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News - July 2024
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July 2, 2024 |
Avian influenza, USDA-APHIS response topic of NALC's July 17 webinar FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — In the more than two years since the current outbreak began, highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, has proven to be a highly adaptable foe, infecting not only poultry, but also dairy cattle and their human handlers. |
July 2, 2024 |
Invasive tick found in Boone County cattle, July 11 webinar to address concerns LITTLE ROCK – A tick found in a Boone County cattle herd has been confirmed as the invasive Asian longhorned tick, known for carrying a parasite that can be deadly to cattle. |
July 2, 2024 |
SIDEBAR: USDA grant helps Arkansas researchers track invasive tick FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Researchers with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture have landed a $270,000 grant to map the spread of an invasive tick species in Arkansas. |
July 2, 2024 |
Improving rice quality focus of NIFA-funded Arkansas research FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Research in Arkansas to improve rice quality was recently supported with two new U.S. Department of Agriculture grants that total over $885,000. |
July 1, 2024 |
High tunnels, Arkansas Diamonds featured at 2024 Horticulture Field Day HOPE, Ark. — Last week 97 growers, gardeners and horticulture enthusiasts headed to Hope, Arkansas to hear about fruit, vegetable and ornamental research being conducted at the Southwest Research and Extension Center. |
July 1, 2024 |
Cotton, soybeans are up, corn tumbles, seed shortage moves rice toward medium grain LITTLE ROCK — The June “Acreage” report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed cotton with its highest acreage in more than a decade and soybeans on the rise, while corn tumbled and rice shuffled between long and medium grain acres in Arkansas. |
July 1, 2024 |
Seed funding incubates ideas to improve agriculture through engineering FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Ingenuity in agriculture requires collaboration, and seed funds, to make an impact. |
July 1, 2024 |
RCA trellising system, microclimate control enhances pest management in Arkansas blackberries FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — As blackberry season peaks in Arkansas, research is shedding light on a trellising system that could improve pest management for blackberry growers. |