Arkansasonline Governor says lawmakers should pull bill that would change how Arkansas farms get permits by Emily Walkenhorst  Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he wants state lawmakers to pull a bill that would change how hog farms and other farms are permitted. In a meeting with reporters on Monday afternoon, Hutchinson […]

Arkansas Times The clean water fight puts spotlight on agency not up to the task  Posted By Max Brantley on Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 7:27 AM The Farm Bureau has assembled a mighty rural lobbying force to transfer regulation of liquid animal waste (pig manure particularly) from the Department of Environmental Quality to the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, which isn’t always able to […]

Talk Business Gov. Hutchinson: Not ‘right time’ to transfer control of state’s animal waste program from ADEQ by Wesley Brown ([email protected]) Gov. Asa Hutchinson told reporters on Monday (March 25) that he does not a support a controversial proposal approved by the Arkansas Senate last week that will transfer oversight of liquid […]