The 48th annual MU Hundley-Whaley Farm, Field and Family Day at Albany on Sept. 3 features wagon tours with overviews of ongoing research at the farm. MU Extension specialists and other industry experts will offer insight into current crop diseases, soybean research and topics from whiskey corn to pollinators. (File photo by Linda Geist.)
Satellite image of Hurricane Delta, taken Oct. 9 2020. (Image courtesy NOAA)

Tropical systems spin up Mid-South crop insurance rates

  • By Mary Hightower │ U of A System Division of Agriculture
PLANT MEMORY — Researchers with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station have shown how soybean plants can pass on adaptive traits to progeny after experiencing drought and herbivory (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo by Manish Gautam)

Study: Soybeans seem to inherit the bad memories of their parents

  • By John Lovett │ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
Ornithodoros turicata ticks taken during a Texas A&M AgriLIfe Research project in Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. (Brian Rich/Texas A&M AgriLife)
Corn and soybeans (University of Illinois Extension)

Corn after soy: New study quantifies rotation benefits and trade-offs

  • By Lauren Quinn │ University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Danielle Graham, left, works alongside her advisee Karen Echevarria, a lab assistant and undergraduate student at the University of Arkansas majoring in animal science. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo)

Investigating probiotics as a new poultry hatchery disinfectant that keeps good bacteria

  • By Maddie Johnson │ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
Sara Wyant
Jennifer Bell bison at Nachusa Grasslands (Photo: Jennifer Bell - University of Wyoming)