Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson has appointed a special multi-agency committee to examine and maintain the quality of the Buffalo River Watershed. Bruce Holland, executive director of the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission is co-chair of the committee and in this conversation ...
Kent Walker began making Artisan or hand-crafted cheese about 9 years ago at his home as a hobby. Today Kent Walker Artisan Cheese is a popular destination in downtown Little Rock. Cheese connoisseurs and tour groups are coming from miles ...
(Moultrie, Ga.)—David Wildy, a diversified row crop farmer from Manila, Arkansas has been selected as the overall winner of the Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year award for 2016.Wildy was named as the overall winner at the Willie ...
U.S. Senator John Boozman was presented the “Friend of Farm Bureau” award, which this year is being awarded to each member of Arkansas’ congressional delegation, for their exemplary voting records in support of agriculture and Farm Bureau priority issues. In ...
The Arkansas State Fair and Livestock Show opens October 14 in Little Rock. County fairs are an important part of the fabric of rural America and they serve to determine which young people will get to have their animals judged ...
All six members of Arkansas’ congressional delegation have earned Friend of Farm Bureau distinction, and will be recognized with the honor over the next two weeks in ceremonies to be held across the state.U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton, ...
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame is seeking nominations from the public for its class of 2016. The nomination deadline is Nov. 4.The Agriculture Hall of Fame recognizes Arkansans who are or have contributed significantly to the ...
It’s known as “Fresh 2 You,” a partnership between the city of Little Rock, Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance, Mosaic Church and an organization of produce farmers called Raising Arkansas. The groups have come together to make it more convenient for ...
Craighead County farmer Shannon Davis lost this 80-acre bean field near Bono and another 1,100 acres of rice and soybeans, about 20 percent of his overall acreage, when the nearby Cache River backed up over his farm following more than ...
Excessive rainfall in August once again caused the Cache and other rivers in northeast Arkansas to flood cropland. For many farmers the flood came just before harvest and a portion of their crops were destroyed, primarily rice and soybeans. Shannon ...
