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.
The Lammer family have been farming in Northeast Arkansas for over 50 years. This week, they used their experience to pass along agriculture knowledge to a younger generation. Third graders from the Gosnell School District learned about crops involved in their everyday lives and how important agriculture is to our state and to the world.
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.
Arkansas’ strawberry growing season starts in October. It’s a family gathering when Salt Box Farm in Benton drops plant plugs in the dirt. Watch the tedious work and hear the science behind a flavorful springtime fruit.
Rounding out our coverage of the Arkansas State Fair we went and talked to Caleigh Pennebaker of Center Ridge, Arkansas about what goes into raising and showing a Dairy Goat at the State Fair.
One of our favorite annual events is the Junior Livestock Auction at the Arkansas State Fair. ArFB President Dan Wright tells us why this event is so special to us and the future of agriculture in our state.
For photos from the auction and the livestock shows visit: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBN1dn
We took the show on the road this week, with our mobile studio set up in Cattle Barn 3 at the Arkansas State Fair. It may be a little louder (and smellier) than usual, but we still have the ag news that matters on your farm. Plus, John McMinn takes his “microphone” to visit a few students showing animals to experience the agriculture side of the fair. It’s all here on this episode of the state’s only weekly ag news program, the Arkansas AgCast.
It was an exciting day at the University of Arkansas at Monticello as forest industry stakeholders gathered for the groundbreaking of the new Arkansas Forest Health Research Center. The center will focus on continued research for testing forest diseases and insects, the first of its kind in the state. Gov. Sarah Sanders joined Michael Blazer, Dean of the College of Forestry, Agriculture, and Natural Resources, to detail the importance and value the new facility will bring to forestry in Arkansas.
This week, FFA students competed in the second annual Ag Mechanics Show at the Arkansas State Fair. Nashville FFA advisor, Matt McLelland, and student, Colton Gilbert, explain their project this year and the work that went into competing after winning at the Arkansas Youth Expo a week ago.
