Arkansas's U.S. Senators (John Boozman and Tom Cotton) both signed a joint letter with other colleagues to Senate leadership calling for additional farm aid. In their request the Senators, primarily from cotton belt states specifically cited a need to ass
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Conservis, a sponsor member of the Ag Council of Arkansas and a global leader in enterprise farm management software, recently announced enhanced financial management capabilities to its already robust platform. The enhancements were developed in collabor
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On Friday, July 10th, the USDA released a new World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) report. The report provides the latest supply and demand estimates for primary agriculture commodities. More below: https://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde
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American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 following the 4th of July weekend. He reportedly cancelled a dinner celebrating the USMCA trade deal at the White House Wednesday after testing positive and experiencing s
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The Little Rock Port Authority, in partnership with federal, state and local officials, announced on June 6th, an $11 million in transportation infrastructure improvements planned for the industrial center. The Little Rock Port, which features rail, river
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Delta Solar, an Arkansas-based solar energy developer and service provider, recently announced a significant new equity investment and partnership that will help the company meet the growing demand of solar power in various market segments, including agri
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While the U.S. Senate is in a two week recess following the Fourth of July holiday, work is still underway as it relates to the development of a Senate aid package for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Likely to be included in such a package is additional fu
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The U.S. House of Representatives is making quick work of fiscal year 2021 spending bills in an attempt to keep the appropriations process on schedule to meet the start of the new fiscal year October 1. The Senate will return later in July to do its part
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On Monday, July 6th, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) issued an updated Crop Progress and Condition Report. According to the report, most of Arkansas's crops are in good to excellent condition at the moment as they enter key growth
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USDA Improves Crop Insurance Policies with New Options WASHINGTON, July 6, 2020 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced changes to several crop insurance policies improving options for producers, including introducing a new Quality Los
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Nutrien Ag Solutions is planning to launch a new rice variety (DGL-263X) in 2021 that will be available to rice growers in 2021. The company claims that the long grain variety is high-yielding, high quality that will fall under the DynaGro brand. The comp
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This week, Congress finished work on legislation to extend the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for an additional 5 weeks. The PPP was established under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act to assist businesses affected by the on
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