The Republican Leader of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), and the Republican Leader of the House Agriculture Committee, U.S. Representative Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA), sent a letter to the Env
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The House Agriculture Committee held two hearings this week as part of an ongoing series to consider various parts of the farm bill. This week's hearings examined forestry provisions and provisions related to credit availability for young, beginning, and
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Earlier this month, U.S. Representatives Rick Crawford (AR-01) and Tracey Mann (KS-01) led 12 Members of Congress in sending a letter to President Biden urging him to hold India accountable for violating their World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments. I
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Arkansas will hold its annual Cotton Incorporated Summer State Support Meeting at the Lon Mann Cotton Research Station in Marianna on Tuesday, July 19. The meeting will start at 9:00am and conclude with lunch. The meeting will allow producer representativ
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Arkansas farmers continue to experience challenges due to drought. While most row crop acres are able to provide needed water through irrigation systems, the lack of rain has placed great stress on irrigation equipment. It's also added financial burdens f
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Congressional democrats have returned to efforts to complete a budget reconciliation package that includes priority spending measures and tax increases to generate new revenues. Previous versions of such legislation, which has commonly been referred to as
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On July 11th, leaders on the House Agriculture Committee announced the launch of a new online portal for public comments related to the farm bill. The effort by Chairman David Scott (D-GA) and Ranking Member GT Thompson (R-PA) is aimed at providing easy a
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A conservative group of republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives recently released an alternative budget plan that proposes to dramatically reduce support for American farmers. The Republican Study Committee (RSC) budget proposal calls fo
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On July 20th, A rice production field day on July 20 to be co-hosted by the Arkansas Discovery Farm Program and Anheuser-Busch will highlight water and nutrient efficiency, carbon sequestration and include tours of the Northeast Rice Research and Extensio
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USDA is seeking nominees to serve on Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees through August 1st. Individuals are allowed to nominate themselves or any other person as a candidate. Nomination forms must be delivered to the County FSA Office or postmark
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Press Notice from USDA To Date, USDA Has Issued $112.5 Million in Emergency Relief Program Payments to Arkansas Agricultural Producers Deadline to Submit Applications is Friday, July 22 LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 1, 2022 – Agriculture Secretary Tom V
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Jon Dean Lambi, a former Ag Council of Arkansas president, passed away on July 7th as a result of health issues. He was 77 years old. Jon served as president of the Ag Council in 2008-2009. After retiring from his agricultural businesses in Pickens he mov
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