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PODCAST: Smoke Management Guidelines

Listen to our interview with Arkansas Farm Bureau State Board Member Jon Carroll of Moro as he discusses the work of the Voluntary Smoke Management Guidelines Task Force recently formed by the state’s rice industry. Task force members are working together to find ways farmers can voluntarily manage this smoke from field burning to reduce the possibility of any associated health and environmental impacts.
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PODCAST: Riced Vegetable Controversy

We sat down with Arkansas Rice Federation Executive Director Lauren Waldrip Ward to discuss the rise of "riced" vegetable products and the problematic way these products are being marketed to consumers.
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PODCAST: The State of Rice

In the conversation Michael Klein of the USA Rice Federation updates the situation concerning rice trade with China and why protecting the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada is so important.
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Fathers, Farming, and Fighting Time

Quinn Brown lived for farming, but at 94, he is struggling against the ravages of time and Alzheimer's. Now his devoted son and grandson are making sure he can still take part in the work that was his passion for so long.
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Cache River Flooding

Craighead County farmer Shannon Davis lost this 80-acre bean field near Bono and another 1,100 acres of rice and soybeans, about 20 percent of his overall acreage, when the nearby Cache River backed up over his farm following more than ...
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PODCAST: Phytosanitary Protocol for rice

Government officials have confirmed that the United States and China have agreed on a phytosanitary protocol that will finally open the door for U.S. milled rice to be exported to this important market. This is a major announcement for the ...
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Bowling named 2015-16 Miss Arkansas Rice

BRINKLEY — Lynnsey Bowling of McCrory (Woodruff County) was named 2015-16 Miss Arkansas Rice on Aug. 22 at the Brinkley Convention Center. Bowling attends McCrory High School and is the daughter of Roger and Carrie Bowling.Emma Williams of Searcy (White ...
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