AgriCulture

Arkansas Farm Bureau
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AgriCulture, a national award-winning production, is not a podcast about raising crops or cows but how farmers navigate challenges and cultivate meaningful lives. They tell their stories, struggles and satisfactions from the farm in Arkansas.

  1. Unbelieving Farmer Hears Hope at Christmas

    12/23/2025

    Unbelieving Farmer Hears Hope at Christmas

    He told his wife I’m sorry, but I’m not going with you to church this Christmas Eve. Listen to The Man and the Birds, a powerful yet simple parable about the true meaning of Christmas.

    6 min

  2. 12/16/2025

    Selling the Family Farm at Christmas, Part 2

    Arkansas leads the nation in Chapter 12 farm bankruptcies. Jackson County generational farmers Dennis Haigwood and Jeff Rutledge explain why more farms will fold later this month despite the Trump administration’s new aid package.

    15 min

  3. 12/02/2025

    Selling the Family Farm at Christmas

    Loans denied, bankruptcies rising, auctions booked and fears of suicide linger. Generational farmers Dennis Haigwood and Jeff Rutledge explain why up to 40% of Arkansas row crop operations may not return in the spring.

    14 min
  4. Sound Wisdom as Farm Bankruptcies Rise

    11/11/2025

    Sound Wisdom as Farm Bankruptcies Rise

    Arkansas farmer bankruptcy filings during the first quarter of this year almost outnumbered all of 2024. Who has answers? Veteran farmer and ultra-successful business owner Larry McClendon just finished his 51st harvest and shares some wisdom on this episode of AgriCulture.

    13 min
  5. Farm Strong All the Way to the NFL

    09/02/2025

    Farm Strong All the Way to the NFL

    Before scoring touchdowns for the Razorbacks and after catching passes from Peyton Manning in the NFL, Joe Dean Davenport loved farming. Hear the former All-Southeastern Conference tight end’s story from Arkansas to the pros and back.

    22 min
  6. Mother’s Day 2025, Pt. 2: Jana Carroll

    05/11/2025

    Mother’s Day 2025, Pt. 2: Jana Carroll

    Monroe County mom Jana Carroll fights tears talking about her thoughtful children, shares maternal memories and wisdom from her farm in Moro, Ark. It’s a special Mother’s Day episode of the national award-winning AgriCulture.

    20 min
  7. Mother’s Day 2025, Pt. 1: Mary Jo Simon

    05/10/2025

    Mother’s Day 2025, Pt. 1: Mary Jo Simon

    Faulkner County mom Mary Jo Simon spent the 1970s pregnant and giving birth to seven boys in nine years. She raised them in a two-bedroom home, and they all became doctors or dairy farmers except one; and he is a cattleman married to a physician. Hear her stories on this Mother’s Day weekend episode of AgriCulture.

    19 min
  8. Celebrating A Big W for Women

    03/18/2025

    Celebrating A Big W for Women

    Pioneering ladies in agriculture carved their path, shattering stereotypes and driving innovation. It wasn’t easy. Farm women weren’t even recognized as “persons” by the government not too long ago. Hear how Stuttgart’s Mrs. Ardis Dabbs and an organization called WIFE downed discrimination on this Women’s History Month episode of AgriCulture.

    20 min
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AgriCulture, a national award-winning production, is not a podcast about raising crops or cows but how farmers navigate challenges and cultivate meaningful lives. They tell their stories, struggles and satisfactions from the farm in Arkansas.

Information

  • Channel
    Arkansas Farm Bureau
  • Creator
    Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    27
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation
  • Show Website
    AgriCulture

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