Low Mississippi River Limits Barges as Farmers Prepare for Harvest
As river levels drop, the cargo rate from St. Louis southward has climbed to 77% above the three-year average. read more >
As river levels drop, the cargo rate from St. Louis southward has climbed to 77% above the three-year average. read more >
The timing is bad. Corn and soybeans harvested in the early fall need to be moved, and barges are vital in getting the commodities from one place to another. read more >
The company has now funded more than 26,000 acres worth of farmland in 17 states and Australia. read more >
American farmers still working to get out their remaining soybeans after a weather-plagued harvest season are struggling to figure out what to do with a record crop now their traditionally dominant export market is largely closed. read more >
A farmer in far southeast Arkansas is the latest to have harvested more than 100 bushels-per-acre from a segment of his soybean crop. read more >
A researcher at the University of Arkansas is working to develop soybean yields that can significantly surpass the 2012 average yield of 41 bushels per acre. 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 >
Two University of Arkansas economists who researched the market potential of non-genetically modified soybeans are to conduct a day of workshops at the Arkansas Farm Bureau. 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 >
