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Those who have not received a COVID-19 vaccine in Ashley County will now have an opportunity to do so in only one dose. The Ashley County Department of Health will host a mass COVID-19 clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 14 at First Baptist Church in Hamburg. The clinic will offer the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, which only requires one dose. The Moderna vaccine, which is available at Walmart Pharmacy and Gammel’s Clinic Pharmacy in Crossett, is considered fully effective when completely administered but requires two doses for full administration. The doses will be available to anyone 18...

Staff Jeremy Weideman, a producer from Clay County who finished first in the Soybean Irrigation Contest with an average of 4.3 bushels per inch of water, said he also learned his crop could go longer without irrigation. First place winners of the University of Arkansas 'More Crop per Drop' irrigation efficiency awards talk to Farm Press. Chad Render says all it took was a little help from his friends in the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture and the USDA-NRCS to point him toward new water-saving practices on his corn, rice and soybean farm near Pin...

Water savings key to win in Rice Irrigation Contest Cody Fincher finished first in the University of Arkansas More Crop Per Drop Rice Irrigation Contest for 2020. Cody Fincher says his primary goal when he entered the University of Arkansas’ More Crop Per Drop Rice Irrigation Contest in 2020 was to see how much water he could save on a field on his farm in Mississippi County, Ark. Fincher finished first in the contest by producing an average of 8.7 bushels of rice per inch of water that went on the field. The winners of the 2020 contest were announced during the virtual Arkansas Soil...

Here's How Much Every State Spends on Public Health  By Andrew Lisa, Stacker News On 1/30/21 at 10:00 AM EST Public health is the branch of medicine that deals with prolonging and improving the quality of life across entire populations. Such a task is wide-reaching and can include anything from public education campaigns and hygiene mandates to disease-prevention initiatives and anti-addiction or non-smoking initiatives. In the United States, individual states are responsible for creating, administering, funding, and overseeing public health policies, services, initiatives, and governing...

Photo courtesy of Taylor Harris Corn earworms have a huge economic impact. In corn, it costs 3-4% yield loss. In cotton, it causes a 3.8% yield loss. While in soybeans, it causes about a 4% yield loss. Research on moth trapping indicates pyrethroid resistance in corn earworms as well as discusses the best moth traps for research and on-farm use. Taylor Harris, a new graduate student at the University of Arkansas, spoke on moth trapping trends in Arkansas as well as the difference in various moth traps, during the University of Arkansas System's online ACPA Conferenc...