On Wednesday, December 8th, Riceland Foods, a farmer-owned cooperative announced a $13.2 million plant expansion that will bring 80 total new jobs to its Jonesboro and Stuttgart plants. According to Riceland, most of the growth is planned for the Stuttgar
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On Thursday, December 9th, the U.S. Senate approved a measure that will allow for democrats to increase the U.S. government debt limit and avoid a crisis related to the nation's growing debt. The legislation was signed into law by President Biden setting
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On Thursday, December 9th, the USDA issued a new monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) report. The report provides the latest estimates for supply and demand for most major agricultural commodities. More below: https://www.usda.gov
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On Thursday, December 9th, USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) issued a new Crop Production Report. This report focused on cotton production. According to the report, Arkansas was the third largest cotton producing state for 2021 with 1
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On December 1st, USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) released its 2021 net farm income estimates report. According to the report, USDA estimates increased farm profits for the coming crop year with an increase of 23 percent over 2020. While 2021 certai
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Brad Doyle, an Ag Council of Arkansas member from Weiner, Arkansas, was elected to serve as President of the American Soybean Association (ASA) beginning in 2022. He's served on the ASA board of directors since 2017 and most recently served as Vice Presid
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TruTerra, a subsidiary of Land O'Lakes cooperative that is focused on sustainability solutions, announced on December 6th its 2022 carbon program for farmers that will offer two distinct approaches to encourage climate-smart practices and carbon storage i
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The Pecan Research and Promotion program, led by the American Pecan Promotion Board, is in the process of completing the first collection of assessments for the program, which was established by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) following a requ
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According to the latest monthly report from the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, Arkansas’s general revenue tax collections continue to show strength as November's collections were 10.1% greater than the same month a year ago and in exce
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On Thursday, December 2nd, Congress approved another fiscal year spending bill to provide funding for the federal government through February 18th. The passage prevented a potential government shutdown as the previous continuing resolution was set to expi
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In late November several members of Congress sent a joint letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expressing concerns with recent actions by the EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) and Office of Pesticide Progra
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The Ag Council of Arkansas will hold its annual board of directors meeting in Little Rock at the Capital Hotel on December 13th and 14th. The meeting will offer an opportunity for the board of directors to network, conduct annual business, and gather impo
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