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The companies — Cormier Rice Milling Co., Riceland and Producers Rice Mill — donated a collective 650 pounds of rice to the Jane B. Gearhart Full Circle Campus Food Pantry.

In a recent study, agricultural scientists looking at the use ozonated water as a sanitizer in raw pet food processing found that its effectiveness is variable depending on how it is applied, and on what foods.

Four U of A graduate students in crop, soil and environmental sciences recently won an Ag Hackathon competition sponsored by the American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America and the Soil Science Society of America.

Fast Facts: The southern root-knot nematode is the most damaging plant-pathogenic nematode that affects Arkansas soybean production Annual Division of Agriculture trials test commercially …

Fast facts Canada is No. 1 foreign owner of U.S. farmland China has less than 1 percent of U.S. ag land FORT SMITH — The director of the National Agricultural Law Center fielded …

LITTLE ROCK — For some adults, the end of a jail sentence is the start of a cycle that leads them right back, but a Sebastian County program that provides support for adults upon release has …

Soybean producers surveying their fields may see green leaves and no problems. But an invisible enemy may be concealed in the plants—"hidden hunger."Hidden hunger describes plants that look healthy but are experiencing a nutrient deficiency that could harm yield, said Trent Roberts, professor and the Endowed Chair in Soil Fertility Research for the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station.

Fast Facts: Extension expert offers tips to stretch holiday shopping budget Shoppers advised to research, plan, avoid impulse buys LITTLE ROCK — Black Friday is right around the …

Nutrition and food science researchers at the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station are working to improve the impact probiotics can have on gut health using 3D food printers.

FAYETTEVILLE — Versatile and dense in nutrients, spinach has become one of the nation’s most popular leafy greens. Unfortunately, spinach is also well-liked by fungal enemies on the farm. …