cotton

The Arkansas Seed Growers Association says the farmers had an agenda beyond simply contributing to agriculture. read more >

Market challenges have led to a massive drop in cotton acreage in Arkansas, but 2016 could see change. read more >

Arkansas' cotton acres are expected to sink to below 200,000 acres due to weather delays and depressed prices. The previous record low is 310,000 acres, set in 2013. read more >

Cotton acreage is down sharply this year in Arkansas. Agriculture officials estimate that 320,000 acres of cotton have been planted in Arkansas this year. That's only about half as much cotton as growers planted in 2012. read more >

Despite summer's punishing drought, Arkansas farmers produced record crops of soybean and bumper crops of corn, rice and cotton, according to figures released Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. read more >

Arkansas farmers are harvesting the last of their cotton and soybeans, and the rice harvest is already complete. Sbout 90 percent of the cotton crop is in and 84 percent of soybeans have been harvested. read more >