Agriculture program aims to increase opportunities for minority students
Agriculture has always been a part of Wendell Scales’ life. While growing up in a small town in Lonoke County, he loaded crop dusters and worked at a grocery store. Although he was raised in a middle-class African American family surrounded by agriculture — his grandfather was a sharecropper, his mom chopped cotton and his […]
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Arkansas agriculture secretary declines request to provide financial assistance to poultry farmers
Arkansas’ agriculture secretary has denied a state senator’s request to provide financial assistance to farmers affected by the sudden closure of a poultry company. Sen. Bryan King, R-Green Forest, received a letter Saturday in which Agriculture Secretary Wes Ward “respectfully declined” King’s request for an emergency declaration because “the proper role of government does not […]
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Arkansas state senator requests assistance for poultry farmers impacted by company closure
The euthanization of thousands of chickens after the sudden closure of a poultry company prompted an Arkansas state senator to request intervention from the governor Friday. Sen. Bryan King, R-Green Forest, sent a letter to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders expressing his concern over Cooks Venture’s closure and “possible euthanization of more than 1 million chickens.” […]
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Gov. Asa proclaims Arkansas Farmers Market Week
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The Arkansas Department of Agriculture will celebrate Governor Hutchinson’s proclamation of June 12 – June 18 as Arkansas Farmers Market Week. Additional funds aid effort to remove feral hogs from Arkansas At 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 14 Gov. Hutchinson will read the proclamation at the St. Joseph Center of Arkansas, […]
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Additional funds aid effort to remove feral hogs from Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The Arkansas Department of Agriculture announced that additional funding has been made available to assist with feral hog eradication efforts in Arkansas. According to a press release, $650,000 in federal funding was secured through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 for the Arkansas Department of Agriculture to implement additional eradication […]
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