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MANILA– Big Lake Wildlife Management Area and Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge will be closed to daytime public access March 6-12. The following week, the U of A (University of Arkansas) Pine Tree Wildlife Management Area will be closed March 13-19. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services, in cooperation with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, will be conducting aerial operations aimed at reducing feral hog populations in the areas. The flights will be dependent on the weather.

Pruning is a horticultural practice that modifies the growth and structure of the plant. The reasons for pruning include to promote a strong tree structure, provide balanced growth and productivity, provide quality light penetration, maintain a healthy plant, control plant size and train young plants.

Mountain Home (Grassroots Newswire)- According to the National Weather Service, March marks the start of the spring severe weather season: “…three months of danger that can imperil the unprepared.1”

$25.3 million went back into the hands of Farm Credit members across Arkansas in late February. As a financial cooperative, members share in the profits when their Farm Credit association has a profitable year.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) reinforced his commitment to protecting agricultural producers and landowners against overreaching regulations that put Washington in charge of ditches, ponds and puddles in Arkansans’ backyards.

Madison, NJ (Grassroots Newswire- In recognition of their outstanding sales production and commitment to quality service, Century 21 Real Estate LLC recently honored the following CENTURY 21 teams with the CENTURY 21® 2021 President’s Team Award. The annual award is bestowed upon those independent CENTURY 21® sales teams that earn the CENTURY 21 CENTURION® Team award and the CENTURY 21 Quality Service Pinnacle Team award in the same calendar year.

Little Rock– Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced an allocation to the Arkansas National Guard Foundation of $250,000 that will directly support members of the Arkansas National Guard, veterans, survivors and their families. The Foundation provides support to the 8,000 currently serving Guard families and the 250,000 veterans across Arkansas through programs in all 75 counties.

Fayetteville– Arvest Equipment Finance announced today it closed more than $418.6 million in gross production in 2021, a record total for the division of Arvest Bank. That represents a year-over-year increase of more than 49 percent.