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Farm Bureau honors young farmers, ranchers

Josh and Melissa Cureton of Cash won the Arkansas Farm Bureau’s 2016 Young Farmers & Ranchers (YF&R) Achievement Award. Farm Bureau honored them Dec. 1 at its 82nd annual convention at the Hot Springs Convention Center.
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Farm Bureau awards top women’s committee

The Women’s Committee from Washington County has won its ninth consecutive Outstanding County Women’s Program award. The group was recognized Dec. 1, during Arkansas Farm Bureau’s 82nd Annual Conference at the Hot Springs Convention Center.
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C&H hog farmer earns Farm Bureau leadership award

Jason Henson, who raises swine on C&H Farm in Mount Judea, is the 2016 recipient of the Stanley E. Reed Leadership Award from the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation. Henson accepted the award from Farm Bureau President Randy Veach and Charlene Reed, Stanley’s widow.
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PODCAST: News Conference - Arkansans Against Legalized Marijuana

Governor Asa Hutchinson joined Arkansas Surgeon General Greg Bledsoe and members of the state’s medical community at a news conference expressing their opposition to two November ballot initiatives that would legalize “medical marijuana.” This podcast features the comments of Governor ...
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PODCAST: Chesapeake Bay Regulatory Issues

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 ...
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Arkansas Farm Bureau Sets 81st Convention

Convention program available here   LITTLE ROCK — Farmers, ranchers and agricultural leaders from across the state will come together for Arkansas Farm Bureau’s 81st annual convention, set for Dec. 2-4 at Little Rock’s Marriott Hotel and the Statehouse Convention Center.Gov. ...
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