Agriculture

Healthy Flavors Arkansas and its partner farms are working to get fresh, local produce and farm-to-table lessons into school cafeterias across the state.

As climate change strains Arkansas's rice industry Little Rock Public Radio's Amir Mahmoud reports on efforts to breed rice varieties resistant to heat drought and high nighttime temperatures.

Randy Dixon of the Pryor Center looks back at farm broadcaster John Philpot's decades on Arkansas TV, from rice harvest reports to a brush with a mechanical bull.

An invasive tick species is spreading a deadly cattle disease across Arkansas. Experts say the Asian longhorned tick has now been confirmed in 10 northern counties.

After Kala Rath found no ordinance permitting sheep in Fayetteville, she worked with City Council member Sarah Moore to change the urban agriculture code. The vote passed unanimously June 2.

Historian Jared Phillips joins Ozarks at Large to trace the history of beef cattle in the Ozarks, from open-range grazing before the Civil War to today's cattle market.

Arkansas farmer Tim Wells and conservation advocate Rebecca Bartels warn that proposed USDA budget cuts could devastate farm support services statewide.

A University of Arkansas study finds black soldier fly frass, a byproduct of insect farming, improves soil health and reduces insect leaf damage to soybeans and switchgrass by up to 45%.

University of Arkansas historian Jared Phillips talks with Matthew Moore about the Ozark Organic Growers Association and its role in creating the national USDA organic standard.

Arkansas had more farm bankruptcies in 2025 than any other state. Northwest Arkansas Food Bank president Taylor Speegle says hunger requires policy — not just food banks — to solve.