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2 weeks ago | 
magnoliareporter.com | Ryan McGeeney |Mary Hightower
A massive storm system pushed rain, wind and tornadoes across Arkansas on Wednesday, April 4, 2025 causing extensive structural damage in multiple locations in the northeastern corner of the state. More than 30 tornadoes swept through the South and Midwest on Wednesday, killing at least seven people. As of April 4, the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management reported that Arkansas had suffered no storm-related fatalities, but that at least four people had been injured.
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2 months ago | 
magnoliareporter.com | Ryan McGeeney
As the world prepared to celebrate the turn of a new year, extension soybean agronomist Jeremy Ross picked up his phone. “One farmer called me on New Year’s Eve to say he was shutting down, and it really surprised me. He had a good yield, but he just couldn’t swing it another year,” Ross said. The 2024 growing season presented many reasons to celebrate. Every major row crop in Arkansas, including corn, cotton, soybeans and rice — saw record average yields.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
harrisondaily.com | Ryan McGeeney
Posted 1/22/25LITTLE ROCK — As the world prepared to celebrate the turn of a new year, extension soybean agronomist Jeremy Ross picked up his phone. This item is available in full to subscribers.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
farmtalknews.com | Ryan McGeeney
Despite record yields in 2024, many growers in Arkansas ended the year in the red. Facing continued high input prices, low commodity prices and the possible resumption of a trade war with China, 2025 will likely prove just as challenging.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
m.farms.com | Ryan McGeeney
By Ryan McGeeneyAs the world prepared to celebrate the turn of a new year, extension soybean agronomist Jeremy Ross picked up his phone. “One farmer called me on New Year’s Eve to say he was shutting down, and it really surprised me. He had a good yield, but he just couldn’t swing it another year,” Ross said. The 2024 growing season presented many reasons to celebrate. Every major row crop in Arkansas, including corn, cotton, soybeans and rice — saw record average yields.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
magnoliareporter.com | Ryan McGeeney
Despite record yields in 2024, many growers in Arkansas ended the year in the red. Facing continued high input prices, low commodity prices and the possible resumption of a trade war with China, 2025 will likely prove just as challenging.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
harrisondaily.com | Ryan McGeeney
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
farmtalknews.com | Ryan McGeeney
The dry, warm autumn experienced by much of Arkansans’ pasture lands will likely mean the state’s cattle producers will have to start feeding hay earlier and longer, experts with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture said. While the western half of Arkansas received some much-needed rain throughout the weekend, it won’t be enough to reverse months of drought.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
magnoliareporter.com | Ryan McGeeney
The dry, warm autumn experienced by much of Arkansans’ pasture lands will likely mean the state’s cattle producers will have to start feeding hay earlier and longer, experts with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture said. While the western half of Arkansas received some much-needed rain throughout the weekend, it won’t be enough to reverse months of drought.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
magnoliareporter.com | Ryan McGeeney
March may enjoy a reputation of entering like a lion, but it’s got nothing on the 2024 hurricane season. While Arkansas managed to avoid the direct impact of the hurricanes that brutalized much of the southeastern United States in September, growers in the state’s eastern counties certainly caught some of the storm systems’ extended weather. The high winds and heavy rain could’ve easily spelled disaster throughout the Delta, but as with so much in agriculture, timing is everything.
