Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service

Can Congress enact a new Farm Bill, one that might address soaring farmer bankruptcies? read more >

The Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service has scheduled a conference in Conway to discuss the federal Farm Bill. read more >

The 2012 summer drought has resulted in the state’s cow and calf producers losing an estimated $128 million this year, according to a report by the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service. read more >

In 2010, peanut buyers courted Arkansas farmers as prospective peanut planters and then bought at steep prices all the peanuts Arkansans planted. The following year, more Arkansans planted peanuts and their crops sold at prices “in reach of the highest they’d ever been,” Phillips County farmer Michael Taylor said. read more >