State asks USDA to pay bird-flu costs
The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission is seeking a $44,500 grant to cover the cost of mitigation of an isolated outbreak of avian influenza in Scott Co…
Stories by Steve Painter
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Tyson income jumps in 3rd quarter
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale on Monday reported sharply higher yearover-year third-quarter net income, citing strong sales in its chicken and beef segments a…
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Growers of cattle: ’13 grass greener
Arkansas cattle ranchers, in the wake of the 2012 drought that dried up pastures and shrank hay supplies, turned increasingly this year to management technique…
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Tyson cooks up new products
SPRINGDALE — Tyson means poultry. Everybody knows that, right?
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Lindsey plaintiffs sent to U.S. court
A lawsuit against Lindsey Management Co. Inc. of Fayetteville has been moved, at least for now, from Saline County District Court to the U.S. District Court fo…
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Business pluses, minuses observed
Business owners and leaders were treated to a mixed bag of optimism and pessimism when they gathered Wednesday at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith.
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Forage testing pushed by UA
University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture researchers are cautioning beef and other livestock producers to test and monitor their forage supplies for nitr…
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LR sign slaps poultry industry
A new billboard put in place Wednesday in Little Rock targets Tyson Foods Inc. and the poultry industry in general for what critics claim are unsanitary and un…
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50-year-old fruit station still branching out
CLARKSVILLE — It all started more than six decades ago when the University of Arkansas’ agriculture division established a research station to help farmers sup…
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FarmAid says meat contracts favor packers
A new report by FarmAid, the farmer advocacy group founded by country music legend Willie Nelson, takes Tyson Foods Inc. and other large meat companies to task…
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‘Hardware disease,’ other stock hazards surface after storms
Heavy storms and localized flooding this spring have left Arkansas ranchers dealing with so-called hardware disease and other livestock challenges.
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Meat origin-label rule riles industry
U.S. meat and livestock groups this week sharply objected to newly implemented U.S. Department of Agriculture requirements on country-of-origin labeling, sayin…
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Study: Gas drilling in state hasn’t contaminated wells
Shale-gas production in Arkansas has not resulted in groundwater contamination, according to a study by researchers at Duke University and the U.S. Geological …
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Wal-Mart cuts Bangladesh suppliers
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Tuesday that it has barred dozens of apparel factories in Bangladesh from supplying goods to the retailer.
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Wal-Mart touts career prospects
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville has begun a national television and online marketing campaign focusing on how the company not only helps customers save mon…
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Tyson’s 2nd quarter uneven
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale on Monday reported mixed results for the second quarter of its fiscal year, with revenue rising slightly to $8.4 billion compare…
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UA centers partner on retail technology
Two centers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville are partnering on research to implement new and emerging visual identification technology in retail s…
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Wal-Mart tests policy in Fort Smith
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Wednesday that it is fulfilling a commitment that Bill Simon, president and chief executive of the company’s U.S. stores division, ma…
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Arkansans inspired agriculture policy, U.S. secretary says
FAYETTEVILLE — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack paid homage Tuesday to Arkansas’ farming and livestock industry, noting that he was motivated by former Ar…
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Wal-Mart: Energy goals on track
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville on Monday reaffirmed its goal of eventually being powered 100 percent by renewable energy such as solar and wind power, out…
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News reports of scant stock irk Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville has come under scrutiny — and not in a favorable way — for being out of stock on some items and for customers facing long w…
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Internet sales tax gaining headway
Congress is now debating legislation, dubbed the Marketplace Fairness Act, that would add state sales taxes to many items shoppers now buy from Internet retail…
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Report: Wal-Mart curtails efforts in India
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville has slowed its expansion in India amid allegations of bribery as the retailer sought to expand its presence in one of the w…
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River system braces for cuts
Businesses that rely on barge traffic on the 440-mile McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System to move fertilizer, grain and other commodities are raisi…
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Wal-Mart CFO’s report mostly upbeat
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s chief financial officer delivered a mostly upbeat report Tuesday on the company’s performance in its U.S. operations as well as its grow…
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Retailer to add smaller outlets
Wal-Mart is signaling that its smaller-format stores — Neighborhood Market and Express, primarily — will play a larger role in the company’s future growth.
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Wal-Mart launches female-retailer site
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Thursday launched a new shopping website, Empowering Women Together, aimed at boosting the sales of merchandise at small businesses own…
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Animal activists target Wal-Mart over sow stalls
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is being targeted by animal welfare groups seeking to end the pork industry practice of housing sows in gestation stalls that allow little…
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Wal-Mart’s medical-clinic fever waning
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in 2007 outlined an ambitious effort to open as many as 2,000 in-store, walk-in medical clinics over the next five years.
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Wal-Mart profit up 8.6% for 4th quarter
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Thursday reported an 8.6 percent increase in fiscal fourth-quarter profit but cautioned that shoppers are pressured by high gasoline pr…
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Car-Mart’s quarter blows hubcaps off analysts’ forecasts
America’s Car-Mart, the Bentonville-based buy-here, pay-here auto dealer, reported third-quarter net income Tuesday of $8 million for the period ending Jan. 31…
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Tyson report scores first ‘ A’
An international monitoring group has given Tyson Foods Inc. an “A” rating in its new corporate responsibility report for a high level of disclosure and transp…
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NEWS IN BRIEF
P.A.M.’s net loss put at $311,010 P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. of Tontitown on Wednesday reported a net loss of $311,010, or diluted loss per share of 4…
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Network turning Wal-Mart ‘greener’
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville is partnering with the Mother Nature Network, operator of the websites mnn. com and treehugger.com, to identify and publici…
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Tyson’s first-quarter income climbs 11%
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale reported Friday that its net income rose 11 percent in the first quarter of its 2013 fiscal year, which ended Dec. 29, reaching …
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Arkansas Best net in hole
Arkansas Best Corp. of Fort Smith on Wednesday reported a net loss of $7.9 million for its fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, citing a continuing weak freight marke…
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Partnership offers legal, medical aid
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and its charitable arm are participating in a medical-legal partnership to assist patients from low-income households at Texas Children’s …
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J.B. Hunt sets profit records
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $84.0 million, or 70 cents per share, for the period ending Dec. 31…
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Retailer foresees online rev-up
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. signaled last week that it envisions a larger role in the future for its online operation.
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Wal-Mart employees rally, claim retaliation
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. workers staged rallies Friday in several of the retailer’s stores in other nations, claiming workers have been disciplined for seeking cha…
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Detail in leak report disputed
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale and federal regulatory agencies overseeing workplace safety remained at odds Monday over the cause of a chemical leak at the com…
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Social media marketer going to town
Just off the square downtown, a small, 3 1/2-year-old marketing firm with expertise in the social media arena is undergoing a significant expansion, though not…
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Wal-Mart new target in labor suit
Attorneys acting on behalf of California workers at warehouses that supply Wal-Mart stores filed an amended federal court complaint Friday seeking to add the r…
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Canadians pull out of deal to purchase Whirlpool property
Fort Smith city and economic development officials are once again seeking a buyer for the idle Whirlpool Corp. plant after a potential buyer pulled out of the …
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Labor board closes Wal-Mart inquiry
The National Labor Relations Board has closed its investigation into whether Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and one of its union-funded critic groups violated provisions…
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Some cut short Thanksgiving, get in lines
Christmas shoppers looking for “Black Friday” deals got a head start on their lists this year as multiple retailers pushed their opening times back into Thanks…
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Tyson profits nearly double
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale reported Monday that it nearly doubled its fourth-quarter earnings over a year ago, even as revenue showed a slight decline.
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Wal-Mart net up to $3.6 billion
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Thursday reported that third-quarter net income for the period ending Oct. 31 rose 9 percent over the same period a year ago to $3.64 b…
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Wal-Mart to report earnings Thursday
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is scheduled to release Thursday its third-quarter sales and earnings report for the period that ended Oct. 31.
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Season bright, retailers forecast
U.S. retailers appear to be headed for a solid Christmas selling season, although sales growth is expected to lag behind last year’s gains.
