Arkansas Agriculture

U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, is keenly aware that farmers are in a crisis, but solving the dilemma is proving elusive and time-consuming.

Growers say a “perfect storm” of factors mean they may not be able to stay afloat much longer.

The counties with the highest use of pesticides per square mile are all located in Missouri’s Bootheel. Many have some of the state’s highest cancer rates, and their health care options are dwindling.

Arkansas business owners say new tariffs on imported goods have upended their operations.

The Central Arkansas Sphinx Foundation has partnered with To Improve Mississippi Economics, Inc. (T.I.M.E.) to bring more food access to urban food deserts in Pulaski County.

It’s the end of a 13-year-long saga that started with the state granting a permit to C&H Hog Farms in 2012

Applicants to the Patrick Leahy Farm to School grant program received an email from the USDA Monday informing them no applications would be reviewed for the 2025 fiscal year.

SB 84 would prohibit a state agency from instituting a moratorium on the issuance of permits in a watershed, including the Buffalo River watershed.

Each year, volunteers show up by the truckload to pick watermelons for local charitable food networks.

Growing Urban Farmers is a new program hosted by St. Joseph Farmstead to help promote small-scale agriculture in Arkansas.