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The sun is setting on another harvest, but growers are already weighing next season’s fertility plans. Traditional nitrogen can be a major input cost, and its price and availability can be hard to predict. The challenge: meeting crop needs while managing costs and planning with confidence. Enter Pivot Bio,...
Yellville-Summit School is one eight winners in the 2026 Arkansas Grown School Garden of the Year Contest, the Arkansas Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday. The contest is aligned with Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ proclamation naming October as Arkansas Farm to School Month. Schools across the state have celebrated this...
Could In-N-Out be coming to Arkansas and Oklahoma?
More than 200 vendors share one roof at a single vintage market right off an Arkansas interstate. It works like a small town built from old dishes, retro toys, and furniture with stories. Another stop on this list pours coffee right beside its booths. One more is named after a...
Arkansas led the country in Chapter 12 filings over the July-through-September period of 2026, recording 12 cases. The post Arkansas tops nation with a dozen Chapter 12 farm bankruptcies in Q3 appeared first on AGDAILY .
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Multiple companies have recently expanded, opened or plan to do so in Northwest Arkansas and the Fort Smith metro. The list includes Greenbrier-based First Service Bank, which will open its first Northwest Arkansas location in Springdale. An opening date for the new banking center at 6522 W. Sunset Ave., Suite...
Arkansas agriculture officials are urging poultry owners to strengthen biosecurity measures after the state confirmed its first case of bird flu this season. The Arkansas Department of Agriculture says the case was detected on Tuesday in a backyard poultry flock in eastern Baxter County. It’s currently the only confirmed detection in the state.
Arkansas farmers and loggers will be able to keep running tax-free, dyed diesel fuel in their highway trucks through the end of the year. Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed Executive Order 26-16 on Friday, October 30, 2026, extending the state of emergency she declared in Executive Order 26-15 on September 29. The new order takes effect October 31 and runs through December 31, 2026, unless it is amended or extended.
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — McLarty Automotive Group marked the opening of a $3 million Lincoln showroom Wednesday, adding a standalone sales facility and an eight-bay service shop in North Little Rock. The showroom at 4400 Landers Road opened this summer. The North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce...
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Abandoned Pesticide Program collected 14,964 pounds of unwanted pesticides this fall. Collection events were held in Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Scott, Sebastian, and Yell counties. With this year’s collection events, the program has safely removed more than 7.2 million pounds of unwanted pesticides since...
Farmers and ranchers across Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas and Texas now have access to emergency federal loans after the U.S. Department of Agriculture designated dozens of counties in those four states as natural disaster areas because of severe drought. The designation opens the door to USDA Farm Service Agency assistance for producers who lost livestock, watched equipment sit idle, or fell behind on farm debt during one of the driest stretches the region has seen in recent memory.
Green Trail Fuels has acquired Littlefield Express, a 25-location c-store chain, from Littlefield Retail Group, according to a press release from Downstream Energy Group, which advised Littlefield on the deal. The acquisition includes company-operated convenience stores and travel centers in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Littlefield Retail joins the growing list of...
Arkansas confirmed bird flu in a Baxter County backyard flock on Oct. 27, its first case this season. The state urges chicken keepers to keep wild birds out.
Arkansas rice industry leaders are asking for stronger federal support as farmers face rising costs, increased imports and continued economic pressure. Leaders from Riceland Foods and Producers Rice Mill met Tuesday with Senator John Boozman to discuss challenges facing the state’s rice industry. They say heavily subsidized imported rice...
The harvest is coming to a rapid close but another economic problem for producers is playing out again on the Mississippi River. In recent years, drought has caused the river to hit historic lows and that impacts shipping costs for grains headed to New Orleans. The river at Memphis on...
EL DORADO, Arkansas — October 28, 2026 — Canfor Southern Pine is investing approximately $96 million in its Iron Mountain facility in El Dorado, Arkansas, to modernize lumber manufacturing, expand shipping capabilities and strengthen its regional operations. The projects will create approximately 75 additional jobs at the facility and in logistics.
Arkansas has its first confirmed case of bird flu this season, found in a backyard poultry flock in eastern Baxter County, according to the Arkansas Department of Agriculture. The department confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, in the flock. It is currently the only confirmed detection in Arkansas, but the department said cases in other states make prevention and monitoring especially important.
The state of Arkansas has renewed its lease in downtown Little Rock in the Mann on Main building. Located at 322 Main Street, the building serves as the downtown home of the state Office of Child Support Enforcement, Arkansas Crime Information Center and Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy. A 2013 redevelopment transformed the historic property into a mixed-use destination, according to a press release. The space includes Class A office space, 19 residential apartments and ground-floor restaurants, including Samantha’s Tap Room & Grill and Bruno’s Little Italy. Mann on Main was originally constructed in 1912 and designed by and ultimately named for renowned Arkansas architect George Richard Mann.
For decades, Cindy Conger empowered clients with the confidence and knowledge to make sound financial decisions. This work continues at the management firm she established, but Cindy’s legacy spans beyond business acumen. Her commitment to fellow Arkansans is deeply rooted with other organizations across the state. With a focus on education, arts and women – Cindy’s generosity is unapparelled through gifts of time, energy and resources; this inspires others to join. She insists, “I have been able to travel and do pretty much what I want since the sale of my company. It gives me great joy to be able to support organizations that I feel are doing good work!”