But adoption of the irrigation method is not widespread due to costs, other impracticalities.
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Arkansas farms contribute to growing “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico
Fertilizer that helps crops grow contains high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus, and as these nutrients run off fields and urban areas into the Mississippi River they contribute to mass algae growth that steals oxygen from other aquatic life.
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EPA says farmers may use ‘existing stocks’ of dicamba
Arkansas farmers may use the herbicide dicamba to fight weeds threatening this year’s crops, according to an order issued Wednesday by EPA — but the chemicals must already be on their farms or somewhere in the supply chain system.
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New species of invasive grass spotted in Helena-West Helena
An invasive grass species called Cogongrass has been spotted in Arkansas for the first time.
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A trade war with China could be felt in Arkansas
Donald Trump is moving ahead with tariffs on China and it has vowed to retaliate. Arkansas could feel it.
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Industrial hemp pilot program coming soon to Arkansas
One of the booths at this week’s Ark-La-Tex Medical Cannabis Expo was hosted by the Arkansas Hemp Association, a trade group founded to promote and expand non-intoxicating industrial hemp as an agricultural crop in the state. AHA Vice President Jeremy Fisher said the first licenses to grow experimental plots of hemp in the state should be issued by the Arkansas State Plant Board next spring.
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Who knew? Global trade is complicated
Donald Trump delivered shortly after his inauguration on a promise to pull out of the Trans Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation trade pact that was supposed to end punitive tariffs on U.S. agriculture producers. That decision has had some negative consequences.
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Trump won’t ‘treat mid-America as flyover region,’ governor tells Farm Bureau
Hutchinson said he’s “delighted” with Trump’s cabinet picks so far, and with the incoming administration’s outreach efforts. As for trade, Hutchinson said he hopes to “shape [the new administration] in the right direction for Arkansas agriculture and the Arkansas economy.”
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What’s driving that 3.9 percent state GDP growth? Rice, says federal analyst
An analyst at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis has an answer for what’s driving GDP growth in Arkansas.
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Arkansas Times announces new Food and Farm Magazine
The Arkansas Times is publishing a new magazine in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture to celebrate local growers, farmers markets, and tons more.