AgriCulture

Before scoring touchdowns for the Razorbacks and after catching passes from Peyton Manning in the NFL, Joe Dean Davenport loved farming. Hear the former All-Southeastern Conference tight end’s story …

Monroe County mom Jana Carroll fights tears talking about her thoughtful children, shares maternal memories and wisdom from her farm in Moro, Ark. It’s a special Mother’s Day episode of the national …

Faulkner County mom Mary Jo Simon spent the 1970s pregnant and giving birth to seven boys in nine years. She raised them in a two-bedroom home, and they all became doctors or dairy farmers except one…

Pioneering ladies in agriculture carved their path, shattering stereotypes and driving innovation. It wasn’t easy. Farm women weren’t even recognized as “persons” by the government not too long ago. …

An event-filled life gives 92-year-old James Ragland endearing stories. The retired extension agent still ranches near Leslie on family property purchased in the 1800s. He reclines on the porch and r…

An event-filled life gives 92-year-old James Ragland endearing stories. The retired extension agent still ranches near Leslie on family property purchased in the 1800s. He reclines on the porch and r…

Few face challenges like North Arkansas cattleman Larry Blasdel’s family. Hear how non-stop sacrificial love for a child with special needs helps them thrive on the farm.

Few face challenges like North Arkansas cattleman Larry Blasdel’s family. Hear how non-stop sacrificial love for a child with special needs helps them overcome overwhelming odds in marriage and on th…

She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees, but more important to Beverly Scott Chapple are her son and living near him on a family farm. Hear her heritage and joy while shelling purple hull peas in …

Before Bill Clinton or Mike Huckabee, Hope was known for world-record watermelons and its annual festival returns this weekend offering a “slice of the good life.” Lifelong resident Paul Henley and h…

A tick bite causing temporary blindness and a permanent allergy to meats and dairy, opened Dr. Karen Ballard’s eyes to what was right in front of her. Hear the Jackson County farmer passionately shar…

Fewer youths are pursuing farming careers. The average age of American farmers is 58 (20 years older than the citizen average). Anna Sweat, a 17-year-old raised on Sweat Farms in Southwest Arkansas, …

Arkansas families are feeling it. Grocery costs are approaching a 30-percent increase since January 2020. Conway County’s Ashley Flickinger says it’s devouring her family-of-five’s budget and Arkansa…

One in five Arkansas children is hungry, yet the state’s hunters annually harvest 200,000 deer. Hot Spring County farmer Ronnie Ritter says he has a "calling" to get more venison to famished kids. He…

Industrious Ellis Bell flew alone at night for 45 years in a 1956 Cessna to successfully run a Forrest City farm and St. Louis insurance business. Hear his turbulent ascent to vocational victories an…

Growing up on a Forrest City farm in the 1940s shaped Ellis Bell. The challenges Bell faced couldn’t stop a strong and studious mind, laser-like focus and two parents from propelling him to a 2023 Ar…

Eva Henderson, affectionately known by thousands as “Granny,” lived 87 years on the Buffalo River but was removed from her farm in 1972 by the government. She was one of about 2,000 displaced when th…

Armed U.S. Marshals ushered Susan Halsted’s grandparents from their Buffalo River farm in 1972 when it became a National River. Hear Halsted’s heartbreak, and her concerns about recent talks of anoth…

Does the Buffalo River need more protection? Will it remain free to fish and hunt? Billy Bell would arguably be the best person to ask. Hear what he says sustains it and what could destroy it in epis…

Seven months pregnant while unloading an 18-wheeler load of chickens is part of Belinda Wright’s motherhood story. Hear her mom-wise stories and heart on this special Mother’s Day edition of AgriCult…