Delta Dirt Distillery is a family-owned craft distillery in the Arkansas Delta, making spirits from the family’s fifth-generation farm in Phillips County. We talked with founder Harvey Williams about the journey of growing up on a farm and finding a unique and creative way to secure the future of the family’s premiere crop, sweet potatoes. Watch our story to learn about the Williams family journey and how you could try their farm-to-bottle spirits.
This week, we bring you tricks and treats, as we learn about disgusting Dead Man’s Fingers and mildly terrifying carnivorous plants and we talk about fun fall harvest and Halloween activities.
This week, we hear about the 2021 corn crop and get an update on grain markets. We also learn the ins and outs of cover crops and talk about the value and importance of Arkansas Farm Bureau membership.
When autumn's harvest begins, there's little time for words. We listen instead to the sounds of the combines, tractors and trucks as they gather the crops and work to bring another farm year to a close.
Shaylee Wallace Barber has joined the Arkansas Farm Bureau public relations team as a field communications specialist. In this position, she will focus on identifying and telling agriculture stories in the northwest and southwest regions of Arkansas.
It’s Arkansas State Fair time and our PR team took a field trip to try out all the food up for grabs this year. Arkansas Farm Bureau is again a major sponsor of the Arkansas State Fair.
This week, we talk to Arkansas State Fair Livestock Director, Chris Bacchus about the benefits of showing livestock and poultry. We also talk to Leigh Ann Bullington about the role as family consumer science educator, and we hear about the Farm Bureau PR team’s visit to media day at the state fair.
