Delta Plastics, the leading polytube provider for polypipe irrigation in the Mid-South is now offering a new smartphone app, known as Push for Pick Up, in five Southern states, including Arkansas beginning this August. To get started, clients download the
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The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture irrigation team will host a series of irrigation and water management schools for Arkansas producers seeking to reduce their water use in 2022. Three Surge and Soil Moisture Sensor Schools are curr
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The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture and the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences recently recognized faculty and staff who exemplified the best work within the land grant mission of extension, research and tea
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On Tuesday, March 1, President Joe Biden delivered his first state of the union address as president. Much of the address focused on Russia's invasion of the Ukraine, and the United States' efforts to work with global allies to condemn the unprovoked mili
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On Wednesday, March 2, the Walton Family Foundation announced a $31 million investment in Northwest Arkansas to create a 45,000 square foot "food hub," called the Market Center of the Ozarks. The food hub will offer resources to farmers, food entrepreneur
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On Tuesday, March 1, the U.S. House Agriculture Committee held a hearing to focus on the commodity title of the farm bill. The hearing was the second hearing related to the farm bill held this year. Witnesses included two Arkansas farmers, Brad Doyle and
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On February 25, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it was denying the objections, requests for hearing, and stay requests filed on the final rule revoking all “tolerances” for chlorpyrifos, which establish an amount of a pestici
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Ag Council of Arkansas sponsor Mitchell Williams Law recently provided a column in TalkBusiness Arkansas regarding succession planning in Arkansas. The column was presented by attorney Trav Baxter. It spoke to the importance of planning for succession in
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On Tuesday, February 22, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced the establishment of the Arkansas Council on Future Mobility, a group of transportation and logistics industry experts tasked with developing recommendations for the State of Arkansas to
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On Tuesday, February 22, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) issued Crop Values reports for Arkansas and the United States. According to the report, the value of production for field crops in Arkansas during 2021 totaled $4.98 billion, up
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On February 22, the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) announced $3,239,382 investments in the Arkansas Delta aimed at boosting economic development and improving quality of life. The investments will be matched by $7.1 million from partnering entities and wi
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On Wednesday, February 23rd, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine after weeks of threatening actions along the nation's border. The act of invading the sovereign nation has lead to sanctions from the United States, European allies and other na
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