Five Arkansans will be inducted into the Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame in a ceremony on March 6, the Arkansas Farm Bureau has announced. read more >

Gov.-elect Asa Hutchinson's pitch to Arkansas farmers on why they should support his $100 million tax cut proposal was a simple one: I've stood with you on your tax exemptions, so help me in passing a reduction that will go even further. read more >

Arkansas Farm Bureau members have re-elected Randy Veach as president and Rich Hillman as vice president. Members also re-elected five board members and selected two new board members on Friday, the final day of the organization's annual convention in Hot Springs. read more >

Gov.-elect Asa Hutchinson is asking Arkansas' largest farming advocacy group to support his proposal to cut income taxes for the middle class by $100 million. read more >

While soy products available in local stores has increased, the soybean has long been known as the "miracle bean" for its vast uses in everything from livestock feed and biodiesel to candles and plastics. read more >

Randy Veach is a third-generation farmer from the Lost Cane community (Mississippi County), where he grows cotton, rice, soybeans, wheat and corn on ground cleared by his grandfather and father. In addition to heading the state Farm Bureau, Veach is a board member of the American Farm Bureau. read more >

Agritourism is growing in Arkansas as more farm owners open their gates to tourists and form a spiderweb-like network among several state agencies and nonprofit organizations. read more >

Republican Senate hopeful and U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton defended his vote against the Farm Bill as he addressed the state's largest agricultural advocacy group on Tuesday, while U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor accused his rival of turning a "deaf ear" on Arkansas farmers. read more >

Candidates for Arkansas' top offices, including a hotly contested U.S. Senate race, are speaking to a group of farmers during a daylong forum. read more >

The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture has named its boardroom in honor of former Arkansas Farm Bureau Executive Vice President Ewell "Pete" Welch. read more >

The Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas on Monday announced four new inductees to its Arkansas Business Hall of Fame. read more >

Republican Senate hopeful and U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton was the only member of Arkansas' House delegation to vote against a nearly $100 billion-a-year farm bill on Wednesday, prompting Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor to criticize his challenger as not representing the state's interests. read more >

In a life dedicated to his family and his farm, Stanley E. Reed also managed to serve his fellow farmers of Arkansas, his state, his country and the world. Many forces pulled at him — practicing law, public service — but the pull that always had a hold on him and the one that won out was the pull to be a dirt-under-his-fingernails farmer. Reed, who died July 15, 2011, became that while managing to also be much more. read more >

The Arkansas Farm Bureau says Randy Veach has been re-elected as the organization's president and Rich Hillman re-elected as vice president. read more >

Gov. Mike Beebe says "good people" should run for elective office and that Arkansans should support them when they do. read more >

The Arkansas Farm Bureau is being recognized as a “Friend” of the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. In addition, Farm Bureau Executive Vice President Ewell Welch, who is retiring at the end of 2013, is receiving a Distinguished Service Award from the college. read more >

The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame is looking for nominations from the public for its class of 2013. The Agriculture Hall of Fame recognizes Arkansans who have contributed significantly to agriculture, which is the state's largest industry. Since its first class was selected in 1987, a total of 136 men and women have been inducted. read more >

Complete statements from the Arkansas Farm Bureau and the Agricultural Council of Arkansas on the U.S. House of Representatives' approval of a farm bill. read more >

Arkansas' four Republican congressmen have voted for a scaled-down farm bill that doesn't address funding for food stamps. U.S. Reps. Tom Cotton, Rick Crawford, Tim Griffin and Steve Womack on Thursday voted for the legislation. read more >

Rodney Baker, a 36-year employee of the Arkansas Farm Bureau, will become executive vice president of the organization when Ewell Welch retires on Nov. 1. read more >