Animal Culture

Arkansas Livestock Show Association
The Arkansas Livestock Show Association (ASLA) is the umbrella organization that owns much of the Arkansas Sta...
Beef Industry
aka: Cattle Industry
The raising of beef cattle has been carried out in Arkansas since b...
Cattle Drives
Arkansas was the source for many cattle drives westward following the California gold rush, and some later cat...
Caviar
Arkansas caviar, which is distributed nationally, consists of eggs from certain freshwater fish caught in the...
Coleman Dairy
Coleman Dairy in Little Rock (Pulaski County) is the oldest continuously operating dairy by the same family we...
Dairy Industry
Traditionally, milk has been a staple in the diet of Arkansans, especially the young. Throughout history, dair...
Poultry Industry
A staple of the state’s economy, the Arkansas poultry industry first emerged in the 1890s. A century later, ...
Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary
Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary began with just one horse on five acres of rural land outside Sarasota, Florida, ...
Harold Snyder (1915–1972)
aka: Ralph Harold Snyder
Ralph Harold Snyder is the man most often credited with bringing th...
Swine Industry
aka: Pig Industry
aka: Pork Industry
Swine (a.k.a. pigs, Sus scrofa) were first introduced into what is ...
Texas Tick Fever Eradication
aka: Tick Eradication
aka: Dipping Vats
From 1907 to circa 1943, Arkansas was a participant in the federal ...
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Founded in 1935 in Springdale (Washington and Benton counties), Tyson Foods has emerged as one of Arkansas’s...
Don Tyson (1930–2011)
Donald John Tyson was president and CEO of Tyson Foods. By the close of the twentieth century, along with Walm...