Excerpt: The Mississippi River south of St. Louis is once again experiencing dangerously low water levels as the region enters the fall harvest season. For the fourth consecutive year, water levels have dropped to critical lows, significantly impacting grain transportation, barge traffic, and cash basis prices at river terminals…
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September 2025 Celebrate Arkansas Grown Rice During National Rice Month
Excerpt: LITTLE ROCK — Though Arkansas is the No. 1 producer of rice in the United States, Jarrod Hardke, extension rice agronomist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said he often hears from residents who don’t know the crop is being grown in their own backyard…
Ozarks Trees Show Early Fall Colors Amid Drought
Excerpt: The flash drought that has developed across the Ozarks has put not only the grass in your backyard under a lot of stress, but the trees as well. The very dry conditions cause the trees to go into survival mode. Rather than hold onto the leaves, they’ll drop them to help conserve water…
August 2025 Meteorite Event Over Northern Arkansas
On Saturday evening, August 16, 2025, what NASA calls a “flat-trajectory, long-lasting fireball (meteorites event)” occurred over northern Arkansas. It was extremely bright and … August 2025 Meteorite Event Over Northern ArkansasRead more
Major U.S. Crops Remain in Good to Excellent Shape, Wheat Mixed
Excerpt: In an August 4, 2025 article from the Brownfield Network, it was reported that many of the U.S. crops are currently stable with little change from week to week thanks to the favorable weather in the Plains states and Midwest states. In fact many U.S. crops such as corn, soybeans, rice, cotton, and sorghum are in good to excellent condition, though the wheat ratings are more mixed…
Why Table Rock Lake Empties First
Excerpt: If you’ve ever spent time around Table Rock Lake when the lake level is high after repeated heavy rainfall events, you may have noticed something curious. The water levels here start dropping before you see any change at nearby Beaver Lake or even the massive Bull Shoals Lake downstream…
How Animals of the Ozarks Survive Winter
Excerpt: Some dormant animals go into hibernation, one adaptation animals make to survive the season. Conservationists are quick to point out that not all creatures commonly believed to be hibernators truly hibernate…