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Rusted machinery on a concrete block and a historical sign in the middle of a field
A. M. Bohnert Rice Plantation Pump No. 2 Engine
Located on the southeast corner of the junction of U.S. Highway 165 and Post Bayou Lane near Gillett (Arkansas...
Natural springs in forested area
Abernathy Spring
Abernathy Spring is a mineral spring located in Polk County, 2.8 km (1.75 mi.) east of the unincorporated comm...
Farmer and boy using a horse drawn plow in a field with hills in the background
Agricultural Adjustment Act
The experimental Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was the cornerstone farm legislation of President Franklin ...
The "Preamble" page from the "Constitution of the Grand Agricultural Wheel of the State of Arkansas."
Agricultural Wheel
The Agricultural Wheel was a state farmers’ union, founded in the Arkansas Delta, which expanded into ten ot...
Chickens in cages from egg to adult with advertisements for an electric hatchery device
Agriculture
Agriculture has played a major role in Arkansas’s culture from territorial times, when farmers made up more ...
white man with dog in woods
Harold Edward Alexander (1909–1993)
Harold Edward Alexander was a conservationist and stream preservationist who was a proponent of conservation a...
geographical map of Arkansas with "Altus AVA" "Arkansas Mountain AVA" and "Ozark Mountain AVA" designated
American Viticultural Areas
aka: Viticultural Areas
American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) were established in 1979 and are...
American Wine Society - Arkansas Chapter
The American Wine Society–Arkansas Chapter was a non-profit organization dedicated to the dissemination of k...
Industrial buildings and bull dozers on gravel with water tower
Anthony Timberlands, Inc.
Formed by John Ed Anthony in 1974, Anthony Timberlands, Inc. (ATI) operates five mills in southern Arkansas an...
"Antimony in Arkansas" newspaper clipping
Antimony Mining
Antimony (Sb) is a hard, brittle, silver-white metal with a relatively high specific gravity (6.69) and a rela...
River with forested banks with tall trees
Antoine River
The Antoine River rises from a confluence of streams in the Ouachita Mountains of Pike County, just west of Am...
People picking "Ozark apples" on "W. E. Brown's Farm" in Rogers
Apple Industry
Seventy-five years after their introduction in Arkansas, apples became a dominant agricultural crop and an eco...
Aerial view of building campus and various sized ponds
Aquaculture
Aquaculture—the farming of aquatic plants and animals—includes private sector, commercial fish farms, stat...
white man using laptop stands at back of utility truck labeled "Arkansas Biodiesel Project"
Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES)
The Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES) is the statewide research component of the University of A...
Round advertisement with text on wrinkled paper
Arkansas Black Apple
The Arkansas Black Apple is recognized by early sources as having been first produced in 1870 in the orchard o...
Arkansas Chapter of the Sierra Club
aka: Sierra Club
The Arkansas Chapter of the Sierra Club was established in 1982 as ...
Arkansas Department of Agriculture (ADA)
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture (ADA) is an amalgam of various agriculture-related state agencies estab...
Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment (ADEE)
Established in 2019 as part of the Transformation and Efficiencies Act of 2019 (Act 910), the new umbrella age...
Group of African-American men and women in formal clothing standing together on grass
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation
The Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation (AFB) is a private agricultural advocacy group composed of more than 230,0...
White man in suit handing award to white man in suit standing next to white women in dresses on stage under "Farm Family of the Year" banner
Arkansas Farm Family of the Year Program
The Arkansas Farm Family of the Year program was started in 1947 to recognize the importance of the farm famil...
"Will ask Bowers to act at once " newspaper clipping
Arkansas Farmers Union
aka: Arkansas Farmers Educational Cooperative Union
The Arkansas iteration of the Farmers Union—founded as the Farmer...
Arkansas Forestry Association
The Arkansas Forestry Association (AFA) is a private association of firms and individuals in the forestry indu...
African-American man with tools and hard hat in forest
Arkansas Forestry Commission
The Arkansas Forestry Commission (AFC) was established by Act 234 of 1931 and amended by Act 48 of 1939. Its i...
Sign with wooden posts for the "State Fish Hatchery"
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission State Fish Hatcheries
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission State Fish Hatcheries were built between 1928 and 1940 for spawning and ...
Two flat agricultural trailers filled with growing hemp inside building
Arkansas Hemp Program
After almost eight decades of prohibition, hemp farming in Arkansas is reclaiming its place in the state’s a...
two-story wooden building with stone pillars and grape arbor alongside it
Arkansas Historic Wine Museum
The Arkansas Historic Wine Museum in Paris (Logan County) was the only museum in the United States dedicated t...
Older white man wearing glasses in suit and tie signing a piece of paper with a pencil
Arkansas Livestock Show Association
The Arkansas Livestock Show Association (ASLA) is the umbrella organization that owns much of the Arkansas Sta...
Flower with white petals and green leaves growing by stone wall
Arkansas Native Plant Society
The Arkansas Native Plant Society (ANPS) was established in 1980 to promote, first, the preservation, conserva...
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission (ANHC)
The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission (ANHC) works to conserve the state’s natural diversity and is charg...
Aerial view of river and fields in the background, white man and woman perched on rock outcropping in foreground
Arkansas River
The Arkansas River originates high in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains near Leadville, Colorado, and i...
Farmers on tractors pulling harvester trailers in field
Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board
Arkansas ranks in the top ten of U.S. states for soybean production. Products made from soybeans can be found ...
Barbed wire fence post with "Choc." written on it
Arkansas State Boundaries
Arkansas’s boundaries have been the subject of international treaties, treaties with Native American tribes,...