Farmers and ranchers in Virginia have been dealing with an increasing regulatory burden from federal agencies, particularly in the Chesapeake Bay region. Arkansas Farm Bureau’s environmental issues committee traveled to Virginia recently to see first-hand how farmers and ranchers there ...
Members of Arkansas Farm Bureau’s Environmental Issues Committee traveled to Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay area to visit local farms and ranches, learn about increasing regulatory challenges Virginia farmers are facing and steps they are taking to deal with them. In this ...
U.S. Representative Bruce Westerman took part in a panel discussion with Representative Rick Crawford and U.S. Senator John Boozman at the Arkansas Rice Expo Aug. 10. The Republican congressman from Arkansas’ fourth district joined them in discussing a variety of ...
Twenty agricultural leaders from across the state of Arkansas gathered in Fayetteville August 5-6 for the final session of Arkansas Farm Bureau’s President’s Leadership Council. Jackson Alexander was one of members of the 2016 PLC and in this conversation, discusses ...
Governor Asa Hutchinson proclaimed August 7-13 Farmers Market Week in Arkansas. More than 100 farmers markets in almost every county play an important economic role in local and regional food systems and have become weekly destinations for consumers throughout the ...
Twenty agricultural leaders from across the state of Arkansas gathered at the University of Arkansas’ Bumpers College of Agriculture, Food and Life Sciences for the final session of Arkansas Farm Bureau’s President’s Leadership Council. Two of the guest speakers were ...
Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD, a disease of the nervous system in deer and elk that results in brain lesions and death has been detected in five northwest Arkansas counties. In response, the Game and Fish Commission has established a ...
The Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch in Batesville is a place of hope and healing as well as a permanent residence for young people in need of a safe environment to live. It’s also a working ranch that teaches them life ...
Chronic Wasting Disease has been confirmed in five northwest Arkansas counties and is spreading through the state’s deer and elk population. The Game and Fish Commission is seeking the public’s help in managing and slowing its spread. While not a ...
Laurel Mayo has been involved with 4-H in Arkansas for 10 years and participated in a Talent Revue with other 4H’ers from Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina recently in Little Rock. She is an Officer at Large with the state ...
