New rules have been established for the use of diamba in Arkansas by the State Plant Board. Beginning Saturday, May 8, Arkansas agricultural producers will be allowed to use over-the-top spraying of Engenia, Xtendimax, and Taviumon soybreans and cotton through…
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by Lauren McLemore More than 49,000 farms are operated in Arkansas, 97 percent of them family-owned, according to Arkansas Farm Bureau. Sixteen percent of farms produce 92 percent of production. Here’s a look at what’s being produced on Arkansas farms:…
by Lauren McLemore Arkansas farmers anxiously await harvest numbers after a challenging year of managing crops in the midst of historic flooding and the escalation of tariffs as a product of the United States’ ongoing trade war with China. Heavy…
by Jeremy Peppas The news is not good for Arkansas farmers. The state’s agricultural industry is currently facing the double whammy of historic flooding that has delayed plantings, as well as crop emergence, and tariffs that have cut into the…
by Jeremy Peppas Plans to redevelop a Forrest City factory are still “active,” Arkansas officials said this week. Mike Preston, executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, said that China’s Shandong Ruyi Technology Group began its first move into…
A public hearing on proposed dicamba regulations on Feb. 20 looks like it will be a lively one based on the number of comments the Arkansas Agriculture Department has received so far. Since opening up the comment process in early…
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Public Comment Period and Hearing Set for Dicamba Regulations
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffA 30-day public comment period and a public hearing date has been set for proposed regulations that allow the use of dicamba in Arkansas on soybean and cotton varieties resistant to dicamba. Written public comments will be accepted from Jan.…
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State Plant Board Approves Draft to Restrict Dicamba Application
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Arkansas Agriculture Department’s State Plant Board met Dec. 6 to discuss changes to the current rules regarding the use of dicamba for “over-the-top” applications on dicamba-resistant cotton and soybean during the 2019 growing season. The Plant Board moved forward…