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More than 350 people attended the 2024 Rice Field Day at RREC on Aug. 1 to hear research updates on rice breeding, precision agriculture and weed control. Arkansas remains the nation’s top rice producer, with over 1.4 million acres of rice this year…
A new dataset is providing a bird’s-eye view of Arkansas’ forests 1 meter at a time. An Arkansas researcher has developed the first high-resolution forest canopy cover dataset for an entire state, providing valuable insights for forest managemen…
Two “new” herbicide options could soon be available for blackberry growers during the 2025 growing season. Recent research by weed scientist Matt Bertucci shows that the herbicides 2,4-D choline and glufosinate are safe and effective…
Ryan Dickson, an assistant professor of horticulture for the AAES, has been developing research since 2018 on growing blackberries indoors and recently secured a nearly $750,000 grant to further that work over the next four years…
For Adam Chappell, cover crops and limited tillage practices have not only decreased irrigation, pesticide and synthetic fertilizer use but also improved soil quality and decreased water runoff.
Five years of water quality monitoring at Lake Fayetteville is shedding light on the cycles of waterborne nutrients and bacteria-produced toxins, offering a better way…
A high-energy diet that includes higher amounts of dry soybean hulls was the most economical choice for Arkansas beef producers who want to “finish,” or bring their weaned cattle up to market weight, on the farm.
While half the global population relies on rice as a staple, about 15 percent of rice produced each year is contaminated by potentially fatal aflatoxins…
Deacue Fields, head of UADA, is joining the board of an organization whose fundamental principle is “research matters.” Fields, vice president-agriculture…
Riceland Foods Chairman Rich Hillman will be the keynote speaker for the Aug. 8 rice field day at the NERREC, an event that will include presentations…
The Aug. 1 field day at the Rice Research and Extension Center in Stuttgart will feature presentations on breeding, germplasm, remote sensing and more…
Researchers with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture have landed a $270,000 grant to map the spread of an invasive tick species in Arkansas…
Research in Arkansas to improve rice quality was recently supported with two new U.S. Department of Agriculture grants that total over $885,000…
Ingenuity in agriculture requires collaboration, and seed funds, to make an impact. That’s the mindset behind Engineering Applications in Agriculture, an innovation accelerator created with funding…
As blackberry season peaks in Arkansas, research is shedding light on a trellising system that could improve pest management for blackberry growers…
Bacteria can easily hibernate in low-moisture ingredients such as flour and spices, and food scientists have been working on ways to make them safer with novel technologies…
The more that people know about gene editing, the more likely they are to feel it is safe to use in agriculture and medicine, according to a survey of more than 4,500 people across the United States…
Terry Siebenmorgen, known around the globe for his work in rice processing, is being honored by an endowed scholarship launched at the 30th annual Industry Alliance Meeting held by the program he founded in 1994…
There are about 50 degree programs specializing in agricultural communications in the United States, but in the United Kingdom, the first master’s level microcertificate program has just begun…
Jackie Lee, director of the Fruit Research Station, names each blackberry season as if they were hurricanes. She dubbed the 2024 season “early bird.” “I have never seen such a synchronous bloom…
Taking pest control chemicals out of agriculture would lead to increased use of valuable natural resources and an attendant rise in greenhouse gases, according to a study born of three years of data collection.
Ali Ubeyitogullari, assistant professor of food engineering for the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, is part of the team that recently won a new Outstanding Early Career Researcher Award…
The Arkansas Water Resources Center will co-host its annual conference July 16-18 to address a broad spectrum of water issues including stormwater, source water protection, groundwater, and stakeholder perceptions and education…
A study of the effects of mowing on a common weed has found that what doesn’t kill you can make you stronger. A study published in Nature’s Scientific Reports has found that frequent mowing of Solanum elaeagnifolium may help create a “superweed.”..
Borrowing a page from the dairy industry, researchers with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station found that a slow-growth diet meant more piglets and healthier and longer-lived momma pigs…