The Keith and Jill Forrester family of Tyronza (Mississippi County) is the Northeast District Farm Family of the Year. They own and operate Whitton Farms where they raise a variety of crops on 200 acres, including 25 varieties of tomatoes, four varieties of melons, asparagus, strawberries, blackberries, peas and other miscellaneous vegetables. Not only do […]
The Nathan and Kristin Reed family of Marianna (Lee County ) is the East Central District Farm Family of the Year. They have a 6,000 acre farm where they raise cotton, corn, soybeans and milo. When Nathan began farming with his dad 14 years ago, they were farming on 600 acres. Conservation of soil, water […]
The Billy Joe and Courtney Wilkins family of Lamar (Johnson County) is the Northwest District Farm Family of the Year. They farm on 255 acres where they raise broilers, cows and Bermuda grass hay. The Wilkins began farming 14 years ago on 65 acres and have been farming on their present land for eight years. […]
The Roy and Suzanne Runsick family of Melbourne (Izard County) is the North Central District Farm Family of the Year. They operate on 150 acres of land where they have 100 acres of pasture land and 45 head of beef cattle. Roy is a former agricultural education teacher and Suzanne is a retired home economics […]
The Warren and Becky Webster family of Washington (Hempstead County) is the Southwest District Farm Family of the Year. They operate 14 broiler houses on 1,174 acres where they produce 1.4 million birds per year. They also lease pasture land for cattle and hay production and have 493 acres of timberland. When the Websters began […]
The Gross family of Hot Springs (Garland County) is the West Central District Farm Family of the Year. The family includes Steve and Stacy, Scott and Kay, and Billy and Mary, parents of Steve and Scott. They have a diverse farm on 1,280 acres which consists of hay, timber, beef cattle, pigs, chickens, and horses. […]
The Sloan and Rhonda Hampton family of Stuttgart (South Arkansas County) is the Southeast District Farm Family of the Year. They farm 1,600 acres of rice and soybeans, have 3,000 acres of wildlife habitat, and 500 acres of Conservation Reserve Program land. Since beginning to farm 22 years ago, Sloan has increased his acreage from […]
Kirbi has been a fixture on the rodeo circuit in Arkansas and the surrounding states for many years. She has recently been crowned Miss Rodeo Arkansas 2013.
Jason Brown is a public relations and digital media specialist for The Communications Group. Often, when thinking about agriculture, the image of a field or a farmer comes to mind. An office in downtown Little Rock isn’t a setting typically associated with the agriculture industry. Public relations, communications and marketing are vital to every industry, even agriculture. Jason sat down to answer a few questions about how he is involved with getting food from the farm to your table.
Casandra Cox is a mother, instructor and agriculture advocate. She is a firm believer that children should be exposed to agriculture and shown why it is important to us. Casandra sat down and answered a few of our questions for the Faces of Agriculture series. Check out her thoughts below.