Arkansas State University’s annual Agribusiness Conference will be a virtual event in 2021.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 virtual conference will be presented live via WebEx Wednesday, Feb. 10.
The 27th annual conference will focus on the outlook for...
• By Mary Hightower •
Arkansas’ cotton crop got off to a slow, cool and wet start, endured a pandemic and the remains of two hurricanes, hinted at record yields and inexplicably ended the season with prices hitting a high...
• By Bill Robertson •
Harvest of the final large-plot county variety test was a long time coming with only one location where we were unable to beat the picker to the field. We strive to release yield information as...
An annual conference offering expert insights into managing weed, insect and disease pests in Arkansas crops is moving online.
The Arkansas Crop Protection Conference is scheduled for Dec. 1-2 and will feature 22 presentations geared toward growers, consultants and other...
Dr. Fred Bourland was born and raised on a cotton and soybean farm in northeast Arkansas. He began working in cotton breeding as a graduate student at the University of Arkansas in 1970 and has been actively involved in...
In the 1943 musical Oklahoma!, cowboy Will Parker makes a trip to Kansas City in 1906 and is awed by the progress the city has made. He describes his experience in a song that includes the lyrics, “Everything’s up...
An Oct. 1 online cotton field day will conclude a series of four online commodity field days by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
The Division of Agriculture held its research field days online this year to provide...
• By Bill Robertson, Tom Barber and Jason Davis •
We are quickly approaching the finish line with this cotton crop. We have a very good and uniform boll load. While hurricane Laura has changed the complexion of this crop,...
Regular Sampling Provides Nutrient Status, Taking Much Of The Guesswork Out Of Soil Fertility
• By Vicky Boyd,
Managing Editor •
Mississippi State University Extension cotton specialist Brian Pieralisi likes to look at soil as a kind of bank account into which...
• By Mary Hightower •
Bryce Baldridge, a Lawrence County Extension staff chair for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, heard the warnings Thursday night.
“They said a tornado was headed for Bono which is where I live,” he...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
High winds and heavy rainfall from what forecasters expect will be a major hurricane — Hurricane Laura — will likely sweep through most of Arkansas by Friday, just as harvest nears for several major crops...
• By Tom Barber •
Over the last couple weeks I have had several conversations with consultants and growers about pigweed control. Many are concerned with the levels of postemergence control they are seeing in all technologies but especially with...
Bob Scott has been named director of Arkansas’ Cooperative Extension Service, the organization that delivers the education outreach portion of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s land-grant mission.
Mark Cochran, vice president-agriculture for the University of Arkansas System,...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
Cotton growers who have been financially affected by the global drop in demand and market prices are now eligible for relief funding through the federal Coronavirus Food Assistance Program.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently released...
Arkansas cotton gins may still be a long way from the heyday of the year 2000, when 86 gins across the state processed the fiber of 1.2 million cotton acres. But as both acreage and production increased in 2019...
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