Ben Noble
Riceland Foods Announces $13.2M Expansion
The project will bring 80 total new jobs to its Jonesboro and Stuttgart plants. read more >
Riceland Foods Announces New Sustainability Initiative
Riceland Foods announced on Monday its new Ingrain Good initiative focused on creating value through sustainability across the farmer-owned cooperative. read more >
Ben Noble Named Riceland’s EVP, COO
Ben Noble was named Riceland’s executive vice president and COO on March 11. read more >
Sarah Sanders, Husband Buy $600K Little Rock Home
Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders and her husband Bryan have purchased a home in Little Rock's Pleasant Valley neighborhood for $600,000. read more >
Trade War Puts Riceland Into ‘Holding Pattern’
Riceland Foods Inc. of Stuttgart has been hit with shrapnel from the U.S.-China trade war. read more >
Ghidotti, Rev365 Put Riceland on Holiday List
Riceland has big name recognition in Arkansas, a state that truly qualifies as America’s rice land, but the company is hoping to raise its profile elsewhere. read more >
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After Long Ag Career, Bill Reed Grows Spiritually
Bill Reed spent his career on the Grand Prairie, but he was raised in the Tennessee mountains. In retirement, he’s aiming for even higher ground, at least metaphorically. read more >
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Ben Noble Gets 2nd Helping As a Rice Ambassador
It’s no wonder Ben Noble jumped at a chance to work for Riceland Foods. Rice and land have shaped his life since infancy. read more >
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New Firm, Campbell Ward, Emerges From Noble Strategies
Lauren Waldrip Ward and Becky Barnes Campbell form a new public affairs and public relations firm, Campbell Ward LLC. read more >
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Agreement Could Put Arkansas Milled Rice in China by Spring
The U.S. and China have agreed on a phytosanitary protocol that could allow the first commercial imports of American milled rice to that country by this spring. read more >
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Tennille, DeCample and Noble Form Aarch Communications
A former executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission joined Aarch Communications of Little Rock, a new partnership offering strategic communications services. read more >
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Stalled Asian Trade Deal Could Impact Arkansas Crops
There is nothing simple about international trade agreements, and Arkansas farmers, ranchers and loggers have found themselves caught in the middle of tense talks as U.S. officials try to finalize a huge deal in Asia. read more >
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Farmers Dismayed As New Farm Bill Dumps Direct Payments
The threatened end of cash subsidies to the nation’s row crop farmers dates back through at least the last two iterations of national agriculture policy legislation. That threat became real, though, earlier this year when Congress passed the newest Farm Bill. read more >
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USA Rice, Arkansas Rice to Hold Farm Bill Briefing on Friday
USA Rice and Arkansas Rice are hosting a briefing Friday morning on the 2014 Farm Bill at the Fowler Center on the Arkansas State University campus. read more >
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