U.S. Senator John Boozman was presented the “Friend of Farm Bureau” award, which this year is being awarded to each member of Arkansas’ congressional delegation, for their exemplary voting records in support of agriculture and Farm Bureau priority issues. In ...
The Arkansas State Fair and Livestock Show opens October 14 in Little Rock. County fairs are an important part of the fabric of rural America and they serve to determine which young people will get to have their animals judged ...
All six members of Arkansas’ congressional delegation have earned Friend of Farm Bureau distinction, and will be recognized with the honor over the next two weeks in ceremonies to be held across the state.U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton, ...
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame is seeking nominations from the public for its class of 2016. The nomination deadline is Nov. 4.The Agriculture Hall of Fame recognizes Arkansans who are or have contributed significantly to the ...
It’s known as “Fresh 2 You,” a partnership between the city of Little Rock, Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance, Mosaic Church and an organization of produce farmers called Raising Arkansas. The groups have come together to make it more convenient for ...
Craighead County farmer Shannon Davis lost this 80-acre bean field near Bono and another 1,100 acres of rice and soybeans, about 20 percent of his overall acreage, when the nearby Cache River backed up over his farm following more than ...
Excessive rainfall in August once again caused the Cache and other rivers in northeast Arkansas to flood cropland. For many farmers the flood came just before harvest and a portion of their crops were destroyed, primarily rice and soybeans. Shannon ...
Governor Asa Hutchinson joined Arkansas Surgeon General Greg Bledsoe and members of the state’s medical community at a news conference expressing their opposition to two November ballot initiatives that would legalize “medical marijuana.” This podcast features the comments of Governor ...
Knowing how to effectively engage in meaningful dialogue about GMOs in the public arena was the topic at a recent meeting of the University of Arkansas Collegiate Farm Bureau. Vance Crowe, director of millennial engagement at Monsanto was invited to ...
Arkansas Farm Bureau has joined the Arkansans Against Legalized Marijuana coalition which includes the state Chamber of Commerce and Family Council Action Committee which opposes a proposed initiated act that would legalize “medical marijuana.” Arkansas Surgeon General Dr. Greg Bledsoe ...
