USA Rice submitted a letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack urging aid to U.S. rice farmers for challenges facing the industry this crop year. The letter, penned by Chairman of USA Rice Farmers, Kirk Satterfield, requested no less than $400 million in aid.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds potential partners that the deadline to apply for the second round of funding through the new Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities is Friday, June 10, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. This funding pool i
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The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released a new report on farm labor in the delta region and the U.S. The report details the estimated number of workers, the hours worked, and wage rates by type of worker in the delta region and th
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On Monday, in Tokyo, Japan, President Biden announced a new strategic partnership of the United States known as the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF). The IPEF is between the United States and 12 other nations that include Australia, B
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On Thursday, May 26th, the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry held a hearing that featured Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. The hearing covered a wide range of issues impacting agriculture, including items related to the fa
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On Wednesday, May 25th, the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees officially confirmed Dr. Deacue Fields as vice president for agriculture on Wednesday based on a recommendation by System President Donald R. Bobbitt. He will begin in the new pos
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On Thursday, May 26th, the USDA announced new plans to allow early termination of certain Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres to allow for increased food production to help offset global shortages of certain commodities. The move was lauded by Senate
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U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) announced that the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee would hold a field hearing in Arkansas on Friday, June 17th. The hearing, which will focus on the farm bill, begins at 9:00am and features various witnesses from Arkansa
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On Thursday, May 25th, the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Division announced that it will be accepting public comments on the recently updated Arkansas Nutrient Reduction Strategy (ANRS), a non-regulatory, voluntary guidance docume
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On Tuesday, May 24th, Arkansas voters went to the polls to vote in the preferential primary for the 2022 election cycle. The election was broad sweeping across elected offices throughout Arkansas with all state constitutional offices in cycle, all state l
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Arkansas First District Congressman Rick Crawford recently joined a podcast with AgriHealth Network in which he discussed his personal background and his path to Congress. He also discussed his involvement in agriculture policy as Congressman and a member
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The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture is seeking applications for its irrigation water management competition known as the "Most Crop Per Drop" competition. The competition aims to expand upong irrigation water management research and to enco
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