Top 2014 Arkansas ag stories - List

LITTLE ROCK – Here are the top 10 agriculture stories in Arkansas for 2014 based on a poll of editors and those who work in the industry: 

1. 1. 2014 Farm Bill throws new complexities at farmers, bankers
   2. Turner Grain files for Chapter 11 protection
   3. Hog farm in the Buffalo River watershed
   4. Arkansas climbs to No. 2 in turkeys
   5. Commodity prices slide
   6. Record yields forecast for soybeans, cotton and corn
   7. Oct. 7 hailstorm damages more than 55,000 acres of cotton and soybeans
   8. David Bennett breaks soybean yield record at 112-plus bushels per acre
   9. National Peanut Board recognizes Arkansas a major peanut producing state
   10. Tyson acquires Hillshire Brands in $7.7 billion deal.

To see an archive of all our news stories for 2014, visit http://uaex.uada.edu/media-resources/news/.

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By Mary Hightower
The Cooperative Extension Service
U of A System Division of Agriculture

Media Contact: Mary Hightower
Dir. of Communication Services
U of A Division of Agriculture
Cooperative Extension Service
(501) 671-2126
mhightower@uada.edu

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