Cooperative Extension Service Departments
Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
Welcome to the Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness web site. Below you
will find a description of the areas available on our web site. If you need
additional information regarding Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, please
contact 501-671-2347.
Agricultural and Food Policy
The objective of the Agricultural and Food Policy web site is to increase the
understanding of public decision making by providing sources of information,
data, analysis and news on public policy issues impacting Arkansas producers.
Farm Production and Management
Here you will find information primarily on cost of production estimates and
budgeting tools for row crops and specialty crops.
Horticulture Business Resources
Commercial Horticulture includes the areas of fruits, ornamentals, turf,
vegetables, and herbs. On this site you will find links to web sites that
provide information in the areas of horticulture production, marketing, and
legal/human resources.
Marketing
Marketing their crops and livestock has always been important to the
profitability of Arkansas producers. As American agriculture moves steadily to a
market-oriented and global system, it is expected marketing will have a greater
affect on farm-level profitability. Planting decisions will be based on expected
market returns more so than in the past. Producers will experience greater
exposure to price and yield risk. Thus, market information, records, and
available marketing tools increase in their importance to successfully manage
price risk.
MarketMaker
MarketMaker is an online marketing resource available to Arkansas’ farmers,
businesses, and consumers. It is an interactive web resource aimed at promoting
the products and businesses of agricultural producers.
Newsletters and Publications
Here you will find our Farm Management and Marketing Newsletter as well as
information on Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Publications.
Precision Agriculture
Precision agriculture is information technologies applied to agriculture.
Technologies not limited to global positioning systems (GPS), geographical
information systems (GIS), automated controllers and guidance, variable rate
application technology, remote sensing, instantaneous site-specific sensors are
typically spatial in nature.
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