Caldwell Country Store
• Location: Rose Bud, Ark.
• Owner: Billy Caldwell
About the Business: Caldwell Country Store has been serving the needs of north central Arkansas livestock producers...
McMahan Enterprises
• Location: Damascus, Ark.
• Owners: Matt and Kortney McMahan
• Family: Children: Karley, Kinley and Koal
History: McMahan Enterprises began in 2011 as a way to...
Poultry Boss
• Location: Gentry, Ark.
• Owner: Terry Pollard
History: Poultry Boss (Blow Out Specialty Services) began in 2009 when Danny Pollard developed a unit that would...
Designer Genes Technology
• Owners: Rethel King (pictured) and Sherry Parks
• Location: Harrison, Ark.
History: After seeing the benefits of ultrasound scans in the cattle industry, the father/daughter partners...
River Valley Construction
Owner: Clay Choate
Location: Marble City, Okla.
History: “My great-grandfather, James Choate, was a farmer in the area but my grandfather Bill traveled to California in...
Adrian Farm Supply
Owner: Bob Adrian
Location: Tahlequah, Okla.
History: “I was born and spent my early years in Minnesota. My 13-year-old brother David died from polio in 1958....
Cannon’s Farm Center
Owner: Philip Cannon
Location: Drasco, Ark.
History: “I worked at the Skil Corporation for a number of years as a group leader over two assembly lines...
L&S Feeds
Owner: Shawn Lee
Location: Vian, Oklahoma
History: “I grew up in Akins, Okla., where my parents Delbert and Becky Lee owned and operated a convenience/feed store...
MossBack Fish Habitat
Owner: David King
Location: Springdale, Ark.
Director of Marketing and Business Operations: Tracey Rosenau (pictured)
History: David King grew up fishing with his family on Beaver Lake in Washington...
Bekaert Steel Wire
Location: Van Buren, Ark.
Manager: Technical Support Manager for the Western U.S. Keith Taylor
History: Bekaert Steel Wire was founded in 1880 in Belgium by Leo Leander...