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Kansas farmer Luke Ulrich pilots his combine through the last eight rows of this year's ragged crop, which produced far less than half the normal yield.

Farmers initiate 2025 planting amid warm, dry Arkansas weather

George Jared

Arkansas farmers have started planting corn and preparing rice fields for the 2025 season, taking advantage of warm, dry conditions to kick off early planting.

Soybeans are unloaded onto a truck in Tiskilwa, Ill.

Agriculture

USDA's Margin Protection Plan Expanded to Cover Soybean and Corn in Arkansas and Other States

KASU Newsroom

Soybean, corn, and rice producers in Arkansas can now take advantage of Margin Protection insurance, thanks to the expansion of the USDA's Risk Management Agency's Margin Protection plan.

Barge traveling under the Hernando DeSoto Bridge in Memphis, Tenn.

Agriculture

Arkansas farmers are getting hurt by the Mississippi River's low levels disrupting barge traffic

George Jared

Despite rainfall in the Arkansas Delta during the weekend, the Mississippi River is getting close to all-time, historic lows and it is having an impact on farmers in the Natural State. Closures stopped a reported 2,000 barges and about 100 towboats.

Tyler Nutt, a farmer in Bono, is preparing to plant corn this spring. He says the crop is particularly suited to the lighter, sandier soils on his farm.

Strong Odds On Corn Continue For State's 2018 Planting Season

Ann Kenda

Farmers around Arkansas are feeling optimistic about the chances of corn producing a healthy harvest this year. Nationally, corn hit a record yield in...