The Arkansas Department of Agriculture announced late Friday that an additional $5.4 million in funding has been approved and awarded through the Arkansas Meat and Poultry Processing Grant Program. read more >
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture announces the recipients of the $5 million in funding provided by the Arkansas CARES Act Steering Committee and the Arkansas Legislative Council for the Arkansas Meat Processing Grant Program. read more >
The reshuffling of state offices around Little Rock has set the stage for construction of two buildings and the possible sale of a third. read more >
Cautious optimism comes after moves made to normalize trade relations with China. read more >
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Commission awarded $14 million to 10 communities for water and wastewater projects serving more than 8,256 people. read more >
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture has received $5 million in federal CARES Act funding for its Meat & Poultry Processing Grant Program. read more >
State officials announced Wednesday the earmarking of $7.4 million for water and wastewater projects in five small communities across the state. read more >
Both the supporters and the opponents of legalizing recreational marijuana in Arkansas say they’re thinking of the children. read more >
The Communications Group’s Women in Industry series recognizes women in the industries the agency serves, particularly agriculture, industrial manufacturing and the government-to-citizen sector. 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 >
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 >
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 >
