
Action Alerts
Two Arkansans Participating in the Cotton Council Leadership Program
Friday, April 28th, 2017 | Categories: Action Alerts, Membership Information Twelve U.S. cotton industry members have been chosen to participate in the National Cotton Council’s (NCC) Emerging Leaders Program for 2017-18. Participants include: PRODUCERS – Blake Fennell, Earth, TX; Jesse Flye, Jonesboro, AR; Richard Heiden, Buckeye, AZ; Justin Jones, Smithville, GA; and Rose Robertson, Coolidge, AZ GINNER – Cacky Sobral, Wilson, AR MERCHANTS – Wesley […] Read more...Heavy Rains Continue to Raise Crop Concerns
Friday, April 28th, 2017 | Categories: Action Alerts, Membership Information In recent days Arkansas has experienced significant rainfall in areas that could lead to crop damage in certain low lying areas, especially in watersheds inundated with rainfall. With more heavy rains expected over the weekend, anxiety among farmers in these areas are rising. Moderate to major flooding is already expected in areas in the state, […] Read more...Congress Buys More Time for Fiscal Year 17 Funding
Friday, April 28th, 2017 | Categories: Action Alerts, Membership Information In Congress’s first week back to Washington following a two week Easter recess they were unable to complete work on a funding measure for the remainder of the fiscal year 2017. However, they’ve reached an agreement to avert a government shutdown for another week with a short-term continuing resolution. This continuing resolution will provide them […] Read more...Trump Postures on NAFTA Says Renegotiation Needed
Thursday, April 27th, 2017 | Categories: Action Alerts, Membership Information Following reports that the Administration was drafting a new executive order to begin withdrawal from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), President Trump stated that he had spoken to the leaders of Canada and Mexico and stated mutual intent to expeditiously renegotiate the trade agreement between the three North American nations. Agriculture is sensitive […] Read more...Trade Representative Nominee Advances in Senate
Wednesday, April 26th, 2017 | Categories: Action Alerts, Membership Information President Trump’s nominee to serve as U.S. Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer, cleared a key confirmation hurdle when the Senate Finance Committee voted to send his nomination to the full Senate. If confirmed, Lighthizer will serve as the chief trade negotiator of the United States as head of the Office of U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). With […] Read more...< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 >