A coalition of national agriculture related organizations recently sent a letter to the Biden Administration urging action towards implementing a range of reforms to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The letter offered 7 key principles for consideration
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On July 28th, the Inspector General (IG) for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a new report that was critical of the Agency's compliance with federal laws in examining endocrine-disruption risks associated with pesticides the agency is
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On Thursday, July 29th, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson reinstated a public health emergency and called for a special legislative session as covid cases surge across state. Under the emergency declaration, Governor Hutchinson provided special exemptions
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On Wednesday, July 18th, the Arkansas Department of Agriculture announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had granted the state a Crisis Exemption Granted for Use of Insecticide Against Fall Armyworms in Rice. The Arkansas Department of Agr
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The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) will begin to reopen the Interstate 40 Hernando de Soto Bridge over the Mississippi River beginning Monday August 2nd for East Bound Traffic with a full opening for two way traffic beginning August 6th. Th
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A bipartisan infrastructure bill gained significant traction on Wednesday with a 67-32 vote to begin debate on a package that is said to include roughly $550 billion in new infrastructure spending. According to the White House, which supports the measure,
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On Monday, July 26th, USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) issued an updated Crop Progress and Condition Report. For Arkansas, most crops remain in good condition with cotton and peanuts continuing to lead the way. All major commodities hav
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The University of Arkansas System's Division of Agriculture's Cooperative Extension Service announced July 26th that it would cancel in person crop field days due to the increasing spread of the Delta variant of Covid, which is said to be more transmissib
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On Wednesday, July 28th, a large number of new state laws took effect, including new laws related to the composition of the Arkansas State Plant Board and the process by which appointments are made for the Plant Board. Following a state supreme court ruli
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For farmers in Arkansas looking to make investments in water conservation in Arkansas, an enhancement to available tax credits are now available as of July 28, 2021. The Water Conservation and Development Act provides tax credits for on-farm investments f
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On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture approved HR 267, a bill to reauthorize and enhance the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnification Program (WHIP+). The WHIP+ program serves as a permanent ad-hoc disaster payment program f
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On July 16, the U.S. government officially notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) that China was not complying with commitments made regarding transparency, predictability, and fairness of their tariff rate quota (TRQ) administration for rice, wheat,
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