Food 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,…
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Relief is Reportedly on its Way to Arkansas Rice Farmers
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffAccording to Arkansas Rice, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a year-end spending package. Included in the bill is $250 million in assistance for domestic rice farmers to help combat major losses due to record-high input costs. The Senate…
By Lauren Waldrip Ward Within 30 years, the global population is expected to pass the nine-billion mark, and we are going to need a big food supply. We need big technology, big innovation, big conservation and big ag. Sometimes,…
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Family Traditions Farming professions bind Wards in more ways than one
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaAugust 2018 Issue By Dwain Hebda | Photo by Jessica Barksdale es Ward and Lauren Waldrip Ward are the real Arkansas deal. They grew up two hours apart – she in Moro and he in Lake City – both enjoying…
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Rice Leaders, Ag Industry Meet with USDA Undersecretary
by News Releaseby News ReleaseU.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services Bill Northey met with Arkansas government and agriculture leaders in Little Rock on Tuesday. Sworn in on March 6, Northey now oversees the Farm Service Agency (FSA), Natural…
by Lauren Merlene Last month, Gov. Asa Hutchinson approved a resolution to establish an identity for rice in an effort, he says, to protect consumers. The resolution identifies rice as originating from the Oryza sativa L. plant and distinguishes this…
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Power Couples: Wes Ward and Lauren Waldrip Ward
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaWes Ward and Lauren Waldrip Ward couldn’t be more dyed-in-the-wool Arkansan if they tried. Each grew up on the rural plains of eastern Arkansas, they spend their free time together hunting and fishing the Natural State and generally give off…
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s Sept. 28-30 trade mission to Cuba was also his first visit to the island nation. Just 90 miles from the Florida coast, Cuba was banned for decades as a destination for U.S. exports. In fact, during…