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Lonoke Agriculture Business Academy
The Lonoke School district recently began construction on a 30,000-square-foot Agriculture Business Academy, the first of its kind in Arkansas. The facility will house five hands-on programs of study designed to prepare students for skill-based careers right out of high ...
A Legacy in Soil & Water Quality | Dr. Andrew Sharpley
Dr. Andrew Sharpley has had a major impact on agriculture in Arkansas. Sharpley, who retired recently as a Distinguished Professor in the department of crop, soil and environmental sciences for the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, is known for his work ...
Meet the Hills
Meet Nathan and Nicole Hill, swine, poultry and cattle producers near the community of Newhope on the Pike and Howard County line. Nathan left a job as a high school football and baseball coach, while Nicole left a nursing career ...
2023 YF&R Excellence in Ag Award Finalists | Hannah Walker
Meet Hannah Walker of Henderson (Baxter Co.), she is a finalists for the Arkansas Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers Excellence in Agriculture Award. Walker Farms began with a gifted replacement heifer has grown into a their own herd. With ...
Arkansas AgCast | April 29, 2021
On this week’s edition, we learn about a new video project called “Experience Arkansas Agriculture,” and we talk to agriculture economics professor Dr. Bob Stark, who is retiring this summer after a distinguished career at the University of Arkansas at ...
AGCAST: Honoring Member Service Representatives
Member Service Representatives from county Farm Bureaus across Arkansas came together in Little Rock recently for their biennial conference. The event included a “Service Awards” recognition program honoring some of these "MSRs" for their years of service to the organization. ...
2023 YF&R Excellence in Ag Award | Kelley Family
Meet Reed and Sarah Kelley of Saltillo (Faulkner Co.), they are finalists for the Arkansas Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers Excellence in Agriculture Award. The Kelleys own Big and Rich Cattle Company. From their commercial cattle herd they sell ...
PODCAST: Seeking Future Vets at 4H Vet Science Camp
This week 55 teenagers participated in a three-day Arkansas 4-H Veterinary Science Camp at the Pauline Whitaker Arena on the University of Arkansas campus. They took part in a variety of hands-on sessions with veterinarians including honeybees, equine and cattle. ...
PODCAST: Veterans 4 Ag Summit
The first Veterans 4 Ag Summit will be held Friday, Oct. 6 on the campus of Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. Arkansas is home to more than 200,000 military veterans, many of whom may be finding it hard to re-enter ...
Holderfield awarded Farm Bureau Vines Scholarship
Award honors memory of Arkansas farm broadcasting pioneer Clayton Holderfield of Cabot (Lonoke County) is the 2019 recipient of Arkansas Farm Bureau’s Marvin Vines Memorial Scholarship. The award was announced at Arkansas State University’s Department of Media Student Honors Banquet ...