USDA Reports
Bryan Norcross: Watching an area off the Southeast coast for possible development in a few days
Fox WeatherFri Sep 13, 9:56AM CDT
Updated at 10:30 a.m. ET on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024.A frontal system extends from the remnants of Francine over Arkansas across north Florida to a developing non-tropical, low-pressure system off the Southeast coast. The National Hurricane Center is painting an area offshore of Georgia and the Carolinas where the developing...
Another dry week for crops in Arkansas
Brownfield Ag NewsMon Sep 9, 3:42PM CDT
Dry conditions continued in Arkansas, where farmers are making progress with the harvest. Ninety-six percent of the state’s corn is mature with 73% now harvested. Nearly all corn in Arkansas has reached at least the dent stage. Eighty-three percent of the cotton bolls are opening, which is a big jump...
Arkansas crops doing well in the home stretch
Brownfield Ag NewsTue Sep 3, 3:58PM CDT
Crops across Arkansas are continuing to do well as harvest rolls on. Ninety-three percent of the corn is mature and 58% of the corn has already been harvested. As of Sunday, 24% of the corn is rated excellent, 53% good, and 20% fair. All of the cotton in Arkansas has...
AR cropsArkansas crops doing well in the home stretch
Brownfield Ag NewsTue Sep 3, 3:42PM CDT
Crops across Arkansas are continuing to do well as harvest rolls on. Ninety-three percent of the corn is mature and 58% of the corn has already been harvested. As of Sunday, 24% of the corn is rated excellent, 53% good, and 20% fair. All of the cotton in Arkansas has...
Corn 30% harvested, rice 23% harvested in AR
Brownfield Ag NewsMon Aug 26, 3:42PM CDT
An Arkansas-based field agronomist says harvest is fast approaching in the eastern portion of the state. Koch Agronomic Services’ Matt Fryer tells Brownfield, “Overall, things are progressing nicely and growers are getting corn harvested, rice is getting close.” “I’m sure there’s some combines hitting the field now, but if not,...
Senate Ag Committee Ranking Member says research investments needed
Brownfield Ag NewsTue Aug 20, 12:12PM CDT
The ranking member of the U.S. Senate Ag Committee says that without investments in research and technology, American agriculture risks losing its advantage over the rest of the world. Arkansas’ John Boozman tells Brownfield, “In the framework that we laid out, and I believe it was the same in the...
Crops doing well in Arkansas
Brownfield Ag NewsMon Aug 19, 4:28PM CDT
It was another mostly-dry week for Arkansas farmers, and crops looking good. Ninety eight percent of Arkansas corn is in the dough stage, with 91% dented and 76% of the crop mature. Seventeen percent of the state’s corn has been harvested. Twenty-two percent of the corn is rated excellent and...
Arkansas takes steps to fight food insecurity
Brownfield Ag NewsThu Aug 15, 12:28PM CDT
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has announced funding to address food insecurity in the state. Four organizations will receive up to $10,000 as part of an inaugural “food desert elimination grant”. Funding was awarded to Innovative Community Concepts, the McElroy House in Yell County and the city of Pine Bluff,...