Arkansas Agriculture

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.

The Arkansas House and Senate Committees on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development heard four interim study proposals Wednesday morning.

The Growing Urban Farmers program from St. Joseph's Farmstead is funded by a grant from the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service.

An Arkansas State University professor in the College of Agriculture is part of a team that has received a grant of almost $300,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

“At the end of the day, if you’re able to expand your operation while saving money, that’s just good business.”

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is dedicating new funding to help Arkansas farmers and food distributors access new markets.

Avian influenza has infiltrated at least one farm in Arkansas, according to the Arkansas Department of Agriculture.