Farmers who suffered flooding and other damage from heavy rain and winds last week will be able to get their post-flood production questions answered by University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture agronomists and specialists at a meeting June...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
rainrainA flooded field near Altheimer, Arkansas — photo by Kurt BeatyBy Tuesday morning, the soils Desha County had seen an almost complete reversal of fortune.
“A week ago, we were needing the rain,” John Farabough, Desha...
The July 30 field day at the Judd Hill Foundation will explore various facets of sustainable cotton production, including soil health, water use and greenhouse gas production.
On-site registration opens at 8 a.m. with field tours beginning at 9 a.m....
In the early 1900s, my great grandparents came to Lake Village, Arkansas, from Italy.
Today, my family on both my mom and dad’s side are predominantly cotton farmers. There have been good years and tough years production wise, but they’ve...
• By Mary Hightower •
Arkansas gained one more cotton gin, raising the number of active gins to 30 in 2020, compared to 29 in 2019, according to numbers from the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
The increase coincided with a year...
• By Fred Miller •
Joseph Batta-Mpouma and Gurshagan Kandhola found a tiny solution to a big problem.
Batta-Mpouma says up to 70 million pounds of herbicides are lost to the environment each year in the United States, according to Environmental...
• By Mary Hightower •
Too many wet days have compressed the planting window for cotton growers into a series of short and irregular days in the field, with farmers looking at ways to manage short-season cotton.
The good news is,...
• By Mary Hightower •
May’s dark parade of rain has provided frustration aplenty for Arkansas farmers trying to get a crop in the ground, however, “this past week could’ve been much worse,” said Jarrod Hardke, Extension rice agronomist for...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
As world markets slowly unfurl from the global knot of the COVID-19 pandemic, futures markets for both soybean and corn responded in a powerfully positive manner March 31 to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s annual...
When Fred Bourland left the family cotton farm in Mississippi County for the University of Arkansas, clear across the state in Fayetteville, he had anything but farming on his mind.
“I grew up around cotton,” Bourland said. “When I went...
Improving soil health is in the best interest of Arkansas cotton farmers, but producers use different strategies for doing so.
Bill Robertson, Extension cotton agronomist, and Matt Fryer, Extension soil instructor, both with the University of Arkansas System Division of...
New editions of the most widely used publications from the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture are now available and offer the latest research-based recommendations for managing insects, weeds and diseases in row crop agriculture, as well as...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
Despite a year dominated by major weather systems run amuck and a global pandemic, most of Arkansas’ major crops came out ahead in 2020, according to a Jan. 12 report from the U.S. Department of...
• 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...
