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Following reorganization in 2019, Arkansas state government's executive branch contains fifteen cabinet-level departments. Many formerly independent departments were consolidated as "divisions" under newly created departments under a shared services model.
Arkansas Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers & Ranchers is an extension of a national program by the same name. Young Farmers & Ranchers is program designed to increase the participation of young men and women, between 18 and 35, in county and state level Farm Bureau Organizations, programs and events.
Jonesboro (/ ˈ dʒ oʊ n z b ʌ r ə /) is a city located on Crowley's Ridge in the northeastern corner of the U.S. State of Arkansas. Jonesboro is one of two county seats of Craighead County. In 2023, the city had an estimated population of 80,560, [4] making it the fifth-most populous city in Arkansas.
New food hub will help local farmers in Northwest Arkansas
The Arkansas legislature in 1888 established the Agricultural Experiment Station with matching federal funding from the Hatch Act of 1887. The first AES Director, Albert Menke , used increased funding for faculty and staff to expand the research program and course offerings by the same faculty members.
In Arkansas, the lieutenant governor is elected separately from the governor and can be from a different political party. [15] Following reorganization in 2019, state government is subdivided into fifteen departments, each led by a cabinet-level official (titled secretary): Department of Agriculture; Department of Commerce; Department of ...
The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture is the agricultural research center for the University of Arkansas (UA).. The Division has over 1,650 faculty and staff members, including about 250 with PhD degrees in Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service units on five university campuses, at five regional centers, seven research stations, nine specialized ...
One such method that is being adopted more and more by rice farmers in Arkansas is straight-levee rice cultivation. [8] Other common methods of irrigation include flood/ levees , of which 1,089,036 acres of rice (74.9% of total acreage) were irrigated with in the year 2003, as well as flood/multiple inlets, of which 361,168 (24.8% of total ...