Finding mental health resources while farming can be difficult. Togetherall is a safe, clinically moderated peer-to-peer community where members are there to listen, support and give members’ mental wellbeing a boost. Through an anonymous profile, users can access a global network of peers, backed by the safeguarding of licensed clinicians overseeing the community around-the-clock. Access to the platform is available free to members of a farm family aged 16 and older. To learn more, visit https://www.farmfoundation.org/resources/farm-family-wellness-alliance/.

#Plant24 in Arkansas is wrapping up quickly and we’re still moving at a historic pace, but how does the crop quality look? Has it been impacted by storms? We answer that on this episode. Plus, you may be shocked at the increase of soybean seed prices in the last 20 years, and we’ll tell you why the new vet school dean at A-State has experience that may be music to farmers’ ears. All that and more on the latest episode of the Arkansas AgCast.

Jessica Hogue of Hackberry Farm in Independence County took her passion for knitting to the next level. In 2019 she decided to start raising Shetland Sheep to turn their wool into yarn. Now she runs a successful business selling products that are knit from wool produced on her farm. Watch to learn more!

Pesky pop-up showers slowed some planting, but most Arkansas farmers are reporting a good start to the growing season. Feather Farms Partnership near Searcy has healthy corn and soybeans but decided to forgo rice in 2024. Proprietor Jacob Feather explains why in our latest video.

Arkansas Farm Bureau Selects Summer Interns

Origami Sake, strategically built on top of the famous underground water supply in Hot Springs, is brewing up quite the attention-grabbing beverage. It all started with a dream to take Arkansas’ unofficial “Rice State” title to the next level by building the country’s largest craft sake brewery, and they’re doing it with Arkansas-grown rice. Take a trip with us to the Spa City to learn all about this millenniums-old process of turning rice into a craft beverage. What we learned made us re-think everything we knew about sake.

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Garland County students recently attended the inaugural Garland County “Intro to Ag Day.” Thanks to Garland County Farm Bureau these students were able to learn about all things agriculture in hopes of increasing interest in FFA and agriculture classes in their future educational path.

The Arkansas Farm Family of the Year program has announced its 2024 County Farm Families of the Year.