In Farm Bureau ArFB scholarship winners The Arkansas Farm Bureau Scholarship Foundation Committee recently met to determine the 11 recipients of the $2,500 Farm Bureau Foundation scholarship for the 2012-2013 school year. Scholarship recipients are Arkansas residents, members of a Farm Bureau family and enrolled as juniors or seniors in a state-accredited university. They also must be in pursuit of an agriculture-related degree. “Arkansas Farm Bureau has always been an advocate of higher education,” said ArFB President Randy Veach of Manila. “The future of Arkansas agriculture is dependent on the young adults who are pursuing agricultural careers, and supporting them is a priority.” The scholarship recipients are: • Mollie Dykes of Hot Springs (Garland Co.), an agricultural communications major with an agricul-
Randy Veach of Manila gave his President’s Address to a packed house at the 64th Annual Officers and Leaders Conference in Springdale on July 23. The theme of this year’s conference was “Leading by Learning.” The insert in this issue features highlights from this important meeting. tural education minor at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. • Crystal Nicole Foster of Russellville (Pope Co.), an agricultural education major at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville. • Cody Rhyne Gallagher of Foreman (Little River Co.), an agricultural education and poultry science double major with an agricultural business minor at UofA. • Austin White Henderson of McGehee (Desha Co.), an agriculFriday the 13th was a lucky day for Ernestina Rogers of Alexander (left) when she won the Saline County Rice Contest sponsored by the Saline Co. Extension Service and Farm Bureau. Her winning dish was Albondigas, or Mexican Meatballs, a recipe passed down from her mother.
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tural business and plant and soil science double major at UofA-Monticello. • Jacob Irwin of Ola (Yell Co.), an agricultural business/pre-veterinary medicine major with a chemistry minor at ATU. • Mark Everett Lambert of Stuttgart (Arkansas Co.), an agricultural business graduate student at UofA. • Robert Hunter Lipsey of DeQueen (Sevier Co.), an agricultural
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A Publication of Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation
August 3, 2012 • Vol. 15, No. 14