Story by DDNS Reporter Jerry Don Burton Schools across Arkansas are learning to embrace the natural state’s top crop as the Rice in Schools program pilot run continues. The Arkansas Rice in Schools program, launched by the Arkansas Department of Agriculture in collaboration with Arkansas Rice and USA Rice, is an initiative to teach students
Photos and Story from DDNS Reporter Jerry Don Burton March 18, 2026 The Nettleton School Board heard presentations on an initiative to educate students about rice and effective AI use in classrooms at its monthly meeting. Rice in Schools Pilot Initiative Leslee Tell, farm-to-school coordinator for the United States Department of Agriculture, addressed the board
by Melissa Martin Delta Digital News Service JONESBORO, Ark. — Arkansas cotton acreage is experiencing an all-time low in Arkansas’ history of growing cotton. It’s estimated the latest planted acrea… Source: Cotton Acreage Experiencing All-Time Low in Arkansas
Originally posted on Photojournalism @ stAte: With cotton production at a 38 year low, Logan Dewitt and his father Allen (not pictured) experience technical difficulties with their picking machine in the cotton field on Nov. 5, 2015. The cotton picking machine fails to wrap the cotton, causing it to fall out unpackaged. This creates an unwanted…
Story by DDNS Reporter Jerry Don Burton Schools across Arkansas are learning to embrace the natural state’s top crop as the Rice in Schools program pilot run continues. The Arkansas Rice in Schools program, launched by the Arkansas Department of Agriculture in collaboration with Arkansas Rice and USA Rice, is an initiative to teach students
This report from DDNS Reporter Shailey Wooldridge.
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by Melissa Martin Delta Digital News Service JONESBORO, Ark. — Arkansas cotton acreage is experiencing an all-time low in Arkansas’ history of growing cotton. It’s estimated the latest planted acrea… Source: Cotton Acreage Experiencing All-Time Low in Arkansas
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