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Owner: Don Storts Location: Springdale, Ark. History: Don Storts has always been a bit of an entrepreneur. In 1959, he joined his grandfather and cousins in a poultry operation and…
B & B Sales and Service
Owner: Kelly Barnhouse Store Managers: Clay Barnhouse and Jason Barnhouse Location: Bolivar, Mo. History: Entrepreneur Kelly Barnhouse and her family have more than 30 years of experience serving the community…
War Eagle Processing
Owners: Jeremy and Amanda Israel Location: Hindsville, Ark. History: “My great-grandfather, Louis Downum, was a meat cutter in Northwest Arkansas, and my grandfather Bill followed in his footsteps by opening a meat…
Orscheln Farm & Home
Location: Waynesville, Mo. Manager: Daniel Smith History: Founded in 1960, in Sedalia, Mo., by W. C. Orscheln, Orscheln Farm and Home has grown to serve customers throughout the Midwest. Daniel…
Shane Collins: Rodeo Announcer
Owner: Shane Collins Location: Scotland, Ark. History: “I have been around agriculture and rodeos since I can remember. I cut my teeth on John Wayne movies and a small rodeo…
Alan’s Minerals and Seeds
Owner: Alan Letterman Location: Marshfield, Mo. History: “I grew up on a 400-acre dairy farm and really enjoyed it. Wished we could have stayed, but there just wasn’t any money…
Sherwood Tractor
Owner: Bart Sherwood Locations: Rosebud and Atkins, Ark. History: Bart Sherwood was raised on a cattle farm in Rosebud, Ark., where he was one of 12 children. They harvested soy,…
Sunrise Horseshoeing and Harness and Tack
Location: Hartville, Mo. Owner and manager: Reuben Glick History: Reuben Glick began his training as a ferrier while helping his uncle when the family lived in central Pennsylvania. They moved…
Meadors Lumber Company
Owners: Meadors family Locations: Ozark, Alma and Clarksville, Ark. Manager: Charlie Meadors (pictured) History: “Our oldest records are from 1936 when Tulsa (Okla.) carpenter Claude Meadors came back home to…
Green’s Welding and Sales
Owners: Chris and Karen Green Location: Appleton City, Mo. Family: Daughter Amy, her husband, Jeff Nold, and their children Braden, Austin, Kaylean and Evalyn; and son Brian, his wife Sara,…