#Plant24 in Arkansas is wrapping up quickly and we’re still moving at a historic pace, but how does the crop quality look? Has it been impacted by storms? We answer that on this episode. Plus, you may be shocked at the increase of soybean seed prices in the last 20 years, and we’ll tell you why the new vet school dean at A-State has experience that may be music to farmers’ ears. All that and more on the latest episode of the Arkansas AgCast.

Jessica Hogue of Hackberry Farm in Independence County took her passion for knitting to the next level. In 2019 she decided to start raising Shetland Sheep to turn their wool into yarn. Now she runs a successful business selling products that are knit from wool produced on her farm. Watch to learn more!

Pesky pop-up showers slowed some planting, but most Arkansas farmers are reporting a good start to the growing season. Feather Farms Partnership near Searcy has healthy corn and soybeans but decided to forgo rice in 2024. Proprietor Jacob Feather explains why in our latest video.

Origami Sake, strategically built on top of the famous underground water supply in Hot Springs, is brewing up quite the attention-grabbing beverage. It all started with a dream to take Arkansas’ unofficial “Rice State” title to the next level by building the country’s largest craft sake brewery, and they’re doing it with Arkansas-grown rice. Take a trip with us to the Spa City to learn all about this millenniums-old process of turning rice into a craft beverage. What we learned made us re-think everything we knew about sake.

Garland County students recently attended the inaugural Garland County “Intro to Ag Day.” Thanks to Garland County Farm Bureau these students were able to learn about all things agriculture in hopes of increasing interest in FFA and agriculture classes in their future educational path.

For Lauren Castleberry, what started as a small hobby has developed into something much bigger. Her passion for growing her own produce has now turned into a full-scale market, with greenhouses and farm events.

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In 2017, farmers in Grubbs, Arkansas were faced with a problem of a low-weight road and sharp corners cutting them off from their local rice drier.

Tyler and Monica Griffin of Independence County have been making Cave Creek Farms into their dream farm. They produce high-quality, registered shorthorn cattle and sheep to become affordable project animals for FFA and 4-H kids.

The invasive Apple Snail was recently found in a live crawfish shipment coming from Louisiana to Arkansas. Experts say while there may not be an immediate concern for rice farmers currently, land owners and crawfish enthusiasts alike should be aware of the snails and alert Arkansas Game and Fish if they spot any of the invasive species.