It’s Arkansas State Fair time and our PR team took a field trip to try out all the food up for grabs this year. Arkansas Farm Bureau is again a major sponsor of the Arkansas State Fair.
Arkansas Farm Bureau Secretary-Treasurer Dan Wright attended the Arkansas Youth Expo, one of the state’s largest livestock shows, and congratulated all the youth and parents involved.
ArFB President Rich Hillman presented him with the Friend of Farm Bureau Award during a visit to Camp Couchdale in Hot Springs and we caught up with him after a meeting with row crop, catfish and produce farmers in Ashley County.
Shawn Peebles provides an update on his sweet potato harvest so far, noting that recent rains haven't had much of an impact on his progress. Peebles farms on land in Woodruff, White and Prairie Counties.
Joe Thrash takes a pause from his late-season corn harvest to tell us how this year’s corn crop has gone in the Lollie Bottoms and how this corn will show up on your dinner table.
Like similar events at fairs and livestock shows around the state, the Junior Livestock Auction at the Washington County Fair provides critical support for Arkansas youth who raise and show animals.
This year, growers have faced wet and cool planting conditions, record floods and were well into rice harvest when a cold front brought combines to a screeching halt in the last week of September. Can we still make this a record year for rice in the Natural State?
Thursday, September 16th is #NationalTeachAgDay, so we talked to current and former ag students around the state about the mentors who influenced their love and passion for agriculture.
