Between 10 and 15 inches of rain earlier this month caused the Black River in northeast Arkansas to flood for the third time this year. Many farmers were preparing to harvest their crops but now will not be able to. ...
Wildy Family Farms, the 2015 Arkansas Farm Family of the Year, understands the benefits of allowing on farm research projects. “We do a lot of on farm research,” said David Wildy, owner of Wildy Family Farms in Mississippi County. “We do a ...
Farmers and ranchers in Virginia have been dealing with an increasing regulatory burden from federal agencies, particularly in the Chesapeake Bay region. Arkansas Farm Bureau’s environmental issues committee traveled to Virginia recently to see first-hand how farmers and ranchers there ...
Members of Arkansas Farm Bureau’s Environmental Issues Committee traveled to Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay area to visit local farms and ranches, learn about increasing regulatory challenges Virginia farmers are facing and steps they are taking to deal with them. In this ...
U.S. Representative Bruce Westerman took part in a panel discussion with Representative Rick Crawford and U.S. Senator John Boozman at the Arkansas Rice Expo Aug. 10. The Republican congressman from Arkansas’ fourth district joined them in discussing a variety of ...
Twenty agricultural leaders from across the state of Arkansas gathered in Fayetteville August 5-6 for the final session of Arkansas Farm Bureau’s President’s Leadership Council. Jackson Alexander was one of members of the 2016 PLC and in this conversation, discusses ...
Governor Asa Hutchinson proclaimed August 7-13 Farmers Market Week in Arkansas. More than 100 farmers markets in almost every county play an important economic role in local and regional food systems and have become weekly destinations for consumers throughout the ...
Twenty agricultural leaders from across the state of Arkansas gathered at the University of Arkansas’ Bumpers College of Agriculture, Food and Life Sciences for the final session of Arkansas Farm Bureau’s President’s Leadership Council. Two of the guest speakers were ...
Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD, a disease of the nervous system in deer and elk that results in brain lesions and death has been detected in five northwest Arkansas counties. In response, the Game and Fish Commission has established a ...
The Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch in Batesville is a place of hope and healing as well as a permanent residence for young people in need of a safe environment to live. It’s also a working ranch that teaches them life ...
