A possible Japan trade deal, food labeling, USDA rice and cotton forecasts and more.

Arkansas Farm Bureau President Randy Veach spoke to Kevin Miller of Newsradio 102.9 KARN on Thursday to discuss attempts to pass a Farm Bill in Congress, the latest developments in trade and other issues affecting Arkansas farmers and ranchers.

The growing black vulture problem in Arkansas, legal and trade issues, public policy updates, news and more.

Sorghum troubles, Farm Bill proposal analysis, a WOTUS updates, Chinese hogs and soybeans and more.

Updates on NAFTA, Chinese tariff threats, Japanese beef tariffs, gene-edited crops and more.

Following up on our podcast interview, we took our cameras to visit Brett Ausley on his family ranch in Hot Spring County. He showed us around and explained why he got into Wagyu beef and began selling it directly to consumers through social media and to local restaurants.

After reaching critically low levels in the 1990s, water table levels in the Sparta Aquifer in south Arkansas are being recharged thanks to a countywide campaign undertaken by the Union County Water Conservation Board, the local Chamber of Commerce and other area organizations. In this edition of Arkansas AgCast, Arkansas Farm Bureau’s Ken Moore sat down with two of the key leaders of the campaign to save the aquifer to discuss their efforts and the results.

In recent years ranchers have begun selling meat directly to consumers and area restaurants, making use of a growing number of local meat processing facilities. One example is Kenny Simon, a University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture pasture and forage specialist and third-generation cattle producer near Saltilo in Faulkner County.

A tax reform fix, a Bayer-Monsanto merger update, another El Nino, Syngenta settlement news and more.

Timber production in Arkansas is valued at more than $3 billion. Private landowners own almost 60 percent of the forestland in the state providing them a significant marketing and money-making opportunity. Hear from one Arkansas timber producer about his approach to succeeding in the industry.