The Arkansas Department of Agriculture has hired John Paul Fairhead as its first feral hog eradication program coordinator. read more >

Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward was elected vice president of the Southern Association of State Departments of Agriculture at the annual conference in Fort Worth, Texas. read more >

President Trump's trade war with China is creating casualties in Arkansas. Soybean farmers have seen their exports to China plummet as prices have dropped 15%. read more >

Tyler Davis of Ashdown was recently appointed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson to a seven-year term on the Arkansas Agriculture Department’s Livestock & Poultry Commission Board. read more >

Wes Ward, 34, had no farming experience — and still doesn’t — when he became Arkansas’ agriculture secretary in March 2015. read more >

An agriculture and timber resource to help navigate the leadership of the largest Arkansas companies or institutions. read more >

Families who have owned and farmed their land for at least 100 years are eligible for an honor through the state Agriculture Department. read more >

Arkansas legislators are working to get a bill ready that would regulate grain traders, said state Sen. Ronald Caldwell, R-Wynne. read more >