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Arkansas opens anonymous feral hog reporting system

The Arkansas Feral Hog Eradication Task Force has established an anonymous reporting system to gauge just how many of the swine pests are in the state and how the current hog-removal efforts are faring. These easily accessible reporting forms are...

Solar technology is heating up in Arkansas agriculture

Fields across Arkansas seem to be sprouting solar panels as multiple growers take advantage of the one thing they can count on: the sun. Solar energy is catching on with Arkansas farmers, which is a trend that is very promising...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, June 29, 2018

Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, assistant professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas, ending June...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, June 15, 2018

Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, assistant professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas, ending June...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, June 8, 2018

Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, assistant professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas, ending June 8,...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, June 1, 2018

Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, assistant professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas, ending June...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, May 11, 2018

Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, assistant professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas, ending May...

University of Arkansas teams with FieldWatch to ID sensitive crops, beehives

The University of Arkansas has partnered with FieldWatch to offer pesticide applicators working in row and field crops ways to identify herbicide-sensitive crops and beehives so they can adjust their spraying accordingly. CropCheck, an online platform developed by the non-profit...

Arkansas Natural Resources Commission offers water-saving incentives

To help promote water conservation, the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission is offering financial incentives in the form of tax credits to state farmers and landowners who make land improvements. Among those are building surface water reservoirs, land leveling, converting from groundwater...

University of Arkansas’ new soybean breeder returns to alma mater

Leandro Mozzoni, a University of Arkansas alumnus, returned to his alma mater as the new soybean breeder with the goal of accelerating the state's breeding program. “Coming from the private sector, I have a focus toward developing products,” Mozzoni said...

BASF modifies rewards program for Arkansas because of dicamba ban

BASF has modified its Grow Smart Rewards program to reflect the Arkansas dicamba application ban in place from April 16 through Oct. 31. Engenia, BASF's dicamba herbicide that is paired with Xtend soybeans and XtendFlex cotton varieties, is one of...

A cold shoulder

Freezing winter temperatures should help knock down redbanded stink bug populations. By Vicky Boyd Editor Sub-freezing winter temperatures throughout much of the South and Mid-South likely knocked down redbanded stink bug populations, prompting cheers from growers and consultants who have battled the...

Six named to Arkansas Ag Hall of Fame

The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame will induct six new members at a ceremony, March 2, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Little Rock. Once the new class is seated, the Hall of Fame will have 164 members. The most...

Nine Arkansas growers top 100 bushels/acre in Grow for the Green contest

Nine Arkansas growers topped 100 bushels per acre in the 2017 Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Contest sponsored by the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board and the Arkansas Soybean Association. The contest divided Arkansas soybean producers into eight groups, seven geographic...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Jan. 5, 2018

Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, assistant professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas, ending Jan....

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