Gov. Mike Beebe has received word from U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack that more Arkansas farmers will now be eligible to apply for emergency low-interest loans from the federal government. 

... made available statewide for the FY 2009 Program year. This is a 50 percent matching grant provided by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service with cooperation from the State Forester. The Arkansas Forestry Commission Accepts and ...

FIVE POINTS, Calif. (AP) A hardy but pedestrian plant is doing triple duty in California's agricultural heartland.

Home sales have been down in Conway and Faulkner County over the past year. Those in the housing industry are hopeful that consumers will take advantage of several factors working in their favor and that the industry will pick up in the next few months.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The U.S. Department of Agriculture is almost doubling its support for a $95.5 million food aid program that focuses on hungry children in poor countries.

Let's be honest. At times, the fashion industry seems inherently eco-unfriendly. It's built on the notion of seasonal obsolescence (imagine for a second that your lightbulbs were designed to go dark every two to six months) and more or less constant consumption.

Food gardening will jump 19 percent this year over last year, according to a new survey by the National Gardening Association (NGA). The reason why shold be fairly obvious the recession and rising prices have people looking to their yard to save money on food.

... Sens. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, introduced a bill that would allow the U.S. Department of Agriculture to regulate foods sold in school vending machines. Lunches served in school cafeterias must comply with ...

Amidst plummeting overall and same-store sales, mall retailer Dillard's reported its second straight quarterly loss. The Little Rock-based department store chain posted an $11.3 million quarterly loss for the 13 weeks ended Nov. 3. One year ago, Dillard's showed a small third quarter profit of $13.6 million. Revenues fell ...

On Nov. 1, members of the Faulkner County Retired Teachers Association went on an outing to Mount Magazine State Park near Paris.