2 State of Arkansas Agriculture 5.25.25
Arkansas Century Farm Program Honors 41 Farms in Arkansas
At the end of 2024, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders was joined by Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward to induct 41 farms into the Arkansas Century Farm Program.
The Arkansas Century Farm Program recognizes Arkansas farms of 10 acres or more owned by the same family for at least 100 years. The Arkansas Department of Agriculture established the program in 2012 to highlight the contributions of these families to the agriculture industry as well as our state. The program is voluntary and there is no cost for participating families. Agriculture is the largest industry in Arkansas and contributes more than $ 24.3 billion to the state’ s economy annually. Arkansas has 38,000 farms and 95 percent are family-owned.
“ Our family farmers are the backbone of our state and that’ s especially true for our Century Farm families,” said Governor Sanders.“ We often talk about farming in terms of economics, which is absolutely critical and very important considering it’ s one of Arkansas’ largest industries. But the importance of farming goes much deeper than that. It’ s part of our heritage. It’ s part of our history and it’ s part of our basic survival. Thank you for keeping our country fed, our state growing and our communities strong.”
“ The Arkansas Century Farm Program exists to recognize and honor the Arkansas farm families that, for generations, have dedicated their lives to serving others and providing the food, fiber, fuel, and shelter that we all depend on every single day of our lives,” said Secretary Ward.
With the addition of the new inductees, there are 645 Arkansas Century Farms throughout the state. The 41 newly inducted farms are located in 33 counties: Arkansas, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Clay, Columbia, Conway, Craighead, Cross, Desha, Franklin, Howard, Independence, Izard, Jefferson, Johnson, Lawrence, Lee, Lincoln, Logan, Madison, Marion, Mississippi, Ouachita, Pike, Poinsett, Polk, Prairie, Pulaski, Searcy,
Arkansas County
Sebree Farms, Inc. dba Fish Lake Planting Company Arkansas County, Est. 1919
Tommy Welch Farm Arkansas County, Est. 1907
Baxter County Langham / Vierhout Farm, Est. 1912
Benton County Bennett Farms, Est. 1911
Crawley’ s Valley View Farms, Est. 1919
Boone County Gilbert Family Farm, Est. 1907
Clay County Golden-Mack Family Farm, Est. 1859
Columbia County Heritage Woods Farm, Est. 1889
Wm. Henry Sr. & Eliza A. Jackson Timber Farm, Est. 1919
Conway County Arnold Abundant Acres Farm, Est. 1892
Craighead County Davis Family Farm of Bono, Est. 1915
Price Family Farm, Est. 1891
Cross County Chapman Family Farm, Est. 1895
Desha County
2024 Arkansas Century Farms Inductees:
Brian Chapman Farms, Est. 1915
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Franklin County Willard Thayer McDonald Farm, Est. 1919
Howard County M and M Timberlands Farm, Est. 1919
Independence County Crawford Farm, Est. 1920
Nauman Farm, Est. 1924
Izard County Killian Farms, Est. 1923
Jefferson County Fairview Farm, Est. 1918
Jefferson & Lincoln Counties M. H. Bitely Partnership Farm, Est. 1914
Johnson County Dean Edwards Farm, Est. 1922
Lawrence County Cox, Cox, and Stone Farms, Est. 1921
Lee County Ramey Place Farm, Est. 1860
Lincoln County 100 Year Historic Crow Farm, Est. 1850
Logan County Spicer Farms, Est. 1917
Madison County Fitch Family Heritage Farm, Est. 1854
Farms: Crawley’ s Valley View Farm and Bennett Farms in Benton County, Gilbert Family Farm in Boone County, Dean
Marion County Jones Family Farm, Est. 1924
Mississippi County Lafayette Williams Farm, Est. 1891
Ouachita County Jeffus Farm, Est. 1911
Pike County Kirkham Farms, Est. 1898
Poinsett County Wright Farms, Est. 1889
Polk County Mos and Mos Farm, Est. 1891
Prairie County Hammans Bros Inc. Farm, Est. 1917 PJH Farms Inc., Est. 1913
Pulaski County WSBZ Farms, Est. 1901
Searcy County
Richardson, King, Smith Family Farm, Est. 1920
Union County Harris Family Timber Farm, Est. 1879
Van Buren County Susan McCoy Farm, Est. 1897
White County Lang Farm, Est. 1912 May Farms, Est. 1923
Edwards Farm in Johnson County, Spicer Farms in Logan County and Fitch Family Heritage Farm in Madison County.