Feds Spread $1B for Tree Plantings to Reduce Extreme Heat
The tree plantings efforts will be focused on marginalized areas in all 50 states. read more >
The tree plantings efforts will be focused on marginalized areas in all 50 states. read more >
The money is a portion of $700 million in grants and loans announced Monday for high-speed internet projects in rural areas of 22 states. read more >
Eligible entities include agricultural producers, processors, nonprofits, local governments, tribal governments and institutions. read more >
Claims such as "pasture-raised," "humanely raised," and "raised without antibiotics" are increasingly popular with consumers and allow producers to charge a premium. read more >
The company, which has licensed a line of vaccine innovations from the University of Arkansas System’s Division of Agriculture, is building offices, a research lab and a manufacturing plant in north Springdale. Its mission is to provide vaccine technologies to protect poultry, swine, ruminants, fish and, perhaps soon, people. read more >
The program, which received federal approval last fall, aims to expand the market for cattlemen by allowing state-certified facilities to sell beef within the state. read more >
The loans are a portion of $2.7 billion that the USDA is investing in 64 rural electric projects across the country. read more >
A $1 million grant will help University of Arkansas researchers design robotics for use in poultry processing plants. read more >
University leaders plan to present a full proposal to the state Department of Higher Education in late July. read more >
The project aims to plant to up to 600 acres of oak forests in three river-influenced areas of Arkansas. read more >
Henson is one of 77 volunteer farmer leaders serving on the United Soybean Board from 29 states. read more >
Eight years into a U.S. program to control damage from feral pigs, the invasive animals with big appetites and snouts that uproot anything that smells good are still a multibillion-dollar plague on farmers, wildlife and the environment. read more >
The effort is expected to increase cattle and pig slaughter capacity by more than 500,000 head a year. read more >
The funds are a portion of $759 million in grants and loans the USDA is providing to enable rural communities to access high-speed internet. read more >
The state Department of Agriculture confirms a case of avian influenza on an Arkansas poultry farm in Madison County and is working to contain it. read more >
Instead of growing to meet the demand, the number of farmers converting to organic is actually dropping. read more >
The projects are part of an initiative aimed at helping developing countries and emerging democracies strengthen their agricultural sectors. read more >
Prosecutors say the defendants created companies that claimed to be offering food to tens of thousands of children across Minnesota, then sought reimbursement for those meals through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's food nutrition programs. read more >
Eligible farmers will be provided direct payments to adopt practices set by the Natural Resource Conservation Service. read more >
Since the early 1970s, the number of U.S. farms has continued to decline, but much more slowly. read more >
