On Friday, August 12, the USDA released its August World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) report. The report provided updated estimates on supply and demand for most major agricultural commodities. The biggest news out of the report was the
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On Friday, August 12th, the Arkansas State Plant Board held its first meeting since an Arkansas Circuit Court ruled 9 of the 19 seats unconstitutional and ordered to be vacated. The board was still able to meet and conduct business with a majority of the
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On Monday, August 8, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released an updated Crop Progress and Condition Report. According to the report, for Arkansas, 25 percent of corn is mature; 94 percent of cotton is setting bolls with 3 percent
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Following requests by Governor Hutchinson to receive Secretarial disaster declarations for Arkansas counties affected by drought, USDA has made such designations throughout much of Arkansas. The designations allow for the USDA Farm Service Agency to activ
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On August 3-4, the National Cotton Council's American Cotton Producers (ACP) held a meeting in Little Rock. The meeting was led by current ACP Chairman Nathan Reed. The meeting allowed producers from across the cotton belt to share their experiences in th
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On Friday, August 5th, the University of Arkansas held a rice field day at the Division of Agriculture's Stuttgart Rice Research and Extension Center. The field day offered an opportunity for growers and consultants to receive information from University
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On Thursday, August 11th, the Arkansas Department of Agriculture announced that it would offer online options for pest control and pesticide program licensing and certification exams. The pest control program and pesticide application programs are adminis
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Democrats in Congress reached agreement on a budget reconciliation package that is likely to soon be signed into law by President Biden. The legislation, now known as the "Inflation Reduction Act," is a scaled back version of the so-called, "Build Back Be
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On Tuesday, August 9th, President Biden signed into law the CHIPS and Science Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at increasing the United States capacity in the production of semiconductor technologies and reducing dependence on foreign production of such mater
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On Wednesday, the Arkansas General Assembly approved new tax cuts aimed at providing inflation relief to Arkansans and Arkansas businesses. Included in the legislation (now Act 2) was a section that brings the state into conformity with the federal Sectio
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The City of Marion, Arkansas, will receive an additional $1 million in federal grant funds for the development of the new museum that will commemorate the sinking of the Sultana, a Civil War steamboat that sank near the town in the Mississippi River on Ap
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The U.S. House of Representatives recently approved a legislative package of six appropriations bills for the upcoming fiscal year, including funding proposals for USDA and the FDA. The measures passed on a party line vote of 220-207. The current fiscal y
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