ARKANSAS TOURISM The organizers of a new initiative are hopeful that consumers will take a back road and help drive tourism dollars into rural Arkansas.

... store," said Andrew McKenzie, associate professor of agricultural economics and agribusiness. "That role has been ... and poultry sectors. Bruce Dixon, also a professor of agricultural economics and agribusiness, said meat prices ...

CASH (AP) -- Like an oil-gusher, well water shoots out of the ground and ripples through stalks of rice as Joe Christian, surveying his fields, wonders aloud how long it can last.