soybean

By the middle of September, most soybean fields in Arkansas — and there are many of them — had been harvested or were awaiting harvest. Arkansas is one of nine states where forecasted yields promise record highs. However, there is …

As the old saying goes, “If you don’t like the weather in Arkansas, just wait 30 minutes, and it will change.” As the past four weeks since Part 1 of Arkansas Farm Bureau President Dan Wright’s interview appeared in last …

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 …

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders recently appointed Brad Doyle, a Poinsett County soybean producer, to the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board. He will serve on the board through June 30, 2025. “The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board’s mission is to improve the sustainability …

Pictured above: Generational farms like those found in the Arkansas Delta are becoming more scarce. Dillon Butler produces nearly 15 million pounds of chicken a year at his family poultry farm in Northwest Arkansas. A fourth-generation farmer, Butler has seen …

The 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 …