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Chairman Poinsett County Call: 870-761-7730 Email: brad@eagleseed.com Brad Doyle’s agricultural roots trace back to his great-grandfather, who cultivated soybeans on the family farm in Cross County. Although venturing on a different agricultural path in the 1990s scouting soybeans and cotton, Brad returned to his family origins after meeting his wife, Joyce, and joining her family’s…

Secretary-Treasurer Lee County Call: 870-295-0335 Email: whigginbothom@gmail.com West Higginbothom is a third-generation farmer who returned to his family’s Marianna farm in 2009. When he graduated from the University of Arkansas, West wasn’t ready to return to farm life and his father encouraged him to try a career outside of agriculture. After college, he took his…

Board Member Craighead County Call: 870-930-5914 Email: jcureton@gmail.com As a sixth-generation farmer, Josh Cureton has been working alongside his family on their property near Cash, Arkansas, his whole life. According to him, farming is in his blood, and it is something he’s known he wanted to do since a very early age. Josh gained the…

Board Member Desha County Call: 870-866-0003 Email: john.freeman73@gmail.com John Freeman’s passion for farming and his personal work ethic come from his dad. While in high school, John worked on the farm alongside his father, where he developed a strong appreciation for the hard work it takes to be a farmer. By the time John left…

Board Member Pulaski County Call: 901-413-1228 Email: Case830@msn.com Boyce Johnson has been on a farm his entire life. His family owns the same farmland spanning back generations. Boyce took those skills to college and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville with degrees in agriculture and animal science. He continues to farm, growing corn…

Board Member Prairie County Call: 501-516-5724 Email: donald1581@hotmail.com Donald Morton Jr. never wondered about the path he would take. Farming was a part of his past, and he wanted it for his future. A third-generation farmer, Donald started with 800 acres of his own land in 1992. After 25 years, his operation has grown 275%…