Pick up know-how for tackling diseases, pests and weeds.
Farm bill, farm marketing, agribusiness webinars, & farm policy.
Find tactics for healthy livestock and sound forages.
Scheduling and methods of irrigation.
Explore our Extension locations around the state.
Commercial row crop production in Arkansas.
Agriculture weed management resources.
Use virtual and real tools to improve critical calculations for farms and ranches.
Learn to ID forages and more.
Explore our research locations around the state.
Get the latest research results from our county agents.
Our programs include aquaculture, diagnostics, and energy conservation.
Keep our food, fiber and fuel supplies safe from disaster.
Private, Commercial & Non-commercial training and education.
Specialty crops including turfgrass, vegetables, fruits, and ornamentals.
Find educational resources and get youth engaged in agriculture.
Gaining garden smarts and sharing skills.
Timely tips for the Arkansas home gardener.
Creating beauty in and around the home.
Maintenance calendar, and best practices.
Coaxing the best produce from asparagus to zucchini.
What’s wrong with my plants? The clinic can help.
Featured trees, vines, shrubs and flowers.
Ask our experts plant, animal, or insect questions.
Enjoying the sweet fruits of your labor.
Herbs, native plants, & reference desk QA.
Growing together from youth to maturity.
Crapemyrtles, hydrangeas, hort glossary, and weed ID databases.
Get beekeeping, honey production, and class information.
Grow a pollinator-friendly garden.
Schedule these timely events on your gardening calendar.
Equipping individuals to lead organizations, communities, and regions.
Guiding communities and regions toward vibrant and sustainable futures.
Guiding entrepreneurs from concept to profit.
Position your business to compete for government contracts.
Find trends, opportunities and impacts.
Providing unbiased information to enable educated votes on critical issues.
Increase your knowledge of public issues & get involved.
Research-based connection to government and policy issues.
Support Arkansas local food initiatives.
Read about our efforts.
Preparing for and recovering from disasters.
Licensing for forestry and wildlife professionals.
Preserving water quality and quantity.
Cleaner air for healthier living.
Firewood & bioenergy resources.
Managing a complex forest ecosystem.
Read about nature across Arkansas and the U.S.
Learn to manage wildlife on your land.
Soil quality and its use here in Arkansas.
Learn to ID unwanted plant and animal visitors.
Timely updates from our specialists.
Eating right and staying healthy.
Ensuring safe meals.
Take charge of your well-being.
Cooking with Arkansas foods.
Making the most of your money.
Making sound choices for families and ourselves.
Nurturing our future.
Get tips for food, fitness, finance, and more!
Understanding aging and its effects.
Giving back to the community.
Managing safely when disaster strikes.
Listen to our latest episode!
Will it be a 2017 or 2018 Farm Bill? Webinar presents insight on new farm bill debate
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture will host a webinar about the new farm bill currently being debated in Congress.
Beekeeping short course buzzing into Batesville this September
LITTLE ROCK – Batesville will be hosting a three-night short course for wannabe beekeepers on Sept. 11, 18 and 25 at the University of Arkansas Community College Batesville.
In Arkansas, neighbor helping neighbor harvest as Harvey’s heavy rain looms
BRADLEY, Ark. – Arkansas farmers were rolling combines full tilt in an effort to save harvest-ready crops from Hurricane Harvey’s messy remnants.
Stockpiling fescue way for extending grazing season
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – It’s still summer, but now is the time to be thinking about stockpiling forage for the winter, said Dirk Philipp, associate professor-animal science, for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
2017 Forestry Workshop: 'To cut or not to cut'
HOPE, Ark. – Landowners considering harvesting and selling their timber, but want to know how to estimate its value and make the best sale, can learn how Sept. 14 during the 2017 Forestry Workshop at the Southwest Research and Extension Center.
Award named for Division of Ag researcher and wife presented to inaugural recipient
JOSEPH, Mich. – An award named for a University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture professor and his wife has been presented for the first time.
Fall Walk Across Arkansas begins Sept. 17
LITTLE ROCK – Does your fitness program need a little boost now that the summer is winding down? The fall edition of Walk Across Arkansas begins Sept. 17 and runs through Nov. 11.
Commodity futures prices drop sharply in wake of new USDA production estimates
LITTLE ROCK – Prices for most commodities have taken a beating in the week since the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its Aug. 10 Arkansas Crop Production report.
John Clark wins National Plant Breeders Association Impact Award
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — John R. Clark, Distinguished Professor of Horticulture and director of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture fruit breeding program, received the National Association of Plant Breeders Impact Award during the NAPB Annual Meeting Aug. 7-10 in Davis, California.
Emergency forum on redbanded stink bug set for Aug. 17
LONOKE, Ark. and STONEVILLE, Miss. – August has shaped up as an explosive month for a difficult-to-control and highly damaging pest in soybean, prompting organization of the Ark-La-Miss Emergency Forum on Redbanded stink bug, set for Aug. 17 at the Capps Center in Stoneville, Mississippi.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Behind the pale walls and barred windows of the Garland County Detention Center sits a green garden. A sign anchored in the soil, standing above the plants reads: “The Teaching Garden.”
Second NEREC dicamba field day scheduled for Aug. 15
KEISER, Ark. – The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture will be hosting a second field day with a focus on dicamba at the Northeast Research and Extension Center on Tuesday, Aug. 15.
Division of Agriculture researchers testing blackberry trellis for feasibility in state
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. – Researchers with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s Fruit Research Station are looking at the potential for an innovative trellis system to increase overall blackberry production in the state.
Arkansas 4-H forestry team claims national championship for second year
WESTON, W. Va. — For the second year in a row, four Arkansans took the national title at the National 4-H Forestry Invitational.
As rice harvest approaches, growers hope for higher temperatures, less rain
STUTTGART, Ark. – After a tumultuous spring, in which rains and flooding upended more than 10 percent of total rice acreage throughout Arkansas, swallowing sunk input costs and costing the state an estimated $175 million in crop losses, the nation’s No. 1 rice producer is slowly moving toward harvest.
Potassium test tool to be on display at upcoming Pine Tree field day via kitchen drawer
MARIANNA, Ark. – As anyone who works with their hands will tell you, the simplest tools can be the hardest to improve upon. At the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s Soil Testing Laboratory in Marianna, however, researchers may have done the next best thing.
Division of Ag researchers find volatility in all dicamba formulations they tested
KEISER, Ark. – Work done by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture has found that every dicamba formulation its researchers tested demonstrated volatility, and they also found that some formulations could continue to volatilize at least 36 hours after application and move from the target site in spite of the most label-compliant application efforts.
Downloadable actualities are available.
Governor to sign Arkansas Farmers Market Week proclamation
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson will sign a proclamation this Friday, declaring Aug. 6-12 as Farmers Market Week in the State of Arkansas.
Cooler than average temps boost primocane blackberry crop
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. — Unusually mild temperatures in June and much of July yielded a bonus in the primocane blackberry plots at the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s Fruit Research Station.
Soybean Science Challenge launches gardening project
LITTLE ROCK — The Soybean Science Challenge, a program that encourages Arkansas high school students to study innovative and scientific aspects of the state’s No. 1 crop, has launched Grow Your Own Protein, a program designed to help school and community gardens benefit their respective constituents through a closer connection with agriculture.
Stenholm: Political system ‘absolutely broken,’ stymieing Farm Bill
STUTTGART, Ark. — A deeply divided Congress and nation make passing legislation, such as the Farm Bill, an increasingly difficult task, said Charlie Stenholm, former ranking member of the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture and keynote speaker at the 2017 Arkansas Rice Expo.
Division of Agriculture researchers receive grant for cover crop study
JONESBORO, Ark. – Researchers with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture will study the efficacy of using cover crops in reducing growers’ nitrogen fertilizer needs, retaining soil moisture, and growing profit margins during a three-year demonstration scheduled to begin this fall.
Soybean season aided by cooler temps, but herbicide drift leaves statewide yield in question
LITTLE ROCK – The soybean harvest may still be more than two months out, but unseasonably cool temperatures could propel some growers in the state toward a very strong harvest in 2017.
Extension demo plot shows most economic management tool during heavy fall armyworm year
NEAR STAR CITY, Ark. – Fall armyworms don’t bother with calendars. They’re here, they’re hungry and – never mind that it’s mid-summer – they’re in their second generation.
Researchers add gene editing to rice research toolbox
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Rice scientists are developing advanced gene editing tools for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture crop breeding toolbox.