On July 6th, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it will take another six months to determine whether the ivory-billed woodpecker is extinct, and it will allow for the public to make additional comments on the status of its listing for anoth
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The Ag Council of Arkansas will hold its upcoming board of directors meeting on August 18th in Jonesboro at the Embassy Suites Redwolf Convention Center. The meeting will be closed to Ag Council board of directors only. Meeting will begin at 9:30am and co
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On July 6th, Governor Asa Hutchinson announced the appointment of Bill Jones of Pine Bluff to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. He replaces Commissioner Bennie Westphal. Jones is the CEO of Sissy's Log Cabin, a well known jewelry retail company in Ar
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The Arkansas Rice Field Day returns in person to the Rice Research and Extension Center in Stuttgart on August 5 for the first time in three years. The program is an annual outreach event held by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture t
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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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USA Rice held its annual summer meeting in Dallas, Texas, July 6-9. At the meeting, representatives from all segments of the U.S. rice industry from various rice producing states converged to discuss issues and conduct business for the organization. Ag Co
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After closing out the 2022 fiscal year on June 30th with a $1.6 billion surplus, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced that he has reached agreement with the General Assembly on tax cuts to implement through a special session to be held in early Augu
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On July 5th, the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) released final fiscal year 2022 budget numbers for the State of Arkansas. The state closed out the fiscal year, which ended June 30th, with a net surplus of $1.63 billion for the fis
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On Monday, July 11th, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) issued an updated Crop Progress and Condition Report. The report for Arkansas indicated additional slippage of crop condition due to lack of rainfall and excessive heat that has ca
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On Tuesday, July 12, USDA issued updated Crop Production reports as well as a new World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) report. The latest WASDE report showed increased corn acres and decreased soybean acres from the June report. The WASDE
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On June 24th, Farm Credit Mid-America and Farm Credit Midsouth signed a letter of intent to merge. The combined association would operate under the name Farm Credit Mid-America and continue with an aligned purpose to secure the future of rural communities
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