AcreTrader Raises $10.3M 
by Arkansas Business Staff – 1 day ago
Farmland investing platform AcreTrader of Fayetteville has recently raised $10.3 million, according to filings this month with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.
Farmland investing platform AcreTrader of Fayetteville has recently raised $10.3 million, according to filings this month with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.
Jeff McClure has been hired as events director at Arkansas Farm Bureau of Little Rock.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has given a $1 million grant for a rice cultivation research program headed by a biological engineering professor at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Walmart Inc. rules Arkansas Business' annual lists of the state's public companies and how much their executives are paid, and it's hard to imagine a time when that won't be true — especially as the lists get shorter. read more >
A Black couple working at Tyson Farms plant in North Carolina has filed a lawsuit that says a supervisor frequently used racial slurs against them, showed disdain for their Muslim faith and that the company refused to address the issue despite multiple requests. read more >
Megan Crozier, chief merchant for Sam's Club, and University of Arkansas Vice Chancellor for Athletics Hunter Yurachek are among the featured speakers for the fall Arkansas Business Executive Leadership Academy in Bentonville. read more >
Sandro J. Lukanovic has been granted a conditional permit by the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Division for Van Buren County's first (legal) distillery. read more >
Cody Easterday, a rancher from southeast Washington, pleaded guilty in March to defrauding Tyson Foods Inc. of $233 million and an unidentified company of $11 million read more >
Real gross domestic product rose in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in the first quarter of 2021. read more >
Danny Kennedy, president and CEO of Riceland Foods, recently announced his retirement. read more >
Two homes in the posh gated Clear Creek subdivision sold for more than $1 million. read more >
Columnist Rex Nelson shares how Arkansas can better promote its culinary heritage and iconic eateries. read more >
While Amazon says it's becoming the world's largest corporate buyer of renewable energy, details in part of its plan involving solar projects in east Arkansas are about as clear as a dense Delta fog. read more >
After a year in the barrel, spirit makers in Arkansas welcome tasters and tours. read more >
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale is recalling almost 4,500 tons of ready-to-eat chicken products after finding the products may be tainted with listeria bacteria. read more >
The Arkansas Livestock Show announces dates and details for the 81st Arkansas State Fair. read more >
Warren Equity Partners of Atlanta acquires three companies, including two in Arkansas, that will be incorporated into Gunnison, its network of tree management companies. read more >
Arkansas Business will honor 50 companies designated among this year's "Best Places to Work" during a live event in September at the DoubleTree Little Rock. read more >
The Biden administration plans to issue a new rule to protect the rights of farmers who raise cows, chickens and hogs against the country's largest meat processors as part of a plan to encourage more competition in the agriculture sector. read more >
A future disruption as severe as when a deadly winter storm overwhelmed Texas' power supply appears far less likely in Arkansas. read more >
As of early last week, President Joe Biden's eight-year, $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal appeared to be holding, but polarization in Washington makes the deal fragile. read more >
Jeremy Horpedahl, an associate professor of economics at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, has been recognized by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University of Fairfax, Virginia. read more >
Tyson Ventures, the venture capital arm of Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale, invests in food robotics company Soft Robotics Inc. of Bedford, Massachusetts. read more >
Researcher Brian Solis, a global innovation evangelist at Salesforce and bestselling author, will lead the seventh webcast in a series presented by Arkansas Business throughout 2021. read more >
Hispanic women continue to see a higher unemployment rate in May 2021 than Hispanic men, 7.4% compared with 6.7%. read more >
Data collected for this week's list of private companies illustrated the uneven and sometimes counterintuitive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on various industries. read more >
2020 was the best year in Anthony Timberlands' history, and this year is shaping up to surpass that, said Steve Anthony, president of the company, based in Bearden. read more >
Alicia Wilmoth has been named director of economic development for the city of Cabot. read more >
The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture says it will not go forward with a proposed $16.5 million land sale that drew opposition from Arkansas legislators and Arkansas' senior U.S. Senator. read more >
Over the next few decades, advancement in tools that range from clean energy itself to the mechanisms used to finance installment will rapidly transform the energy economy. read more >
Sheridan Brewer has been hired as an implementation specialist at CAT Squared in Conway. read more >
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale announced Wednesday its sustainability goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. read more >
The solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) has proven to be the most successful federal policy to support the growth of solar energy in the United States. read more >
