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Arkansas Stories
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Neighbor Stories - Arkansas
There isn’t much the three generations of Greenwoods won’t tackle on their farm in Big Cabin, Okla.
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Arkansas Stories
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Neighbor Stories - Arkansas
Jack Turner and his son, Colby, work together on the 1,000-acre spread accumulated over time section by section in Mansfield, Ark. Colby's earliest agricultural memory is gathering eggs at age four while the family still lived in Utah. Bonnie Tuner, Jack'...
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Arkansas Stories
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Neighbor Stories - Arkansas
Mark and Jerri Weathers may never have met if Jerri's dad hadn't gone elk hunting in Colorado so that Jerri accompanied her mom to a poultry grower’s dinner. Now the Weathers family raises Cornish and egg laying hens for Tyson as well as a small commerc...
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Arkansas Stories
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Farm Help - Arkansas
"Biosecurity is one of the most critical components to a profitable poultry business both for growers and the poultry companies they contract with,” said Susan Watkins, professor and Arkansas Poultry Federation Chair of Poultry Science at the University...
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Arkansas Stories
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Farm Help - Arkansas
This time, the White House hopes they’ve finally gotten mandatory country-of-origin labeling (MCOOL) for retail beef and pork right.
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Arkansas Stories
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Farm Help - Arkansas
It’s been a rough go for the chicken business. Over the last five years, major processors hemorrhaged money; because the processors own the birds, which are raised by contract producers, the companies have had to absorb the record feed prices caused by ...
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Arkansas Stories
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Farm Help - Arkansas
"If I had to pick between letting my flock be hot or cold, I would pick cold because heat stress is much harder on birds than cold stress,” said Susan Watkins professor and Arkansas Poultry Federation Chair of Poultry Science at the University of Arkans...
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Arkansas Stories
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Ag-Visors - Arkansas
Those of us in agriculture know the statistics: 1/3 of the nation’s farmers are age 65 or older, 50 percent of farmers are planning on retirement in the next decade, half of our nation’s farmland is controlled by farmers age 55 or older, and only 5 pe...
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Arkansas Stories
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Youth in Ag - Arkansas
Name: Carley Allen, 16Parents: Sandy and Charley AllenHometown: Ozone, Ark.School: Oark High School
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Arkansas Stories
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Town & Country - Arkansas
Carolyn Kelley
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Arkansas Stories
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Eye on Agribusiness - Arkansas
Handy Hardware
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Arkansas Stories
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Just a Thought - Arkansas
A few weeks back I was asked to help judge the District FFA Speaking Contest. I was honored that the Darr School of Agriculture, in Springfield, Mo., asked me to help and I appreciate the opportunity to help out my alma mater whenever possible.
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Arkansas Stories
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Just a Thought - Arkansas
I learned something that I didn’t know or even think was that big a problem. Prescription drugs are big business for crooks. I’m talking about the prescription you take on a doctor’s orders. This officer from the Oklahoma Drug Control told Electric ...
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Arkansas Stories
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Just a Thought - Arkansas
I was recently asked to speak at a fundraiser down in the south-central part of the state. Since it was for a good cause and just a few miles from where I started my teaching career some 40 years ago, I was happy to do it. The function allowed me to meet ...
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Missouri Stories
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Neighbor Stories - Missouri
Jimmie Chastain of Dunnegan, Mo., in Polk County grew up on a dairy farm, which also had some beef cows and feeder pigs, milking jerseys also show animals for 4-H. He’s spent his whole life as a producer. Today he owns 186 acres of his own and leases an...
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Missouri Stories
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Neighbor Stories - Missouri
Roscoe Bishop was actually born in Iowa at a time “when there was no work in the Ozarks.” His mother, Cleo (Gregory) Bishop was from Sweet Holler near Eldridge and his father, Green F. Bishop was from the Lead Mine, Mo., area. His parents met at Mount...
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Missouri Stories
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Neighbor Stories - Missouri
"It behooves us to take good care of our chickens,” explained Jim Shepherd alongside wife, Sharon.
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Missouri Stories
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Farm Help - Missouri
Have you ever thought about how net-wrap and storage options can make a big difference in the cost of your baled hay? Bob Schultheis, the natural resource engineering specialist from the Webster County University of Missouri Extension Center in Marshfield...
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Missouri Stories
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Farm Help - Missouri
It’s been a rough go for the chicken business. Over the last five years, major processors hemorrhaged money; because the processors own the birds, which are raised by contract producers, the companies have had to absorb the record feed prices caused by ...
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Missouri Stories
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Farm Help - Missouri
According to Dr. Dan Shaw, DVM, Veterinary Pathologist at the Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Lab University of Missouri; the practice of biosecurity means isolating flocks as much as possible to prevent exposure to disease-causing organisms.
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