Dwain Hebda

1 week ago | armoneyandpolitics.com | Dwain Hebda

FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinEmailThe nation took one small step toward closure of one of the most turbulent periods in modern history today, as Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced the release of the first batch of Robert F. Kennedy assassination files Friday. Appearing on “FOX and Friends,” Gabbard said 10,000 pages had been released, none of which had previously been digitized or publicly viewed.

1 week ago | armoneyandpolitics.com | Dwain Hebda

FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinEmailThere is much about the family farm that has remained steadfastly constant through the years. The risks involved in farming, adoption of innovative methods and tools to boost productivity, and the pride of multigenerational land ownership have all stood the test of time and set the nation’s agriculture producers apart as an enduring symbol of American grit and fortitude.

1 week ago | armoneyandpolitics.com | Dwain Hebda

FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinEmailSebastian County, Dairy Cattle, sheep, hogsIn hindsight, Tia Broderick should have seen her career in agriculture coming. After all, one does not grow up in a family six generations deep in the land and not develop some affinities of their own. Yet it was not until after a stint as a military wife and a spin at selling real estate that she returned to Sebastian County to launch the Farmhouse on Persimmon Hill.

1 week ago | armoneyandpolitics.com | Dwain Hebda

Sevier County, Cattle, poultry, goatsIt has been said growing up in a certain industry is either a strong attractor or a powerful deterrent for staying in that industry long term. For Elizabeth Walker, the pattern was more circular, proving the old adage of taking the girl out of the farm but not the farm out of the girl. “I grew up on a cattle and poultry farm. My mother was the full-time farmer, and my dad had an off-the-farm job at a local paper mill,” she said.

1 week ago | armoneyandpolitics.com | Dwain Hebda

FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinEmailMany people outside of agriculture might look at the industry and think of people like Jill Edwards as an anomaly. Those closest to her, however, know that she is right where she was meant to be, farming 4,000 acres of rice, soybeans, corn and a smattering of wheat while managing the 400-head cow-calf operation on two separate spreads bookending Conway.