The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) recently concluded its annual winter policy conference in Arlington, VA. At the conference, commissioners, secretaries and directors of agriculture from around the nation gathered with f
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Congress bought a little more time to negotiate fiscal year 2022 spending with the passage of another Continuing Resolution (CR) that will avoid a government shutdown and extend funding for the federal government until March 11th. The fiscal year that beg
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The Arkansas Crop Protection Association's annual conference, the Arkansas Crop Management Conference (ACMC), was held virtually this year due to Covid-19 cases at the date the in-person meeting was previously scheduled. The conference is available to att
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Important deadlines are on the horizon for establishing risk management coverage for 2022 crops through USDA programs for crop insurance and commodity title safety-net programs. Farmers must make crop insurance decisions, including Stacked Income Protecti
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The National Ag Law Center recently held a webinar covering the latest legal issues facing glyphosate, one of the most common herbicides utilized in the United States. The product is the focus of many legal cases and is under review by the Environmental P
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On February 17, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) issued a hemp production report for the United States. According to the report, the value of 2021 hemp production in the open and under protection for the United States totaled $824
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The Arkansas Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Division is looking to partner with landowners on conservation tax credits focused on conserving the quantity and quality of Arkansas’s water. The two primary programs available to landowners are the
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The National Cotton Council (NCC) issued its annual grower survey data at the NCC Annual Meeting held in Houston, Texas, February 11-13. The results of the survey indicate a 7.3% increase to U.S. cotton acres, a 14.6% increase to Mid-South cotton acres, a
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Ted Schneider, a cotton producer from Lake Providence, Louisiana, was elected National Cotton Council (NCC) chairman for 2022 during the organization’s annual meeting in Houston, Texas. Schneider farms ground in Louisiana and Arkansas. Prior to becoming c
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On Monday, February 14th, the Arkansas General Assembly began its fiscal session, which will provide an opportunity for the state to establish state budgeting priorities. On the first day of the session Governor Asa Hutchinson addressed a joint session of
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U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member on the Senate Ag Committee joined Agri-Pulse on its inaugural episode of Agri-Pulse Newsmakers. Episodes of the new program aims to focus on ag policy and will be available every Friday morning on Agri-Puls
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Bayer Cropscience is warning retail partners that glyphosate supplies may be difficult to find due to production issues related to a supplier's manufacturing problem. The situation that is being described by Bayer as a "force majeure" event, appears to se
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