A second Veterans 4 Ag Summit has been scheduled for Feb. 22 at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, designed to educate and prepare military veterans for potential careers in the agriculture field. This session follows a successful kickoff event last October at Arkansas State University.
The state Pollution Control and Ecology Commission voted in an emergency meeting Wednesday, Jan. 17, to grant a stay that will enable C&H Hog Farms to continue to operate.
ArFB President Randy Veach joined Governor Asa Hutchinson and representatives of Tyson Foods, Wal-Mart and Riceland Foods for a special "Arkansas and NAFTA" discussion at the World Trade Center Arkansas in Rogers. Watch his comments.
Arkansas farmers and ranchers were among more than 7,000 attendees at the American Farm Bureau’s 99th annual convention in Nashville, January 6-10. See how Arkansas Young Farmers & Ranchers performed in competition, hear from attendees and learn what they heard from the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and President Donald Trump.
The inaugural Veterans 4 Ag Summit in Jonesboro brought together military veterans and agriculture and veterans organizations to discuss potential careers in agriculture. See what speakers and attendees had to say about the event.
Arkansas Farm Bureau will join Arkansas veterans, the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs, the Arkansas Agriculture Department and other agriculture leaders at the Cooper Alumni Center at Arkansas State University for the inaugural Veterans 4 Ag Summit on Friday, Oct. 6.
“Innovation Generation” was the theme of the recently concluded 69th Officers and Leaders Conference in Hot Springs and policy and advocacy were tops on the agenda. See footage from the event and hear from some of the featured speakers.
Hear about the current hot-button legal issues in agriculture from Harrison Pittman, director of the National Agriculture Law Center based at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Pittman discuses the upcoming Farm Bill, commodity checkoff programs, herbicide use and more.
Arkansas Farm Bureau played host to the Farm Bureau National Commodity Conference in Rogers on July 16-18. American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall spoke at the event and we talked with him about the challenges facing agriculture in the second half of the year, such a working to ensure the 2018 Farm Bill will include an adequate safety net for all agricultural producers.
