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Mary Hightower

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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Mary Hightower, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture

    UADA to lead statewide effort to reduce food insecurity in Arkansas (opens the original)

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    With nearly one in five Arkansans unsure of where his or her next meal is coming from, the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture is leading a statewide effort to improve access to food. “Food insecurity is a major challenge in our state,” said Deacue Fields, vice president-agriculture for the University of Arkansas System, and head of the Division of Agriculture. “Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a study showing that Arkansas has the highest rate of f

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Mary Hightower, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture

    Canola added to Arkansas enterprise crop budgets for 2027 (opens the original)

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    JONESBORO -- With harvest of summer’s crops underway, some farmers are planning for fall-planted canola, and they now have a financial tool to help them make decisions about the crop. “With growers seeing little to no relief this year from high input costs, and with margins for the major row crops remaining compressed, growers are considering every alternative,” said Scott Stiles, extension economics program associate for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture. Just-released en

  3. Article · Sep 12, 2026 · Mary Hightower, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture

    Dry weather continues to drive Arkansas soybean, rice harvest at record pace (opens the original)

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    Arkansas’ soybean harvest is moving at a record pace for this time of year, according to the Crop Progress report issued this week from the National Agricultural Statistics Service. “At 27 percent complete, the soybean harvest for the week is the fastest on record,” said Scott Stiles, extension economics program associate for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture. “Most of the crop that has been harvested so far was planted during March and April,” Jeremy Ross, extension s

  4. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Mary Hightower, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture

    Surviving the Downturn: Ag economists team up to show how we got here, and what the future holds (opens the original)

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    As agriculture faces its darkest period since the 1980s, a team of economists from across the Southeast documented their answers to “how did we get here?” and “how do we recover?” into a sweeping publication titled “Surviving the Farm Economy Downturn: 2026 Update.” CLICK THE PDF to download the 155-page report. “The number of farm bankruptcies is rising across the South, and much like previous downturns, producers are asking for advice on how to manage their way out of this hope

  5. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Mary Hightower, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture

    Researchers zap microbe DNA in the name of food safety (opens the original)

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    Researchers are gauging the effectiveness of electron beams in the fight against foodborne illness pathogens in poultry. "Impact of Electron Beam (eBeam) Treatment on Meat Quality and Sensory Attributes of Ground Chicken and Turkey," was published in the August 2026 edition of the journal Poultry Science. At the heart of the study is eBeam, a non-thermal technology that uses high-energy electron beams that cause irreparable damage to pathogen DNA. Foodborne illness is no small thing. The U.S. Ce

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