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Arkansas AgCast | Sept. 9, 2021
This week, we were on hand for the Arkansas Connectivity Summit at the Hot Springs Convention Center. We heard from a variety of experts, including a sitting FCC commissioner, about the state’s effort to expand and improve broadband internet access and about the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
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Women's Leadership Committee Cooking Dinner for Ronald McDonald House Charities
Tuesday afternoon Arkansas Farm Bureau Women's Leadership volunteered to cook dinner for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas . Since Covid-19 the group had to skip this yearly tradition in 2020, we caught up with them today as they returned to cook meals for families.
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Pickle Me That: Meet the Man Behind Mr. Davis Pickles
Dedric Davis of Blytheville tells us his emotional "story of perseverance" and how it led to the creation of his thriving business, Mr Davis Pickles, LLC.
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Arkansas AgCast | Sept. 2, 2021
This week, we hear about what’s happening in the equine industry in Arkansas and we learn about a new mobile meat processing trailer hitting the road. We also talk about Sen. John Boozman’s tour of farms and agriculture operations in the state and learn why these visits from Congressional leaders are so important.
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Rojas Promoted at Arkansas Farm Bureau
Catrinia Rojas has been promoted to coordinator of policy development and legislative research at Arkansas Farm Bureau. She will help guide the organization’s policy development process and assist the lobbying staff with research needs on legislative, regulatory and agricultural topics.
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White River Irrigation District Update
Dan Hooks with the White River Irrigation District gives an update on Canal 1000 construction, and we take a bird’s eye look at ongoing construction for the first two miles of the project. State representative David Hillman shares an update on legislative action to support the project and gives a bit of history on the irrigation of the Grand Prairie.
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Front Porch Magazine | Summer 2021
The Great (but Friendly) Watermelon War of Arkansas, award-winning dairy recipes, hummingbirds and more.
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Arkansas AgCast | August 26, 2021
This week, we learn about how certain new federal tax proposals could hit farmers hard and we meet another member of the next class of Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame inductees. We also get a progress update on the White River Irrigation District canal construction project.
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