The East Central District Farm Family are the Trail family of Cottonwood Farms. Located in St Francis County, brothers Rusty and Dusty Trail along with their sons operate a row crop farm that has a rotating cycle of Cotton, Corn, Soybeans, and Milo.
The North Central District winner is the Broadwater Family of Independence County. They operate a multi-generation Cow-Calf ranch in the foothills of the Ozarks.
Our next FFOY District winners are Kaleb and Chrisie Smith of Schwerin Farms, Inc. in Benton County. Learn about their multi-generation cattle operation and recent partnership into the feed business.
As his 2021 harvest was wrapping up, Brian Alumbaugh of McCrory shared with us the importance of friends, families and farm hands to his Woodruff County row-crop operation and talked about the year just passed.
As his 2021 harvest season was winding down, Benton Felts of Joiner (Mississippi County) shared insights into the ups and downs of farming during the year just passed.
Over the next few weeks leading up to our Farm Family of the Year Luncheon, we will be showing a glimpse at all eight district winners. Starting off with the Western District winners, meet the Foshee’s of Conway County and learn about their Pecan Orchard.
The Arkansas State Fair’s annual Junior Livestock Auction highlighted the top junior exhibitors. Showing veteran Jack Hoyle tells us what it means to raise and show livestock and ArFB President Rich Hillman talks about supporting the young people involved in the event.
Delta Dirt Distillery is a family-owned craft distillery in the Arkansas Delta, making spirits from the family’s fifth-generation farm in Phillips County. We talked with founder Harvey Williams about the journey of growing up on a farm and finding a unique and creative way to secure the future of the family’s premiere crop, sweet potatoes. Watch our story to learn about the Williams family journey and how you could try their farm-to-bottle spirits.
When autumn's harvest begins, there's little time for words. We listen instead to the sounds of the combines, tractors and trucks as they gather the crops and work to bring another farm year to a close.
