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Casey Owens, a University of Arkansas poultry science professor,  is looking for ways to prevent “woody breast,” a defect that leaves breast meat with a tougher texture and often a pale color.  
Agriculture & Poultry / Education / Public Companies

Poultry Research Yields Scientific NuggetsLock Icon

The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville is researching ways to prevent or alleviate a defect called "woody breast" that has become more prevalent since 2014. read more >
Cooks Venture, which grows heirloom chickens in Decatur, is a rare exception to the hiring crisis, reporting that its farm and 200-worker plant in Oklahoma are both well staffed.
Agriculture & Poultry / Government & Politics / Health Care

Poultry Industry Faces Crisis with Worker ShortageLock Icon

In the biggest sector of Arkansas’ biggest industry, the mission these days is not counting your chickens, but counting your workers. read more >
Marvin Childers of the Poultry Federation: “It’s one of the most serious threats to the industry that I know of.”
Agriculture & Poultry / Banking & Finance

SBA Rule Targets Poultry Farmers’ Ties to Processors

A proposed Small Business Administration rule could deny many small poultry farms access to financing available through a popular loan program. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson at a June 2018 news conference about the state's first-of-its-kind work requirement for expanded Medicaid. A federal judge on Wednesday threw out the work rules. Hutchinson wants an appeal of that ruling. 
Agriculture & Poultry / Government & Politics / Transportation

Asa Hutchinson Launches Campaign to Keep Highway Tax

Arkansas’ Republican governor and the leaders of the state’s top lobbying groups have launched a campaign to keep a half-cent sales tax for road needs. read more >
John Alter on his farm near DeWitt. He’s one of four Arkansas rice farmers suing over alleged arsenic contamination by chicken litter. 
 
Agriculture & Poultry / Legal

Arsenic Suit Seeks To Pit Arkansas Chicken and Rice Sectors Against Each Another

A lawsuit seeks to pit Arkansas’ iconic rice industry against its iconic chicken industry, freighting what had been a happy pairing in Arkansas agriculture with the fear of “devastating” financial losses. read more >