Greene County Arkansas Declared Disaster Area by USDA
Arkansas has had its share of bad weather during the harvest. The USDA just announced Greene County is the primary disaster area in the state following cool late summer temperatures and excessive...
View ArticleLow-rate Loans Available for Arkansas Businesses
 The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development office has stimulus money available for those opening a business in an area with a population of 50,000 or less.$58 million in...
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Arkansas Farmers Lose $225 Million
Arkansas governor Mike Beebe declared seven more counties disaster areas last week, but as of November 6, 70 Arkansas counties are on the nation’s disaster area list.This season has been extremely...
View ArticleAK Disaster Areas
Arkansas is the latest state to add to the disaster areas list after being hit with such devastating weather that it has been declared a disaster area. Governor Mike Beebe declared three counties...
View ArticleRural Housing Loans
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $600,000 in loans for poor, rural residents.These low-rate loans will be given to eight organizations to pay for home repairs with low- and very-low-income rural...
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Cotton Crops Dwindle, Soybeans Rise
Many cotton farmers in Arkansas have switched their crops to soybeans after consistent, heavy rainfall. Farmers in Poinstett County told Region 8 news that they tried planting cotton four times, but...
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More Damage in Arkansas
Ashley and Howard counties join the many counties registered as disaster areas. The Arkansas counties quality for loans under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act due to severe storms and...
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Arkansas Fruit Crop Survives
An unusual freezing hit the southern United States in the past week put many farmers and producers on the edge of their seats. Luckily, the result was less damaging than expected.Compared to the...
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Vilsack Visits Arkansas
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack recently visited the University of Arkansas as part of the Dale and Betty Bumpers Distinguished Lecture Series. While speaking of the needs of the farm community,...
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Vilsack Stumps for Farm Bill in Arkansas
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack recently used a visit to Arkansas to stump for the 2013 Farm Bill, urging Congress to immediately pass a new bill and give farmers the stability and certainty they...
View ArticleFarm Act Fails in Senate
Many new policies and bills are going into affect with new administration. One current bump in the road includes a bill that prohibits any state agency from requiring farmers or ranchers to register...
View ArticleArkansas Farm Bureau Backs Senator Effort to Regulate Greenhouse Gases
The Arkansas Farm Bureau has announced its support of Senator Blanche Lincoln’s bipartisan effort to regulate greenhouse gases. The senator is working alongside Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski to stop...
View ArticleArkansas Farmers Need Help from USDA
Producers and organization representatives spoke in front of the Jefferson County Farm Bureau asking for USDA assistance sooner than later. 2009 was not an easy year for many farmers with abnormally...
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