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Farm Bureau’s Veach Named to USDA-USTR Committee

LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Farm Bureau President Randy Veach, a cotton, soybean and corn farmer from Manila (Mississippi County), has been appointed to the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Trade Advisory Committee for Tobacco, Cotton and Peanuts. The appointment ...
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Senate Passage of TPA Moves Bill Forward

LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Farm Bureau reinforced its support for Trade Promotion Authority on Wednesday, following Senate passage of a proposal that allows U.S. trade negotiators the ability to reach agreement with other nations on trade matters that are not ...
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2015 District Farm Families of the Year Named

LITTLE ROCK – District winners for the 68th annual Arkansas Farm Family of the Year Program have been selected. The district winners will now be judged to determine a state winner to be announced Dec. 10 at the Farm Family ...
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PODCAST: Impact of flooding on agriculture

Wes Ward, secretary of the Arkansas Agriculture Department, discusses the severity of flooding on farms and ranches in the Arkansas and Red River valleys and what type of federal aid is being sought.
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Arkansas Dairy Foods Contest winners named

LITTLE ROCK — Jordan Williams of Bonnerdale (Hot Spring Co.) and Zack Williams of Nashville (Howard Co.) were winners at the 58th annual Arkansas Dairy Foods Contest held June 3 at the state fairgrounds in Little Rock.Jordan Williams, 15, daughter ...
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Arkansas Farm Bureau Hires Anderson for PR Role

LITTLE ROCK — Rob Anderson has been hired as director of public relations at the Arkansas Farm Bureau, where he will help guide organizational messaging, development of new communication tools and manage the social media team.Anderson, 43, has spent the ...
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House passes legislation blocking WOTUS rule

With a strong bi-partisan vote, the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday overwhelmingly passed HR 1732, the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act which will block implementation of EPA’s proposed Waters of the U.S. rule and force the agency to develop a new ...
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