Nine local farms were inducted into the Arkansas Century Farm Program Monday in Little Rock. Governor Asa Hutchinson and Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward recognized 37 farms in total across the state.
According to the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, the Arkansas Century Farm program recognizes Arkansas farms of 10 acres or more owned by the same family for at least 100 years. The program began in 2012 to highlight the contributions of these families to the agriculture industry as well as their overall contributions to our state.
The local 2022 Arkansas Century Farm Inductees are:
From Baxter County, the Hayes Farm established in 1916.
From Fulton County, the Brown-Harber-Bales Farms established in 1919 and the Lassiter-Vest Farm established in 1901.
From Izard County, the Earl Travis Smith Family, LLC Farm established in 1918.
From Searcy County, the Halstead Homestead established in 1885, and the Younger Farm established in 1920.
From Newton County, the Lager/Lackey Farm established in 1914, and the Our Green Acre at Steel Creek Farm established in 1891.
From Boone County, the Hopkins Family Farm established in 1910.
563 farms are currently recognized as Arkansas Century Farms throughout the state. The 37 newly inducted Century Farms are located in the following 25 counties: Arkansas, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleveland, Conway, Craighead, Crawford, Faulkner, Franklin, Fulton, Garland, Independence, Izard, Lincoln, Lonoke, Newton, Perry, Prairie, Pulaski, Searcy, Van Buren, and White.
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