Front Porch

Official membership publication of Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation mailed to almost 190,000 member-families.

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A RKANSAS FARM BUREAU OFFICERS: President • Rich Hillman, Carlisle Vice President • Mike Freeze, Little Rock

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FIRST LOOK profiles Arkansas farmers at work with full-page photos, first in each edition of Front Porch.

Ice Breaker

Tel Parker tosses snow from a trough Jan. 26 at Parker Farms south of Harrison in Newton County. The same storm dropped its deepest covering of 14.5 inches at Dennard in Searcy County. Fortunately for farmers, neither frigid temps nor gusty winds accompanied the inclement weather, making it easier on their herds.

Arkansas Young Farmers & Ranchers committee

chair Monica Paskewitz welcomed multiple angus-cross calves this winter to her farm south of Ash Flat in Izard County. A year ago, 760,000 calves were born on Arkansas farms. The state’s cattle inventory totaled 1.63 million to start 2023.

Service Bell

Ellis Bell operates an Arkansas Century Farm established in 1878 near Forrest City. Bell, dually driven to successfully farm and advance agriculture among minority youth, works land purchased by his great-great grandfather after his return from the Civil War. See Bell and other new Arkansas Ag Hall of Fame inductees starting on page 20.