Arkansas Neighbors

Opportunity sometimes knocks in strange ways. For Barbara Dene of Mulberry, Ark., opportunity knocked three years ago when a divorce radically changed her life. “A...

If you are a person who loves to play with horses, cows and you live near Hogeye, Ark., you know LaCosta and Andy Napier and their family arena. “People like the lifestyle. We like to rope steers, train horses, run barrels, poles and flags,” Andy said. “We have people we would never have met if it weren’t for the arena. Those people are like family now. We ride together, we play together and we eat together. We are like a big family. We even have our own little Christmas party just for people who come to the arena. It’s just family oriented fun. We just love it.”

It is 6:30 a.m. on Saturday with the sun peeking up over the mountains and the cattle peacefully grazing in the green pastures. It is mornings like these, when Donnie Willis can take time to enjoy the scenery and thank God for what he has, and why Donnie, of Deer, Ark., chose to live and raise a family in his native Newton County.
“When I graduated from school I didn’t want to leave Newton County.  I had my mind made up that I wanted to stay here.  I’m gonna stay here,” said Donnie.

Katie Rose started her love for goats with the chance purchase of a billy ROLAND, ARK. - Katie Rose wasn’t looking to get into the...

Will Chaney’s farm supports two operations in Green Forest, Ark.  Will Chaney of Green Forest, Ark., is one of those men who maintains good relationships...

When it comes to farming in White County, Ark., most folks don’t think of sweet potatoes and pumpkins. But, just south of Griffithville, on the White/Prairie county line, third generation farmer Shawn Peebles has transformed soybean and rice acreage into a productive organic vegetable operation.

The eastern Oklahoma farm of Arlus Walters gives the feeling you’ve stepped back in time to a simpler place. No strip malls, no gas stations, just the small community church right up the road. That is how Arlus Walters prefers things.

Family continues to grow their farming operation in Pope County, Ark. Terry and Gail Small got an early start in their farming operation thanks to...

Donna Pennington has been the primary operator of Pennington Farm in Bee Branch, Ark.  It’s not unusual a farm wife has a town job, while...

The State of Arkansas began a new program this year called the Arkansas Century Farm Program. Agriculture has always been important in the history of Arkansas. Farms remain the backbone of our agricultural industry, and families who have persevered throughout the past 100 years are being honored.