The Surface Transportation Board (STB) recently announced that it would hold a hearing on April 26-27 to consider issues of railroad available, price and service. The announcement comes as frustration of users has grown, particularly in agriculture. In ad
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On April 12, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new comprehensive workplan aimed at providing more thorough and complete consideration of endangered species when registering products for use under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
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Several national agriculture groups joined in an amicus brief filed with the United States Supreme Court seeking a favorable ruling that would narrow the scope of the Clean Water Act and overturn efforts of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning to the U.S. agriculture industry to be on alert for potential threats from hackers and ransomware. Along with the notice of threats, the FBI issued a series of recommendations for agricultural bus
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On April 20th, Simmons Bank announced that it has hired Cole Plafcan as senior vice president and director of Agricultural Lending, a newly created division within Simmons Bank’s Community Banking group. According to Simmons Bank, Plafcan will oversee the
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Attention Cotton Farmers: U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol Enrollment Just Got Easier - Authorize Your Crop Consultant Today To aid with enrollment in the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol, growers can now authorize account access for their crop consultant who can ent
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Warren Carter, the executive vice president for the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation, announced that he will retire from the organization effective May 31. Carter has worked within the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation for 35 years and served as Vice Preside
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The University of Arkansas System President Donald Bobbitt announced that it has concluded its search for the next Vice President of Agriculture with the selection of Deacue Fields, Ph.D. Dr. Fields will transition from his current role as Dean of the Uni
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In another move to reverse actions of the Trump Administration related to environmental regulations, the Biden Administration announced on April 19th plans to enhance environmental reviews for infrastructure projects under the National Environmental Polic
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The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture recently recognized one of its Cooperative Extension Service for his unique efforts to give back to his community beyond his service through extension. Lonoke County staff chair Keith Perkins is no
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President Biden announced on April 20th a new pilot initiative known as the Rural Partners Network (RPN) aimed at aiding underserved rural communities with access to federal resources and opportunities. The effort, which will be led by USDA, will establis
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On Monday, April 18, USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) issued an updated Crop Progress and Condition Report. While some modest planting progress was made from last week, farmers in Arkansas were still well behind its 5 year average due t
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