Arkansas Farm Bureau has joined the Arkansans Against Legalized Marijuana coalition which includes the state Chamber of Commerce and Family Council Action Committee which opposes a proposed initiated act that would legalize “medical marijuana.” Arkansas Surgeon General Dr. Greg Bledsoe ...
The Mosaic Church, in partnership with the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance and city of Little Rock, has developed the Fresh 2 You program to deliver fresh, locally grown produce to residents of “food deserts” in the city on a bus ...
BRINKLEY — Madison Gibson of Jonesboro (Craighead County) was named 2016-17 Miss Arkansas Rice on Saturday at the Brinkley Convention Center. Gibson is a junior at Brookland High School and is the daughter of Scott and Karie Gibson.Libby Thornhill of ...
Between 10 and 15 inches of rain earlier this month caused the Black River in northeast Arkansas to flood for the third time this year. Many farmers were preparing to harvest their crops but now will not be able to. ...
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 ...
Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD, a disease of the nervous system in deer and elk that results in brain lesions and death has been detected in five northwest Arkansas counties. In response, the Game and Fish Commission has established a ...
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Farm Bureau Scholarship Foundation Committee has named the 12 recipients of the $3,000 Farm Bureau Foundation scholarship for the 2016-2017 school year.Scholarship recipients are Arkansas residents, members of a Farm Bureau family and enrolled as ...
LITTLE ROCK – The eight district winners in the 69th annual Arkansas Farm Family of the Year Program have been selected, representing the diversity of Arkansas agriculture, the state’s largest industry. The district winners will now be judged to determine ...
LITTLE ROCK — Christen Talley of El Dorado (Union Co.) and Emma Williams of Searcy (White Co.) were winners at the 59th annual Arkansas Dairy Foods Contest held June 1 at the state fairgrounds in Little Rock. Christen Talley, 16, ...
