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John Philpot | Radio, TV, Speaking and 64 Years with Farm Bureau

John Philpot of Little Rock has been an active Farm Bureau member for 64 years. He recently sat down with us and described the importance of Farm Bureau in his life and the path he's followed during a long career in radio, television, and public speaking -- a career that's coming to a close as the 85-year-old prepares for retirement.
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Early DIY 4WD Tractors | Alan Taggart

In 1950s, long before four-wheel-drive tractors became commonplace on farms around the country, members of the Taggart family in Augusta were building their own powerful 4WDs.
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2021 Southeast District Farm Family of the Year | Miles Family

The Southeast District Farm Family of the Year is Layne & Ryane Miles of Desha County. The Miles family runs a row crop operation that grows primarily soybeans, corn, cotton, and rice. They also help operate XtremeAg.farm, Advanced AG Products, LLC., and appear on the TV show The Podfather.
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Behind the Pardon: A Turkey Story

Kristin Lehman has been raising turkeys as a 4-H livestock project for several years, and has helped provide the turkeys pardoned by Gov. Asa Hutchinson for the last three years. Now she’s “passing the turkey torch” to someone new, so she sat down to tell us about her experience working with the popular poultry and being a part of a holiday tradition.
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