Rich Hillman
Rich Hillman of Carlisle (Lonoke County) was elected Friday as Arkansas Farm Bureau’s new president, and Mike Freeze of Little Rock was chosen as the agriculture advocacy organization’s new vice president.
Both were selected during Farm Bureau’s 85th Annual Convention at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock.
Delegates also elected six other board members during the final day of the event.
Hillman, 56, has served for the past 11 years as vice president. He succeeds Randy Veach of Manila, who retired after 11 years as president. Hillman is a sixth-generation farmer whose main crops are rice, soybeans and wheat.
Freeze, 67, operates a fish farm in Keo.
In addition, Dan Wright of Waldron (Scott County) was elected as secretary/treasurer and Chase Groves of Garland City (Miller County) was elected to the board.
Groves raises cattle and operates a custom fertilizer application and hay baling business.
Wright, 59, succeeds Joe Christian of Jonesboro, who did not seek re-election. He has served on the board for five years and raises poultry and grows hay.
The other board members, who were re-elected to new two-year terms, are:
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Sherry Felts of Joiner (Mississippi County);
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Jon Carroll of Moro (Lee County);
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Gene Pharr of Lincoln (Washington County);
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Joe Thrash of Houston, Arkansas (Perry County);
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and Terry Laster of Strong (Union County).
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