On Big D Ranch near Center Ridge, members of the DeSalvo family have been raising cattle since the 1800s. Today they focus on the development of registered Ultrablack bulls and heifers using artificial insemination, genetic selection and ultrasound data to advance the breed.
Arkansas Farm Bureau Senior Education Coordinator Matt Jackson provides an overview of Farm Bureau's new, state-of-the-art mobile teaching tool, the AgTech Training Lab, during a visit to Arkansas Tech University.
The voting delegate session was held today, Jan. 21st, at the 2020 Annual American Farm Bureau Convention in Austin, Texas. Arkansas members joined 346 delegates from across the country who worked to set 2020 policy positions on issues important to the organization's 6 million members.
The third day of American Farm Bureau Convention in Austin featured a number of educational workshops on key topics in agriculture, as well an appearance by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.
We're at the American Farm Bureau Convention in Austin for another day of competitions and events, including a visit from the President of the United States himself.
Arkansas Farm Bureau is in Austin, Texas, for the annual American Farm Bureau Convention and Trade Show. The first day had a heavy focus on Young Farmers & Ranchers. Watch the highlights.
Arkansas recently hosted a Tri-State Soybean Forum in Dumas for more than 150 soybean producers and consultants. Following two difficult production years, growers were informed about new seed varieties and herbicide technologies that will be available this year. Farmers are hopeful prices and weather will be better in 2020.
The award-winning tree farm at the University of Arkansas Livestock & Forestry Research Center near Batesville provides research and education programs important to state landowners. Station Forester Mike McGowan shared some highlights with us and walked us through the process of oak tree regeneration.
Tommy Sorrells grew up on his family's cattle and sheep ranch in the community of Royal in western Garland County. Now 79, he still enjoys raising Angus cattle, interacting with young people showing their animals at the county fair and being involved in leadership on the county level. He's endured storms, drought and periods of low prices for his livestock, but has weathered them all. This is his story.
We talked to Chris Bacchus of Bacchus Family Adventure Farm in Hagarville, who describes how he’s slowly shifted his family's farming operation from a focus on commercial cattle and poultry to agritourism and exotic animals.
