardPictured above: A beaver swims across a pond at The Nature Conservancy’s Logan Springs Preserve in Benton County. (Photo by Chris Davidson) As the Natural State, Arkansas has an obvious and vested interest in conservation. No matter their specific focus…
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Agri-Food Innovation Summit Puts Focus on Arkansas Ag Research
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffNational and state leaders in agriculture, food innovation and entrepreneurship will be gathering on Thursday, Nov. 2 and Friday, Nov. 3 for the Arkansas Agri-Food Innovation Summit, according to the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. The first-of-its-kind event,…
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AgHeritage Promotes Hill to VP of Credit
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffJason Hill has recently been promoted to Vice President of Credit at AgHeritage Farm Credit Services, where he will be responsible for managing the company’s credit underwriting team. Hill most recently served as AVP & Senior Credit Officer, a role…
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Haag Brown Adds New Agriculture Division
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffHaag Brown recently introduced its newest division, HB Ag. The expansion is part of a strategy to diversify the company’s portfolio and extend its expertise into the agricultural sector. “We believe global and national economic uncertainties will drive investments into…
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Arkansas Orders Chinese-Owned Seed Company to Sell Its Farmland
Arkansas officials took steps Tuesday to force a Chinese government-owned agricultural company to divest itself of 160 acres of Craighead County farmland and pay a $280,000 fine for failing to file timely disclosures to the state. “The land in question…
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Arkansas Growers Donate 240k Pounds of Rice to Food Banks
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffFood banks across Arkansas will share in a 240,000-pound donation of rice from the Arkansas Rice Federation, Arkansas Food Bank CEO Brian Burton said at an event at the Food Bank on Wednesday. The donation, equivalent to 1.8 million servings,…