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Greenhouse Gas, Cover Crops Research Part of Northeast Rice Research and Extension Center’s 2021 Virtual Field Tour
A project to measure greenhouse gases and water use in furrow-irrigated rice, and the use of cover crops…
New Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences Head Aims to Engage with Students, Stakeholders in First Year
Jeff Edwards plans to hit the ground running in his new role as head of the CSES department for…
Arkansas Grows 10 Edible, Ornamental Pumpkins as Part of 11-State Squash Hunger Trial
A plethora of pumpkins at the Milo J. Shult Agricultural Research and Extension Center is part of the 11-state Squash…
Arkansas Corn & Cotton Online Field Day Set Oct. 28
Corn and cotton are the topics for the next virtual field day presented by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture…
Cover Crops: Five Things To Know
The proper use of cover crops can produce several benefits for production systems in Arkansas including improved soil health…
Soil and Soybean Scientists Work to Get a Handle on “Dead Man’s Fingers”
A monster that lives by eating the dead is hiding underground, and it has developed a taste for soybeans…
Food Science Doctoral Candidate Earns $10,000 MISA Foundation Scholarship
Tad Beekman, University of Arkansas Food Science, is one of seven students nationally selected…
Students Praise Program in Waterfowl, Land Management Offered through UAM, Division of Agriculture, Five Oaks
It’s “everything I could imagine and more!” That’s how Katherine Allen described her first months as a student…
New Guard Llama Settles in at Agricultural Experiment Station
A new guard at the Milo J. Shult Agricultural Research and Extension Center is only 4 years old, but…
Animal Scientists Pioneer New Methods for Culturing Swine Gut Microbiomes
AAES scientists have developed bacterial cultivation methods to isolate different bacteria from pigs…
Bobbitt Names Division of Agriculture Veteran Culver as Interim Chief
University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt today named longtime Division of Agriculture…
Researchers Pursue Best Procedures to Keep Dine-In Customers Safe from COVID-19
Arkansas researchers are working to answer one of the leading questions on Americans’ minds as the country struggles…
Virtual Rice and Soybean Field Day Set Oct. 7
Research advancements in rice and soybeans, two of the top agricultural commodities in Arkansas on Thursday, Oct. 7…
Into the Night: Shedding Light on Nocturnal Pollinators
For millions of years, there has been a night shift at work pollinating flowering plants and fruit trees. But only recently…
Dollars and Sense Webinars Address Cow-Calf Producers Concerns
As cow-calf producers continue to face market volatility made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, managing risk is more important…
NIFA Grant Brings Microscopic Images into Sharp Focus for Research, Teaching
Microscopic images will now be sharper without distracting and distorting out-of-focus light for researchers…
Five Takeaways from the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s 2021 Hops Webinar
A three-year research and evaluation project has shown there are two varieties of hops that can be grown…
Arkansas Entomologists Publish Book about the Impacts of 5 Insects on Human History
If you’re happy about reading this story in English instead of French, thank a mosquito…
Farm School Open House Set for Sept. 13 at Center for Arkansas Farms and Food
CAFF is a service center of the AAES, the research arm of the UADA. It supports local food entrepreneurs…
Moving Sheep Frequently Benefits Animal Health, Cool-Season Forages
It doesn’t take a champion mutton buster to know that sheep graze differently from cattle…