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With farmers in the national spotlight amid soaring production costs, crop risk mitigation practices like crop insurance and futures options are more important than ever for the nation’s producers of
Helping keep dry foods safe for consumption is the goal of an Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher who was recently awarded a $200,000...
Rice breeders with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station have developed two new conventional rice varieties that outperform their predecessors in yield potential. Both new rice varieties, a medium-grain and a long-grain, were recently approved for release by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture and are expected to be commercially available as early as 2023 on a limited basis. Breeder seed increase is currently underway in a Puerto Rico winter nursery and foundation seed will be grown this year at the Rice Research and Extension Center and other Arkansas locations.
With soaring fertilizer prices, farmers need help deciding where to cut costs. Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station experts offer a toolkit to help make those decisions easier and more cost-effective.
The annual fertilizer and pesticide recertification trainings are scheduled for Feb. 23 and March 9 in Highland County. Due to the pandemic, there are seve