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Arkansas Soybean Producer Achieves 120 Bushel Mark Arkansas Soybean Association

By Shayla Crowder | September 12, 2019

Little Rock, AR (September 11, 2019) – The Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Challenge is pleased to announce that Matt Miles has topped the 120 bushel per acre mark in the Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Challenge with a yield of 120.533 bu/a.  Miles planted Pioneer P48A60X on April 22. The field in…

Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board Releases 2019 Research Report The report outlines checkoff investments, offers production information to growers

By Shayla Crowder | August 28, 2019

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (August 26, 2019) – The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board (ASPB) has released its 2019 Arkansas Checkoff-Funded Research Report, which outlines research allocations and includes details on every soybean production research project in the 2019 fiscal year. The purpose of the report is to provide valuable production information and transparency to Arkansas soybean…

Arkansas Irrigation Yield Contest

By Shayla Crowder | June 4, 2019

The Most Crop per Drop Irrigation Contest measures yield divided by total water use of rain plus irrigation. The winner with the highest water use efficiency or most crop per drop wins. There are three commodity categories. To request a portable flowmeter for the contest, see your local Extension office, NRCS field office, or Conservation…

Soybean Yield Contest Winners Announced

By Shayla Crowder | December 27, 2018

Little Rock, AR (December 17, 2018) – The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board and the Arkansas Soybean Association are pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Contest.  The contest divided state soybean producers into 8 groups, 7 geographic regions and 1 all state conventional (non-GMO) category.  Cash prizes will…

Arkansas Farmer Appointed to National Soybean Board Jim Carroll III will be sworn in at annual meeting

By Shayla Crowder | November 7, 2018

LITTLE ROCK (November 7, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue appointed Arkansas farmer Jim Carroll III to the United Soybean Board (USB). Carroll of Brinkley, Arkansas is a returning member having served nine consecutive years on the national board, where he has represented the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board since May 2010. Carroll, along…

November Dedicated to Largest Row Crop in Arkansas

By Shayla Crowder | October 25, 2018

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Oct. 29, 2018) – Governor Hutchinson proclaims November Arkansas Soybean Month, recognizing the impact of the state’s top row crop, soybeans. Ranked 10th in the nation for soybean production, the 3.5 million acres harvested last year in 41 of Arkansas’s 75 counties yielded 178.5 million bushels valued at $1.7 billion. Grown in…

Tool Kit to Provide Outreach Materials for Implementing Voluntary Smoke Management Guidelines and to Inform About Prescribed Fire as a Management Tool

By Shayla Crowder | August 30, 2018

LITTLE ROCK, AR – A tool kit is available for partners in agriculture and conservation to promote the implementation of Voluntary Smoke Management Guidelines by row crop farmers, and to inform the public about the value of prescribed fire as a management tool. Outreach materials including videos and public service announcements are included in the…

Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Contest ENTRY DEADLINE AUGUST 1, 2018

By Shayla Crowder | July 9, 2018

      GROW FOR THE GREEN SOYBEAN YIELD CONTEST Entry Deadline August 1, 2018 Little Rock (July 2, 2018) – The Arkansas Soybean Association is pleased to announce the continuation of the Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Challenge.  This is the 8th year for the contest and it is open to all soybean…

Family-Owned Steakhouse Partners With Educational Food Program

By Shayla Crowder | June 7, 2018

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (June 7, 2018) – Taylor’s Steakhouse is known throughout the Mid-South for soy-fed steaks on the menu, but the returning Kitchen | Fields Table Tour partner is becoming known throughout Arkansas for its support of Arkansas soybean growers. The Kitchen | Fields Table Tour, an educational food program created by the Arkansas…

Arkansas Soybean Grower Partners With Educational Food Program Marianna grower and restaurateur shows Arkansans direct impact of soybean industry on state

By Shayla Crowder | May 1, 2018

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (May 1, 2018) – J Town’s Grill, a rising local favorite in Jonesboro owned by a Lee County soybean producer, kicks off their fourth year as a Kitchen | Fields Table Tour featured restaurant. Created by the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board, the Kitchen | Fields Table Tour is an educational food program…

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