Neighbors

The scientific method is more than just a concept learned in science class for Jacob Noblitt, a junior at Bolivar High School and a member of the Bolivar FFA Chapter in Bolivar, Mo.

Semper Fidelis Ranch at the apex of Laclede, Dallas and Camden counties, actually lies in rural Camden County along the southern county line.

Earl and Othenia (Hughes) Burkes operate a 364-acre farm 11 miles south of Huntsville, Ark., on War Eagle Creek, most of which has been in Othenia’s family for 165 years. They live on and also operate another 340-acre farm just north of Huntsville, Ark. The Arkansas Agricultural Department presented a Century Farm plaque certifying continuous family ownership of the south farm back to 1845.

High school sweethearts Brett and Andrea Nall married soon after high school and graduated from Arkansas Tech University. One goal was for Brett to be able to farm full time, even though they had to start from scratch. For a number of years they lived on a small 13-acre farm in Spring Valley, Ark., where they raised a small commercial cattle herd and horses. Brett had already learned “cow stuff” like AI and was a farrier for 15 years while Andrea taught school.

The modern definition of homesteading is a lifestyle of self-sufficiency.

Environmental sustainability is the driving force behind the changes in diesel implement technology with the increasing number of agricultural machines being used in the field each year.

Many young people have things they think they would like to be – astronauts, big league ball players or a circus clown. But there are a few exceptional young men who know exactly what they want to do.

Dan Bigbee prefers to communicate with nature more than with strangers, but when you get him talking about urban farming, he has plenty to say.

Some families do everything they can in order to take charge of the future and ensure that farms stay within their family.

When James Mast left Ohio for warmer weather and a smaller community at 19, he had no idea he would end up being a turkey farmer in Huntsville, Ark.