Ag Insider

Arkansas Farm Bureau's team of commodity and agricultural economics experts will frequently provide data, analysis and commentary on the impacts of natural disasters, weather, pending state and federal legislation and more. These reports and graphics will be saved and organized here by year. 

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April 2026 Ag Insider | Fertilizer Pre-Purchases Tell a Different Story in Arkansas

 

April 2026 Ag Insider | Prospective Plantings

March 2026 Ag Insider | Reference Prices Are Rising, But Is the Safety Net Keeping Up?

 

 

January 2026 Ag Insider | Senators Boozman, Hoeven Push for Expanded Farm Assistance

December 2025 Ag Insider | Farmer Bridge Assistance Program

 December 2025 Ag Insider | Farmer Sales Tax Identification Cards

 November 2025 Ag Insider | Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner in Arkansas Drops Nearly 20% in 2025

October 2025 Ag Insider | New Federal Rule Reshapes Farmworker Wages Under H-2A Program

September 2025 Ag Insider | Understanding Federal Aid Proposals and the Cattle Market

September 2025 Ag Insider | Drought Relief Efforts: Better Data, More Aid and How You Can Help

September 2025 Ag Insider | Farm Bankruptcies on the Rise: What It Means for Young Farmers and the Future of Southern Agriculture

August 2025 Ag Insider | Premises IDs: What to Know

 

July 2025 Ag Insider | The U.S.–Mexico Tomato Suspension Agreement: Its Role in Trade, Market Dynamics and the Future for U.S. Tomato Growers

July 2025 Ag Insider | Key Agriculture Provisions Included in One Big Beautiful Bill Act

 

May 2025 Ag Insider | Agriculture Aid in the “Big, Beautiful, Bill”

 

May 2025 Ag Insider | Neopestalotiopsis: A Fungal Threat Facing Arkansas Strawberry Farms

 

April 2025 Ag Insider | Seed Oil Combined

 

April 2025 Ag Insider | 2025 Prospective Plantings

 

March 2025 Ag Insider | USDA’s Emergency Commodity Assistance Program

 

February 2025 Ag Insider | Egg Prices Have Flown the Coop

 

December Ag Insider | Economic Assistance for Arkansas Crop Producers

 

November Ag Insider | Corporate Transparency Act Compliance

November Ag Insider | 2024 Thanksgiving Dinner Survey

 

October Row Crop Division Update | Farm Assistance and Revenue Mitigation Act (FARM Act)

 

September Ag Insider | Arkansas Land Values 2024

August Ag Insider | Enhancing Program Access and Delivery for Farm Loans

 

July Ag Insider | Regulatory Roundup

July Ag Insider | June USDA Reports

May Ag Insider | House Ag Committee Passes Farm Bill

April Ag Insider | Calf Crop Market Planning

March Ag Insider | Packers & Stockyards Act

February Ag Insider | International Shipping Disruptions

January Ag Insider | Navigating the H2A Application Process

2023 Analysis and Reports

December Ag Insider | Arkansas Game and Fish New Promotions for Land Owners

November Ag Insider | The Cost of a 2023 Thanksgiving Dinner in Arkansas

October Ag Insider | Producer Sign-On Herbicide Strategy Letter

October Ag Insider | Drought Challenges Along the Mississippi: Impact on Agriculture and Transportation

Row & Specialty Crops | H-2A Notice of Proposed Rulemakings

Cotton Division | Abandoned Pesticide Collections Set for Fall

August Ag Insider | How the New H-2A Wage Requirements Affect Arkansas Farmers

July Ag Insider | Farm Bill Funding

June Ag Insider | The Importance of Sales Tax Exemptions to Arkansas Agriculture

Corn & Soybean Divisions | Margin Protection

May Ag Insider | Examining the Farm Bill: Overview

Beef Division | FDA Over-the-Counter Livestock Antibiotic Restrictions Take Effect June 11th

Swine Division | Supreme Court Rejects Hog Farmers’ Arguments Against California’s Proposition 12

Rice Division | Rice Production Program

Specialty Crops Division | Arkansas Peach Freeze Impact

April Ag Insider | Prospective Planting Outlook

Small Ruminant Division | Farm Bureau Unveils Newest Commodity Division

March Ag Insider | March Commodity Outlook

February Ag Insider | Arkansas Land Values

Rice Division | FY 2023 Omnibus Package

January Ag Insider | Foreign Land Ownership

Poultry Division | Avian Influenza & ArFB State Convention Recap

2022 Analysis and Reports

Ag Insider | Thanksgiving Dinner in Arkansas

Ag Insider | Low Mississippi River Level Impacts

Ag Insider | Margin Protection

RFID Mandate Repeal Explained

Drought Impact on Livestock Explained

2021 Analysis and Reports 

Estate Tax Analysis: Arkansas Farms Impact

2021 Spring Flood Impact Report