Arkansas Rice Federation

Arkansas’ farmers are no strangers to the game of wait and see — it is, in many respects, the entire basis of their business — but 2025 is shaping up to pose even greater anxiety at a time when some …

While there are scores of variables, such as weather, commodity prices, crop rotations, politics and equipment malfunctions, that may hinder Arkansas’ rice farmers, there is one constant that growers can count on. The state will continue to rank first in …

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, …

According 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, …

August 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 …

U.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 …

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 …