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10/10/2026

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10/01/2026

Arkansas rice farmers Joe Mencer and Jeff Rutledge stopped by The R...

09/27/2026

Jefferson County's cotton land outside Pine Bluff used to belong almost entirely to one family, and the town that grew up there still carries their name.

Joseph Altheimer built a plantation empire so total that the surrounding school district was named Dollarway, a name locals still use every single day without necessarily knowing where it came from. Company towns like this ran their own stores, set their own rules, and controlled almost every part of a worker's life.

Did your hometown, or your family's hometown, ever have one company or one family that basically ran everything?

09/25/2026

09/17/2026

Good news for farmers, ranchers and rural communities. Committee passage of Farm Bill 2.0 is a critical step toward delivering modernized, bipartisan policies that support farmers, ranchers, forest landowners and rural communities.

Read Chairman John Boozman's statement. ⬇️

“Farm country is hurting and needs results now. Advancing this bill out of committee is a critical step toward getting a fully updated Farm Bill signed into law. While this is clearly welcome progress, we need more of our colleagues’ votes to reflect the urgency of supporting farmers, ranchers, forest landowners and rural communities. I will always stand with the families who feed America and the world. They continue to have my commitment on getting bipartisan Farm Bill 2.0 across the finish line.”

08/26/2026

Fourth generation Arkansas farmer Jennifer James knows firsthand the challenges facing today’s farmers.

A leader in the rice, soybean and corn industries, James shares her perspective on why the numbers simply aren’t adding up for farmers right now, and what it means for Arkansas agriculture.

Read the full article at arkansasbusiness.com 🌾