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With urea prices up, Arkansas farmers may be looking to soybeans instead of other crops as planting season gets underway. (University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture file photo).
Arkansas, Colorado, Corn, Cotton, Cotton, Crops, economy, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Other Crops, South Dakota, Soybeans, Texas, Wheat, Wyoming

War impacting urea prices

War-spiked urea prices may prompt increase in soybean acres, according to Arkansas Extension crop specialists. Read More

December strawberry growing in Independence County, Arkansas, found just before Christmas. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo by Matt Davis.)
Regional Roundup, Southern Region, Weather

Warm weather prompts early undercover strawberries, but winter’s cold looms

Horses in the post parade at Oaklawn Park. (Image courtesy Mary Hightower.)
Ag News, Horses, Livestock

Picture is brighter for off-the-track thoroughbreds



Farmstead (Journal photo by Jennifer Carrico.)

Arkansas orders Chinese-owned company to divest farmland

Cyber security concept. Man using application on laptop, closeup (iStock - Liudmila Chernetska)

Online safety top of mind during 20th annual Cybersecurity Awareness month

  • By Mary Hightower │ U of A System Division of Agriculture

Compassion fatigue: When the world weighs heavily on your heart and mind