Arkansas Neighbors

When a visitor pulls in to the Taylor Hawk Farms driveway, they might think they were in the midst of Scotland, with the steep hills and pastures, beautiful trees and mountains that surround a picturesque home with barns and working pens.

How many big radio names credit their start to The Future Farmers of America? 

Bermuda grass hay producer Paul E. Arnold has quality production down to a science.

Mike Flynn’s career path was finally compete when he retired and was able to raise cattle fulltime A writer named Thomas Wolfe once wrote a...

Two necessary traits are inherent in every successful Arkansas farmer.  One is the ability to accept change for the better.  The other is knowing when to hold onto something that is uncommonly good.

Eddie Kinzer’s career in the Hereford business started in 1961 when he sold a pony that kept throwing him and bought his first Hereford heifer from Clint Waldon, a longtime Hereford breeder in northwest Arkansas. 

Nestled in the rolling hills of Greenwood, Ark., is the home of Charolais breeders Jim and Reba Bray. The hard work ethic and family morals Mr. Bray learned growing up on a post-depression farmstead have proved to be a blessing to his family. He speaks of the good ole days with fondness. "The dollar went a lot further then, if you could get a dollar. You went to the store once a month, bought your flour and sugar. That was it. Always had a garden, hens and stock." But growth in the Fort Smith/Van Buren, Ark., area has brought many changes to local lifestyles, and the Bray family is making the adjustment. After the Highway 71 bypass changed traffic patterns, and their home burned four years ago, the Brays built a new home farther from the road on a rise that overlooks the creek and their cattle pastures.

On very busy sale days, you are likely to see Tulsa Stockyard Inc., owner Joe Don Eaves accompanied by his 7-year-old son Jett, dressed...

Ryan Pace is a military pilot and officer, but he’s always been a cattleman at heart The front porch is the perfect place to visit...

Dr. David Holt offers bull customers Red Angus and Charolais genetics Dr. David Holt is not only a veterinarian in Ozark, Ark., but also a...