Last year, Jeremy Wiedeman of Corning used minimum tillage, cover crops, Delta Plastics’ Pipe Planner and watermark sensors to maximize water-use efficiency on his Clay County soybean farm. His efforts paid off with a first-place win in the “Most Crop Per Drop” contest sponsored by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
Allen and Karen Davis of Paragould were both raised on family farms, so it's no surprise that the livestock and row-crop farm they started more than 40 years ago revolves around family as well. Join us as we visit with them, their children and their grandchildren at their Greene County homestead.
The Agri Health Network was founded to help others recognize signs of stress and offer opportunities to help deal with that stress through faith, family and community with other farmers. Listen as some of the key people in the organization talk about its importance for those needing help.
On this week’s edition, we talk to Sammy Angel of Lake Village, new president of the Southern Cotton Ginners Association. We also talk to LaTeresa Watkins of Watkins Cattle Company in Boone County, and we get the latest update from the state legislature with Arkansas Farm Bureau’s Jeff Pitchford.
Hamilton Farms is one of several family commercial produce and tomato operations in southeast Arkansas. The Hamiltons were the 2019 Bradley County Farm Family of the Year. Steele Hamilton is continuing the family legacy with his father Donald. Though the winter storm in February delayed it a couple of weeks, the 2021 planting season is underway. Steele says they have a passion for growing a flavorful, quality product for customers who come from across the country for their vine-ripe tomatoes.
Find tips from experts on preparing land and livestock for the arrival of warmer weather, updates on agriculture policy and law issues, the latest news and more.
As winter turns to spring logging crews in south Arkansas are thinning tree stands on ground that’s dry enough for harvest. Like other commodities, timber prices are cyclical. Record low mortgage interest rates are driving a sharp increase in home building, creating a demand for pine timber and lumber. Grant Pace, chair of Arkansas Farm Bureau’s Forestry Division provides this update on the state’s timber industry and what this economic climate means for private landowners.
On this week’s edition, we hear from a cattle rancher who testified at the State Capitol in favor of a new state meat inspection program, we learn about a grant to improve Arkansas State University’s Meats Lab and we get to know a produce-growing family in Bradley County. We also get our weekly update from the state legislature with Arkansas Farm Bureau’s Jeff Pitchford.
Renee Threlfall is a grape and wine researcher for the University of Arkansas System Extension - UAEX. She helps lead the Arkansas Quality Wine program. AQW is presently conducting an online consumer survey about Arkansas wines and ag tourism visits to Arkansas wineries. Threlfall talks about the survey which runs online through April 1.
