Between 10 and 15 inches of rain earlier this month caused the Black River in northeast Arkansas to flood for the third time this year. Many farmers were preparing to harvest their crops but now will not be able to. ...
Farmers and ranchers in Virginia have been dealing with an increasing regulatory burden from federal agencies, particularly in the Chesapeake Bay region. Arkansas Farm Bureau’s environmental issues committee traveled to Virginia recently to see first-hand how farmers and ranchers there ...
Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD, a disease of the nervous system in deer and elk that results in brain lesions and death has been detected in five northwest Arkansas counties. In response, the Game and Fish Commission has established a ...
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Farm Bureau Scholarship Foundation Committee has named the 12 recipients of the $3,000 Farm Bureau Foundation scholarship for the 2016-2017 school year.Scholarship recipients are Arkansas residents, members of a Farm Bureau family and enrolled as ...
LITTLE ROCK – The eight district winners in the 69th annual Arkansas Farm Family of the Year Program have been selected, representing the diversity of Arkansas agriculture, the state’s largest industry. The district winners will now be judged to determine ...
LITTLE ROCK — Christen Talley of El Dorado (Union Co.) and Emma Williams of Searcy (White Co.) were winners at the 59th annual Arkansas Dairy Foods Contest held June 1 at the state fairgrounds in Little Rock. Christen Talley, 16, ...
The Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation extends its deepest condolences to the family, friends and co-workers of KARN radio news reporter Gary DiGiuseppe, who died Wednesday morning in an automobile accident in Little Rock.The former farm director of the Arkansas Agriculture ...
Earlier today, EPA and the U.S. Army Corps released their final rule defining “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act, following interagency review. Arkansas Farm Bureau President Randy Veach reacted to the ruling with this statement:"Based on ...
LITTLE ROCK — John Bailey has been hired as director of environmental and regulatory affairs for the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation. Bailey has 20 years of experience working on air and water issues in both the public and private sectors.In ...
