JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Field burning continues to be a hot topic in Northeast Arkansas, especially with recent haziness. K8 News spoke with crop consultant Tyler Hydrick and Dr. Shane Speights of ...

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - State Representative Fran Cavenaugh held a meeting at the Jonesboro Chamber of Commerce on Friday, Dec. 13 to hear from the farming community. In November, Cavenaugh filed a ...

For over 200 years in the United States, sugar cane field burning has been a tool that farmers use in the pre-harvest season to remove the tops of the sugar cane plant. However, the smoke from that ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday over the state agriculture department's findings on field burning. Attorney Brad Purdy represents the American Lung Association ...

John Achee Jr. was transported back to 2008 when he read about a recent fatal crash that was attributed to low visibility caused by smoke from an agricultural field burn. The October wreck in ...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - Parties involved in a lawsuit against northern Idaho bluegrass seed growers today agreed on a settlement. After court costs and expenses, about 600-thousand dollars will be ...

Why is the burning of fields allowed in these dry, windy conditions? I have been keeping track of three fires set by our neighboring ranchers this morning. All three have required the intervention of ...

State Rep. Beryl Amedee, R-Houma, grew up in the Terrebonne Parish community of Schriever surrounded by sugar cane fields. Many members of her family farmed sugar cane, and her grandfather worked in ...

Chelsea LaPoint had given little thought to the practice of agricultural field burning until the day Louisiana State Police troopers showed up at her Lake Arthur door with the news that her husband ...

According to the Oregon Department of Agriculture, the prep burning started at 1 p.m. on Aug. 14, and full burning followed. There are multiple field burns on Aug. 14, including in the Aumsville, ...