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LITTLE ROCK, AR –The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the Arkansas Century Farm Program. This program honors Arkansas families who have owned and farmed the same […]
LITTLE ROCK, AR – The Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Abandoned Pesticide Program collected 242,015 pounds of unwanted pesticides during recent collection events in Clay, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Jackson, and White […]
LITTLE ROCK, AR – The Arkansas Department of Agriculture, in partnership with Farm Credit, is now accepting entries for the annual Arkansas Grown School Garden of the Year Contest. Schools, […]
LITTLE ROCK, AR –The Arkansas Beef Council today announced the return of the Arkansas’s Best Burger Contest, a statewide effort to identify and recognize restaurants that exemplify quality in the […]
LITTLE ROCK, AR – The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is urging Arkansans to stay alert as wildfire danger has increased significantly across the state. The entire state has been designated […]
LITTLE ROCK, AR –The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is celebrating Arbor Day by launching its sixth annual “Free Tree Fridays” campaign, a statewide effort to encourage tree planting. Free bare […]
LITTLE ROCK, AR –The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board approved $4,387,032.75 in funding for 96 research and promotion projects at its March 12–13, 2026 public meeting. The approved projects will support […]
LITTLE ROCK, AR –The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is reminding pesticide applicators and agricultural producers of important restrictions regarding the use of dicamba products during the 2026 growing season. In […]
LITTLE ROCK, AR –The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board has adopted a policy aimed at protecting agricultural research from benefiting foreign competitors. In a unanimous decision on March 12, the board […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Arkansas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation (ABWEF) board of directors voted to authorize the distribution of a $1 per acre cash rebate to growers for assessments […]
LITTLE ROCK, AR – The Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board approved $3,080,000 in funding for 34 research projects at its February 25, 2026 meeting. The approved projects will support […]
LITTLE ROCK, AR –USA Rice Federation has donated 10 commercial rice cookers to support the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Rice in Schools Program, expanding participating schools’ ability to serve Arkansas-grown […]
LITTLE ROCK, AR — Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has authorized the deployment of Arkansas Department of Agriculture forestry personnel to support wildfire suppression in Oklahoma and urban tree recovery in […]
LITTLE ROCK, AR –The Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board approved $2,860,000 in funding for five promotion projects at its February 5, 2026 meeting. The approved projects will support the […]
LITTLE ROCK, AR –The Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Promotion Board approved $1,266,859 in funding for 28 research and promotion projects at its February 2–3, 2026 meeting. The approved projects […]
