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On this week’s edition, we sit down for a chat with the recently retired crop, soil and environmental expert Dr. Andrew Sharpley about his distinguished academic career and his experience working on the Discovery Farms Program and with Arkansas farmers. We also dig a little deeper into Arkansas Discovery Farms with University of Arkansas scientist Mike Daniels

At Final Drive Genetics in Paragould, Jordan and Katie Leatherman have taken their lifelong passions for breeding show pigs and started a successful business that provides top-quality animals for youth exhibitors.

For the first episode of our new Taste Arkansas video series, we traveled to Barnhill Orchards in Lonoke County to talk to siblings Rex and Ekko Barnhill about growing strawberries and their relationships with local restaurants. Then, we followed a Barnhill berry shipment to Trio's Restaurant, where owner Capi Peck showed us how she uses them to make her famous Arkansas Strawberry Shortcake.

County winners for the 74th annual Arkansas Farm Family of the Year Program have been selected. The county winners will be visited by a set of judges to determine eight district winners, who will be announced June 15. The state winner will be announced Dec. 9 at the Farm Family of the Year luncheon in North Little Rock.

Today is Arbor Day and there is no better way to celebrate than learning about how timber is produced in Arkansas. Take a look at our spring RFD-TV episode of Voices of Agriculture to learn more.

Learn the "secret history" of one of the world's greatest maritime disasters, the sinking of the Sultana on the Mississippi River, and see how work on a new Arkansas museum to commemorate the tragedy is moving forward. Plus, another great Rural Road Trip and a unique and delicious Taste Arkansas recipe.

On this week’s edition, we learn about a new video project called “Experience Arkansas Agriculture,” and we talk to agriculture economics professor Dr. Bob Stark, who is retiring this summer after a distinguished career at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. We also get a final legislative session wrap-up from Arkansas Farm Bureau’s Jeff Pitchford.

It’s hatching season at I.F. Anderson Minnow Farms in Lonoke, the largest fish hatchery in the world. During a six-week period in April and May, they hatch all the fish that are raised for the entire year, totaling more than one billion fish.

The Keisler family at Circle K Angus Farm near Ozark believes healthy beef starts with healthy soil and natural forage systems. Daniel Keisler explains how they have been able to make these practices work on their Logan County ranch.