Crops

Apex Ag Solutions in Jonesboro recently announced plans for a new full-service agricultural retail outlet for seed, chemical and nutritional products in Bay. “This is a great day for us as well as the ag community in northeast Arkansas,” said …

Arkansas row crop farmers are set to benefit from a massive international investment. Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders revealed that Taiwan’s top agricultural associations have signed Letters of Intent to purchase at least $5.56 billion worth of U.S. and Arkansas agricultural …

Feature image above: Rikard said crop insurance covers 604 varieties of crops and 36 different plans. (File photo) America may resonate more of an urban vibe these days, but it remains one of the world’s most important breadbaskets — and …

Arkansas highways are lined with wildflowers that are a key component in Arkansas’s environmental and economic health, yet they are often overlooked. Keep Arkansas Beautiful (KAB) partners with communities across both urban and rural areas to plant native wildflowers that …

After decades of destruction to farmland, livestock and natural habitats, Arkansas is finally seeing signs of progress in its ongoing effort to control feral hogs. Thanks to a coordinated statewide effort by the Arkansas Feral Hog Eradication Task Force and …

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 …

Unlimited potential of new technology offset by costs Pictured above: Farmers release a drone over a field in the Delta. (Photo courtesy of UA Division of Agriculture) With advances in farm technology, Ryan Moore could theoretically drive his tractor on …

Tommy Anderson buzzes through the Delta morning sky, his yellow plane crisp and sharp against the wild blue yonder. Lining up an approach, he swoops across a field as spray flutters behind him, dispensed by nozzles lining his wings. In …

We’ve gotten accustomed to being able to find the foods we want no matter the season. Does our picky toddler request strawberries in the dead of winter? No problem. Can we make a recipe that calls for butternut squash in …

Arkansas Game and Fish Commissioner Stan Jones made an impassioned presentation on Aug. 30, in which he and a number of other speakers condemned the use of a popular herbicide, dicamba – a substance they argued had caused extensive ecological …