Monday, May 11, 2026

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Despite natural disasters, Arkansas ag ends year with record rice, cotton yields

• By Mary Hightower • Arkansas row and field crops endured a 100-year flood and epic insect numbers but still ended the year with record cotton and rice yields and higher crop prices. 100-year flooding In June, southeastern Arkansas experienced extraordinary flooding,...

Agencies tackle high volume of Mississippi ag damage assessments

Mississippi State University Extension agents will be assessing agricultural damage from early-June flooding until well into July, but preliminary estimates indicate losses could break records. The 2019 Yazoo Backwater Area flood caused $617 million in crop damage alone. It looks...

Floods cause $200 million-plus in crop damage in SE Arkansas

• By Ryan McGeeney • Farmers in five counties in southeastern Arkansas suffered more than $200 million in direct losses to major crops after the major flooding and storm event in early June, according to a preliminary estimate by experts...

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