Meet the Stewart family! Josh and Dana Stewart are sixth-generation farmers in White County. They operate a cow/calf herd, and their primary business model is selling bulls to commercial customers. They also run a show goat operation, providing students with project animals to show across the nation. They also have two children who are active on the farm.
The Stewarts are one of eight district winners to be recognized with the Farm Family of the Year program. Over the next several weeks, we will be posting profiles of all eight families leading up to the announcement of the 2024 Arkansas Farm Family of the Year.
Rep. Rick Crawford hosted a group of farmers Monday afternoon to talk about the proposed Farm Act, explaining the legislative framework of the program and the challenges it faces to become law. Arkansas Farm Bureau President Dan Wright also spoke to the group of more than 100, highlighting the collaboration with the American Farm Bureau to advance this legislation in the absence of a farm bill.
IT’S BACK! On this episode of Filthy Farm Jobs, Abbie Ribble heads down to Hope to join Chris Sweat in sorting and tagging animals for the monthly sheep and goat auction. New episodes of Filthy Farm Jobs will be coming on the last Monday of the month!
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The Benton County Farm Bureau, along with other local businesses, hosted special needs children at Embassy Suites in Rogers for a “trick or suites” event. Using the book Charlotte's Web, the Benton County office promoted an ag theme this year to educate kids on farming.
With 52 counties experiencing drought, many farmers and ranchers are facing challenges. Even with the forecasted rain moving across the state, early hay feeding and soil health are big concerns moving into the winter.
Cory Babb and his wife Lee moved to Searcy mid-pandemic to be closer to family. This led to them starting The Firelight Farms, a year round, no-till produce farm, growing everything from lettuce to sweet potatoes. Watch to learn about some of the practices and passions that go into this farm.
A Jan. 1, 2025 deadline that could affect more than 230,000 American farms carries steep penalties. Are you ready? Plus, we cover the latest global food price data from the World Bank and review the current cattle inventory trends. This episode is packed with information and comes to you from the state’s only weekly ag news program, the Arkansas AgCast.
Transplants from Missouri, Adam and Melissa Millsap moved to Northwest Arkansas and started Turnbuckle Farm in August of last year. They’ve hit the ground running with their urban farm offering a wide range of services from a Community Supported Agriculture program, farm-to-table dinners, fresh produce, a food truck and future bike trails.
There’s news of possible legislation that could provide financial relief to farmers, and we have the details on who is expected to bring that to the floor and how it could help. Plus, the latest data on Arkansas farm income is in and we’re in decline for the second year running. We discuss the details of all this and more on this episode of the state’s only weekly ag news program, the Arkansas AgCast.
When Tia and Ryan Broderick’s family experienced a life-changing house fire in Colorado, they decided it was time for a change. Soon thereafter, they moved back to Arkansas to be next to Tia’s family in Scott County and were gifted a Katahdin sheep. This began a journey into farming and a new life mission for The Farmhouse on Persimmon Hill.
