Alligator farmers could grow bigger alligators faster and with less cost based on feeding studies conducted at the LSU AgCenter Aquaculture Research Station....More
Plant producers, representatives from government agencies and private companies attended a unique field day to discuss the certification of wetland grasses during a field day at the LSU AgCenter Burden Center in Baton Rouge....More
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is sponsoring a public meeting regarding the new National Water Quality Initiative (NWQI) from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., May 24, at the Delta River Nature Center, 1400 Black Dog Road, in Pine Bluff, Ark....More
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is sponsoring a public meeting regarding the new National Water Quality Initiative (NWQI) from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., May 22, at the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, 113 West Wiley Ave., in Star City, Ark....More
It’s not just China munching down on snakes; Chinese snake farming has gone global, finding astonishing success by feeding demand from Asia, Europe and even the U.S. Dried snake, snake capsules, snake powder, and snake wine are million-dollar sellers....More
With pests popping up early in Mid-South farmland following a warm winter and spring, producers may want to check out www.syngentapestpatrol.com....More
"Water Sustainability in Agriculture" is the theme of the twenty-fourth annual meeting of the National Agricultural Biotechnology Council, which will be held in Arkansas on June 11-13 at the Fayetteville Town Center....More
A year ago, eastern Arkansas farmers who looked out and saw water where their farmland was wondered if they’d get a crop planted.
A year later, nearly 11 percent of the state is listed as “abnormally dry,” the least intense of the five dryness intensities mapped by the U.S. Drought Monitor....More
Was it only a year ago when abundant rains caused a chain-reaction of misery in the Mid-South? Back then, a sense of disbelief set in as waterways swelled past their banks, flooding farmland and threatening towns....More
The LSU AgCenter Northeast Research Station has scheduled a pest management and crop production field day for June 14 at the research station in St. Joseph, Louisiana....More
Country artist and songwriter Steve Azar, with the sponsorship of Swenson Investments & Commodities of Sioux Falls and Huron, S.D., has created a new tune honoring the agricultural professionals who drive our regional economy....More
A new National Water Quality Initiative committed to improving impaired watersheds located within the Bayou Bartholomew watershed in Arkansas has been launched. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will manage the initiative by making funds available to farmers, ranchers and forest landowners in the selected watersheds....More
A four-day symposium at Mississippi State University will draw researchers, biologists and land managers concerned with enhancing, restoring and managing the prairies of the Southeastern United States....More
As the world population heads toward 9 billion by 2050, there has been much hand-wringing over how to properly feed so many. In the developing world, it turns out mobile phones may be the best hope for growers looking to improve yields, market crops and move out of subsistence-level farming....More
