Kristin Lehman has been raising turkeys as a 4-H livestock project for several years, and has helped provide the turkeys pardoned by Gov. Asa Hutchinson for the last three years. Now she’s “passing the turkey torch” to someone new, so she sat down to tell us about her experience working with the popular poultry and being a part of a holiday tradition.
The Malcom Family are the West Central District Farm Family. Kent and Anita with their daughters Amanda and Kelly run the family farm which includes a herd of cattle, hay production, and Love Creek Nursery.
The East Central District Farm Family are the Trail family of Cottonwood Farms. Located in St Francis County, brothers Rusty and Dusty Trail along with their sons operate a row crop farm that has a rotating cycle of Cotton, Corn, Soybeans, and Milo.
The North Central District winner is the Broadwater Family of Independence County. They operate a multi-generation Cow-Calf ranch in the foothills of the Ozarks.
Our next FFOY District winners are Kaleb and Chrisie Smith of Schwerin Farms, Inc. in Benton County. Learn about their multi-generation cattle operation and recent partnership into the feed business.
As his 2021 harvest was wrapping up, Brian Alumbaugh of McCrory shared with us the importance of friends, families and farm hands to his Woodruff County row-crop operation and talked about the year just passed.
As his 2021 harvest season was winding down, Benton Felts of Joiner (Mississippi County) shared insights into the ups and downs of farming during the year just passed.
Over the next few weeks leading up to our Farm Family of the Year Luncheon, we will be showing a glimpse at all eight district winners. Starting off with the Western District winners, meet the Foshee’s of Conway County and learn about their Pecan Orchard.
The Arkansas State Fair’s annual Junior Livestock Auction highlighted the top junior exhibitors. Showing veteran Jack Hoyle tells us what it means to raise and show livestock and ArFB President Rich Hillman talks about supporting the young people involved in the event.
