Dover Back-to-School Bash
Arkansas Junior Swine Series Siloam Springs Vice President Savannah Dickinson used the Community Involvement Dollars she qualified for to sponsor the 2019 Arkansas Junior Swine Series. AJSS is organized to promote youth involvement in the swine industry and to encourage young people to become a responsible showman in and outside of the show ring. Savannah and her husband Todd help put together a jackpot show series through AJSS. Savannah is pictured with the AJSS Overall Crossbred Exhibitor, Carlee Kemp.
Agriculture Day Greenbrier Vice President Josh Dunlap spoke at the Conway Area Youth Leadership Institute as a part of Agriculture Day.
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Our Russellville branch donated $200 to the Dover Back-to-School Bash that provides free school supplies and health screenings to district students. Regional Branch Manager Jim Taylor and Vice President Anna Lester presented the check to Heather Sprinkle and Dover students Lily McGonigal and Arlis Sprinkle.
Heather Ridley-Fleeman Race for Hope Employees Savannah Dickinson, Cindy Philpott and Darla Larson (along with family members) helped with the annual Heather Ridley-Fleeman Race for Hope event that benefits Hope Cancer Resources in NWA.
Internships Offer Valuable Experience Three Western Arkansas interns share highlights of their summer work. by Ashlyn Ussery, Summer Intern To a college student, internships are everything. It’s an opportunity to meet new people, gain resume quality experience and of, course, we all need a little cash. Farm Credit gave me, along with Baxter Wallis and Brayden Burnett, the honor of representing the Farm Credit brand this summer.
Interns Brayden Burnett, Ashlyn Ussery & Baxter Wallis
Baxter and Brayden are senior agriculture business students. Baxter is from Dover and attends Arkansas Tech University and Brayden, a Winslow native, is studying at the University of Arkansas. I am from North Little Rock and currently a first-year graduate student studying agricultural communications at the University of Arkansas. For each of us, this internship was a major opportunity that has opened our eyes and our hearts a little wider to our love for agriculture. “While visiting farms this summer, I came across many farmers who had unique ideas for their operations,” said Baxter, who worked in the River Valley.
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