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1 month ago | 
cottongrower.com | Sarah Cato |Jim Steadman |O.A. Cleveland |Beck Barnes
The Arkansas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation (ABWEF) board of directors has authorized the distribution of a $1 per acre cash rebate to growers for reported 2024 cotton acres registered with the Arkansas Boll Weevil Eradication Program. In all, a total payout of $613,300 will be returned to Arkansas cotton growers. “Production agriculture is highly expensive and financially burdensome for our growers,” says Joe Mencer, a cotton grower from Chicot County and ABWEF Chairman.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
harrisondaily.com | Sarah Cato
Posted 1/8/25LITTLE ROCK – Amid worries that an expired Farm Bill would leave farmers without an economic safety net, Congressional leadership released a Continuing Resolution last month that includes $10 billion for crop producers. This item is available in full to subscribers.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
magnoliareporter.com | Sarah Cato
After a successful career in the poultry industry, Bill Potter has joined the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture hoping to give back to the industry and the university that means so much to him. Potter joined the Division of Agriculture Sept. 3 as associate professor and Poultry Federation chair of food safety and processing extension, based in Fayetteville.
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Sep 22, 2024 | 
magnoliareporter.com | Sarah Cato
Arkansas’ future jack o’ lanterns are facing a scare of their own, with the early arrival of melonworms that can cause significant yield loss for growers. Melonworm is a pest of cucurbit crops — a family that includes cucumbers and watermelons — that feeds on plant foliage and fruit, usually etching pumpkin rinds just under the stems, causing handles to pop off, or where the fruit contacts the ground.
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Sep 22, 2024 | 
jonesborosun.com | Sarah Cato
“It’s going to be a long fall.”That’s how Cross County Extension Staff Chair Jenna Martin described the agricultural aftermath of Tropical Storm Francine. The storm hit Arkansas last week, dropping up to 9 inches of rain and crop-damaging gusts of up to 35 miles per hour. The wind and rain mean that Arkansas row crop growers are facing a longer harvest and lowered quality for rice, cotton, soybeans and corn.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
paragoulddailypress.com | Sarah Cato
“It’s going to be a long fall.”That’s how Cross County Extension Staff Chair Jenna Martin described the agricultural aftermath of Tropical Storm Francine. The storm hit Arkansas last week on Wednesday, dropping up to 9 inches of rain and crop-damaging gusts of up to 35 miles per hour. The wind and rain mean that Arkansas row crop growers are facing a longer harvest and lowered quality for rice, cotton, soybeans and corn.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
magnoliareporter.com | Sarah Cato
LITTLE ROCK — “It’s going to be a long fall.”That’s how Cross County Extension Staff Chair Jenna Martin described the agricultural aftermath of Tropical Storm Francine. The storm hit Arkansas last Wednesday, dropping up to 9 inches of rain and crop-damaging gusts of up to 35 miles per hour. The wind and rain mean that Arkansas row crop growers are facing a longer harvest and lowered quality for rice, cotton, soybeans and corn.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
uaex.uada.edu | Sarah Cato
Sept. 18, 2024 By Sarah CatoU of A System Division of Agriculture Fast facts Tropical Storm Francine brought rain, heavy winds during harvest season Soybean, cotton, corn and rice will see delayed harvest, lost quality Rain was beneficial for forage producers (1,172 words) NEWSROOMS download photos of damaged crops.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
paragoulddailypress.com | Sarah Cato
Arkansas’ future jack o’ lanterns are facing a scare of their own, with the early arrival of melonworms that can cause significant yield loss for growers. Melonworm is a pest of cucurbit crops – a family that includes cucumbers and watermelons – that feeds on plant foliage and fruit, usually etching pumpkin rinds just under the stems, causing handles to pop off, or where the fruit contacts the ground.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
jonesborosun.com | Sarah Cato
With rice ready to harvest and cotton bolls open, Tropical Storm Francine is set to hit Arkansas crops at the worst possible time. “We never want to gripe about rain, but this timing couldn’t be worse,” said Zachary Treadway, extension cotton and peanut agronomist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. “We’ve got guys trying to get rice out, guys trying to get beans out, we’re trying to get cotton defoliated.
