• By Mary Hightower • A week of record-low temperatures may leave its mark on Arkansas’ fire ant populations, but don’t look for the cold to have reduced fly or …
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Glufosinate resistance emerges in Arkansas pigweed
• By Ryan McGeeney • There are some things that, even when you know it’s coming, no one’s happy when it gets here. Tom Barber, Extension weed scientist for the …
Read More »Arkansas’ record cold halts field prep, poses livestock concerns
• By Ryan McGeeney • Temperatures plunged to record lows across Arkansas Tuesday morning, falling to single digits or even negative numbers, even in the southernmost reaches of the state. …
Read More »University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Feb. 12, 2021
Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, …
Read More »University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Feb. 5, 2021
Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, …
Read More »‘Most Crop Per Drop’ contest challenges Arkansas producers
Experimentation paid off for Arkansas producers who competed in the “Most Crop Per Drop” contest — in knowledge gained about irrigation management and in cash prizes for the top winners. …
Read More »Matt Miles again tops Arkansas Grow for the Green yield contest
The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board and the Arkansas Soybean Association recently announced the winners of the 2020 Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Contest. The contest divided state soybean producers …
Read More »Arkansas soybean cash market ends 2020 at lofty heights
• By Ryan McGeeney • Soybeans, at once Arkansas’ No. 1 crop, and the perennial symbol of the row crop farmer’s struggle for profitability — rose above $14.25 per bushel …
Read More »2020 proved a surprisingly steady year for most Arkansas crops
• By Ryan McGeeney • Despite a year dominated by major weather systems run amuck and a global pandemic, most of Arkansas’ major crops came out ahead in 2020, according …
Read More »UArk honors successes with Arkansas Agriculture Awards
• By Mary Hightower • The traditional celebratory gathering may have been replaced by an online ceremony, but the change didn’t diminish the Extension, research and teaching successes honored Friday …
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