Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers assembled the first chromosome-scale rice stink bug genome, identifying more than 13,000 genes tied to feeding, adaptation and possible insecticide resistance.
University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture economists and agronomists say soybean harvest hit a record 27% complete for the week of Sept. 11, with rice more than half done and southeastern growers already cutting May-planted beans.
AgHeritage Farm Credit Services hired Allie Wright as a credit officer trainee based in the Stuttgart office serving Arkansas County, eastern Jefferson County, and southern Prairie County.
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman joined Hanwha Defense USA on Sept. 21 for a ribbon cutting on a $2.2 billion advanced munitions manufacturing campus at the Pine Bluff Arsenal.
Simmons Bank will close its 1704 N. University Drive branch in Pine Bluff and 8107 Dollarway Road branch in White Hall by Dec. 4 as part of 26 closures across six states.
Graphyte cut the ribbon Sept. 10 on an expansion of its Loblolly Facility in Pine Bluff, nearly tripling building space and lifting annual capacity to 50,000 durable carbon-removal credits.
The Pine Bluff Regional Chamber of Commerce monthly meeting is 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Oct. 7 at the UAPB Business Support Incubator, with speaker Phillip Carlock, interim superintendent of the Pine Bluff School District, the Chamber newsletter and Pine Bluff Commercial reported.
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