Ag Council of Arkansas sponsor member INTL FCStone announced it is rebranding itself under the name The StoneX Group. The StoneX Group is a comprehensive global financial services firm headquartered in New York City. The offer a wide array of services for
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The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, "Field to Market," and the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol announced a new agreement that formalizes a partnership between the two organizations to document and accelerate sustainable outcomes for U.S. cotton productio
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USDA announced it was making a $75 million Rural Development investment in Arkansas to the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas to finance the installation of over 2,000 miles of fiber optic cable to provide a backbone communications network for Smart Grid p
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Despite several conflicting statements between President Trump and several administration officials, the United State's chief agriculture trade negotiator, Gregg Doud, remains confident in the "Phase 1" trade deal with the U.S. and China, and he sees cont
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Another dicamba related decision in the ongoing Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals came on Thursday, June 25th, when a panel of judges denied a motion by BASF to stay and recall the court's June 3rd order to the EPA to vacate its registrations for Xendimax, F
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The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing on Wednesday to consider a new bipartisan bill (S. 3894, The Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2020) aimed at developing ecosystem markets for farmers that could provide new revenue streams for American
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At a June 24th business meeting, the Senate Agriculture Committee advanced a bill by a voice vote to reauthorize the U.S. Grain Standards Reauthorization Act for the next five years. The bill currently enjoys wide support from agricultural groups who depe
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Another bump in the road for U.S.-China trade relations came this week when China announced that it would prohibit imports of meat products from certain production facilities in the United States where COVID-19 infections were present. The arbitrary trade
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On Friday, June 26th, Governor Hutchinson announced a new appointee to serve on the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Rob Finley, 54, of Mountain Home will serve a seven year term filling the seat vacated by commissioner Ken Reeves of Harrison. More belo
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The University of Arkansas recently announced that it would receive a $10 million gift from Ed and Michelle Fryar and the Fryar Family Charitable Foundation to support agriculture learning at the Bumpers School of Agriculture and the Division of Agricultu
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On Wednesday, June 24th, Bayer announced that it had reached settlement agreements to substantially resolve major outstanding legacy Monsanto litigation, which includes agreements to bring closure to the vast majority of the current Roundup™ product liabi
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Arkansas Department of Agriculture Launches New Website Existing division websites consolidated to form one streamlined experience LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – June 22, 2020 – The Arkansas Department of Agriculture has launched a new website that combines curated
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