University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture

Holiday online shopping. (Adobe Stock │ #398882019 - WESTOCK)
Holidays, Home and Family

Tips to avoid overspending, overconsumption when gift giving

Cultural pressure to buy perfect, plentiful gifts for friends and family can cause consumers to make irresponsible financial decisions. Read More

Cattle in feedlot in West Texas. (iStock │ #174479340 - dhughes9)
Arkansas, beef, Beef, Livestock

With U.S. beef slaughter down, consumer prices likely to remain high

Close-up of cover crops growing between rows winter wheat stubble. (Photo: iStock - mvburling)
Arkansas, Crops, Midwestern Region

Arkansas looks at favorable temps



Hay bales (Journal photo by Lacey Newlin)

Arkansas Hay Verification Program seeking participants for 2026

Soybean harvest in Monroe County, Arkansas, taken Sept. 22, 2025. (U of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture image by Dustin North)

UADA analysis shows Arkansas farmers to suffer losses for corn, cotton, long grain rice, soybeans

Jonathan Kubesch used an ATV pull-behind broadcast seeder followed by harrowing to increase seed-to-soil contact (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo)

UAM partners in multi-state study on crabgrass pasture establishment

  • By Traci Rushing │ U of A System Division of Agriculture
2025 Rural Profile Arkansas

Rural Profile of Arkansas available

Broiler chick held by Rebekah Drysdale, a Ph.D. student in the poultry science department for the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo by Paden Johnson)

Calcium tests in poultry offer chance for improved feed efficiency

  • By John Lovett │ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
September is Better Breakfast Month. (U of A System Division of Agriculture image)

Better breakfast month: Why breakfast matters

  • By Mary Hightower │ U of A System Division of Agriculture
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
Hay bales (U of A System Division of Agriculture courtesy photo by Dirk Philipp.)

Spring bumper hay crop followed by dry fall in Arkansas

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