Meet the Henderson family! Murry and Dee are first-generation row crop farmers producing cotton, rice, soybeans and recently corn. They also own and operate Lepanto Crop Service in West Ridge, which flies two aerial applicators, servicing over 40 farms. Their two kids are both pursuing careers in flying and nursing, but still find time to be involved on the farm.
Meet the Blankenship family! David and Jennifer have been farming in Mount Olive for 17 years, living a homestead lifestyle and producing all the food needed to sustain themselves. The Blankenships farm everything from beef cattle to kune kune pigs and run the Mount Olive Mercantile, where they sell farm-fresh products as well as providing RV campsites.
Jennifer Jones has been promoted to associate director of finance for the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation. She brings more than a decade of experience and expertise in tax, bookkeeping, payroll, financial reports and accounting systems to the Finance department.
Georgia, the nation’s top pecan-producing state, buys nuts from Southwest Arkansas farmers to make tastier treats. Watch how Davis Pecans in Ashdown and York Pecan in Foreman help harvest, clean and process what bakers, confectioners and creameries covet.
Few face challenges like North Arkansas cattleman Larry Blasdel’s family. Hear how non-stop sacrificial love for a child with special needs helps them overcome overwhelming odds in marriage and on the farm.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Farm and ranch leaders from across the state will gather for Arkansas Farm Bureau’s 90th annual convention Dec. 4 – 6 at the Hot Springs Convention Center. The event is expected to draw over 1,000 farmers and ...
In this episode, we share details on the upcoming 90th Annual Arkansas Farm Bureau Convention. How much ag production costs have risen in the last five years, plus the latest WASDE data, an update on how changes to the Milk Marketing Order may benefit dairy farmers and more. Get it here on the state’s only weekly ag news program, the Arkansas AgCast.
For this special episode, we’re at the Hot Springs Convention Center for ArFB’s 2024 Resolutions Committee meeting. We sit down with Mississippi County farmer Heath Donner to discuss the policy-making process and how the resolutions meeting plays a role. Get it here on the state’s only weekly ag news program, the Arkansas AgCast.
