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FE ATURES Guest Column AFBF President Zippy Duvall | Page 3 Iron Man: Travis Justice Calls it a Career After 46 years Dwain Hebda | Page 6 Young Farmers & Ranchers Achievement Award Winners Drew & Laura David Keith Sutton | Page 14 Farm, Family and A Future for Young Farmers & Ranchers Gregg Patterson | Page 20 Q & A with Bob Scott, New Director of the UA System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service Ken Moore | Page 26

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Policy Update

Jessica Clowser Burkham | Page 24

Ag Law Update

Harrison Pittman | Page 32

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GuestCOLUMN Vincent “Zippy” Duvall is the 12th president of the American Farm Bureau Federation.

He is a poultry, cattle and hay producer from Greene County, Ga.

By Zippy Duvall

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any of you know that I was diagnosed with COVID-19 earlier this summer. I want to begin this column with a heartfelt thank you for everyone’s thoughts and prayers. Your messages of caring and encouragement have meant a lot to me.

It is amazing how this virus hits people in such different ways. My COVID-19 experience has been much lighter than others have had. I’m blessed and grateful for that, but I also want to send prayers to everyone whose health has been more severely impacted, as well as those whose livelihoods have been threatened.

Let’s all commit to being more accepting, courageous and wise as we deal with the pandemic and other challenges we may face in our own businesses, lives and communities.

For me, I felt very sick, had a high fever and headaches, and felt exhausted. I’m happy to say that today I am feeling much better. The fever and headaches are gone. I am starting to get my energy back. I have participated in virtual meetings and calls over the past several weeks, and even did a video podcast with Arkansas Farm Bureau.

Anyone who knows me knows that I can’t stand to sit around doing nothing, and that was part of the prescription. I’ll be so glad when I can get out and farm again. But I never stopped working for America’s farmers and ranchers.

Farm Bureau continues to work for an increase in Commodity Credit Corp. funding to ensure USDA can respond quickly to any future body blows to farm markets and prices, and we’re working to ensure the next round of COVID-19 assistance is more helpful to farm and ranch businesses. We also continue to analyze the impacts to meat processing and prices, so we can learn what worked and what didn’t and improve the system for the future.

In these times of the pandemic and economic challenges, it is comforting to remember and recite the Serenity Prayer.

“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.”

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“Let’s all commit to being more accepting, courageous and wise as we deal with the pandemic and other challenges we may face in our own businesses, lives and communities.”

There’s a lot that’s happening now that we cannot change. But we can take care of ourselves and others, and we can keep working together to make our agriculture industry and our nation stronger. Let’s all commit to being more accepting, courageous and wise as we deal with the pandemic and other challenges we may face in our own businesses, lives and communities. And let’s never forget how blessed we are to live in the United States of America.

May God bless you and keep you safe. *

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Farm Bureau’s Justice Calls it a Career

by Dwain Hebda

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sked to sum up his career with Arkansas Farm Bureau, a stretch that’s covered nearly half a century, Travis Justice leans in his chair and stares down the interviewer.

“My career has gone full-circle,” he rumbles. “They hired me in a crisis and I’m going out in the middle of a crisis.”

The very thought of such career symmetry brings a raucous laugh out of Justice, a man who shifts easily among many descriptions. Astute analyst. Boisterous storyteller. A data guy who understands the value of statistics as the baseline from which organizations and industries chart their future. The longest-tenured employee in Arkansas Farm Bureau history, the first there to have a FAX machine, the last remaining veteran of the move from the old headquarters to the current campus in 1979.

More than anything, he’s best described as a fixture of the agricultural landscape in Arkansas, 46 years weathering some of the industry’s darkest days and biggest triumphs. And he tells that story like no one else can, chuckling all the way.

“I started in ’74 and the industry was in the middle of a crisis,” he said. In 1972, President Nixon put price controls on beef, if you can imagine specific products having price controls. The response of the industry was, they didn’t sell cattle. They would wait for them price controls to come off thinking that price is going to jump up.

“Well, they held back so many cattle that when the controls come off, the market crashed. In August of ’73, prices were 65 cents a pound. In August of ’74 they were 25 cents a pound. So, the market lost two-thirds of its value in a year.”

Justice again leans forward, gives a cockeyed half-grin and adds, “Right in the middle of that is when they hired me.”

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Growing up on the plains of southwest Oklahoma, Justice enjoyed an idyllic small-town upbringing. Though he lived in town, his family owned land nearby from which a person could see Texas just four miles yonder. In his youth he did all of the things you could do in a place like that, from showing animals at the fair to running the gamut of sports and FFA in his small high school to dating the love of his life, Emma.

After graduation, he was off to Cameron University in Lawton, Okla. for a year, then on to Oklahoma State University to study agricultural economics. By the start of his junior year in Stillwater, Emma had enrolled at OSU and the two were married.

“I really got a good education and I was proficient, but it was in things you don’t get graded on,” he said, hooting with laughter. “I was really good at that stuff, but it never showed up on my transcript, y’know?

“There was a signature day that my life turned around: the day I got married. You can tell the day exactly by looking at my report card. I was just mediocre up until then.”

Justice was finishing work on his master’s degree, also in agricultural economics, when he was hired by Arkansas Farm Bureau. He remembers the early days of his career being consumed with economic reports and forecasting as the state and nation wrestled with catastrophic market conditions. Under the guidance of W.F. Wright, his first supervisor, Justice learned the importance of professionalism and the finer points of leadership.

“He was a great mentor and he was our department’s best advocate,” Justice said of his former boss. “He wanted to make sure that we were treated right, but we were expected to live up to that, too. He expected us to know our subject matter, he was worried about our presentation and whether we were projecting the right image.”

Justice speaks fondly of these early lessons though he admits at the time he felt quite differently about Wright’s high expectations and attention to detail.

“He was a stickler; it’s kind of the General George Patton-style of management. You were kinda half afraid of him,” he said. “He’d come out and say, ‘Can you step in a moment?’ and whoa, we knew. If we were asked to ‘step in’ to his office you were gonna get coached up. He put his licks on me my first day on the job. But it made me better; we always said, if we could please Mr. Wright, we could please anybody.” continued on page 8>>

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Joining the organization when he did, Justice got a front-row seat to the evolution of the industry from the perspective of regulatory, biological and market sources.

“The primary goal was to monitor and be engaged in the issues that affected the cattle industry, hog industry and dairy industry,” he said. “At the time we had some major disease problems in the industry. We were the liaison between state agencies and we kept producers informed of new regulations coming down.”

One of the biggest and most impactful developments over the years was the advancement of communications technology, Justice said, used to bring market information and other relevant news to producers on the farm.

“I didn’t lead the effort, but I was heavily involved when Farm Bureau got into the market information business,” he said. “We’ve been through the gamut of communications technology. Started off with a toll-free hotline, we recorded a message, you called the toll-free number. We updated that twice a day.”

“Then we had one little apparatus you could plug into your car, a single-station radio that had markets on all the time. Then we got into satellite technology. We had the Mainline Market News on a subscription basis and me and the other guys in the department were selling and installing these satellite dishes that would give you constant market updates.”

This particular chapter of his career led him into the kind of situations his college economics professors didn’t prepare him for.

“I put those satellite dishes in some weird places,” he said. “One of the worst was up in the attic of a feed mill where the local farm co-op bought one. If you’ve ever been in a feed mill, it’s just feed dust everywhere. It was July and I’m up there in the attic and come down, I was sweating and covered in feed dust, it looked like I was taking a mud bath.”

If there’s anything that Justice collected as many of as stories, it’s job titles. Through the years he’s had many roles and responsibilities within Arkansas Farm Bureau; at its peak, his five job titles crowded for space on his business card. Even today he wears four hats: Arkansas Farm Bureau chief economist, Beef Division director and Equine Division director as well as administrator of the Arkansas Beef Council.

More the number of titles is the tenure he’s logged in many of his roles. He’s spent the entirety of his 46 years in the Beef Division and 30 years at the head of the Arkansas Beef Council. Even as a volunteer he sticks like a cocklebur: 40 years as treasurer of the Arkansas Forage and Grasslands Council, 44 years a volunteer with the

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Arkansas State Fair, where he helped organize the Sale of Champions that closes the annual Livestock Show.

He flirted with leaving Arkansas a couple of times, but never pulled the trigger, choosing instead to help the state’s cattle industry grow and develop into what it is today. And the industry and its producers were much better for it.

“The differences in the industry now, it’s the same type of people, but they’re more managementoriented than just on the production side where yeah, I know how to feed ’em and graze ’em,” he said. “There are more producers who are college graduates. They’re more efficient: We produce the same amount of marketable beef as we did 25 years ago on a third fewer animals. The expertise in the industry has improved that much over 40 years.

“It’s engaging work, I enjoyed it. Still do.

Being in the industry nationally, at the state level, county level and even project level, the scope and experience and the relationships that you build are just pretty amazing, really.”

At this, his voice tapers off and he swallows, hard.

“I just fell in love with the job,” he said. “I did good enough that they kept me.”

Justice had been thinking about retiring for some time before finally deciding to make 2020 his swan song. He might have left last year, but a health crisis stirred something in him to stick around to conquer one more hill.

“I had a sarcoma behind my knee,” he said. “And given what it was and where it was, chemo wouldn’t work, radiation wouldn’t work and the only way to guarantee they got rid of the cancer was to take the leg. Shocking news when you first hear it. But I made up my mind right there, that’s not going to force me to retire. I’m going to walk back into that office. So, I did, May 1st. It was just a thing with me that I was going to go out on my own terms.

“I met that objective, but you know, I’m fixin’ to turn 70 years old and I’ve been here for 46 years. I already set the tenure record with Farm Bureau; another guy in our department was at 42 years and eight months and I overtook him four years ago. Hell, how many more reasons do you need? Every career’s gotta end sometime.”

The interview over, we make our way to the exit and out into the parking lot. One can tell by looking that Justice is still adjusting to life with a prosthetic. Noticing that, he leaves you with one more true-to-form story about his shuffle into the sunset.

“My daughter was explaining to my grandson about my leg and she said, PawPaw is fixin’ to get a robot leg,” Justice says with a wide grin. “And Ethan, that’s my grandson, he says, ‘Cool!’ He thinks I’m a superhero.”

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CONGRATULATIONS

Travis Justice For 46 years with Arkansas Farm Bureau

We thank you for your 44 years of volunteer work with the Arkansas State Fair & Livestock Show’s Sale of Champions, touching the lives of thousands of our livestock youth and sharing your knowledge and experience with the kids and their parents.

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Young Farmers & Ranchers Achievement Award Winners Drew and Laura Davis

by Keith Sutton

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rew and Laura Davis of Bono easily met all the criteria for the Young Farmers & Ranchers Achievement Award, which is why it was no surprise when they received the honor during this year’s virtual Arkansas Farm Bureau Officers and Leaders Conference.

The award recognizes young farmers and ranchers ages 18-35 for the general excellence of their operations and their hard work and innovation. They must be actively engaged in farming or ranching, with the majority of their net income coming from production agriculture.

The Davises farm 1,900 acres of rice, soybeans and corn in Craighead and Lawrence counties. They also partner in a 30-head cow/calf operation on 182 acres that started just last year. The couple met at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, where Drew graduated with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture and Laura earned a degree in communications disorders. She later earned a master’s degree in the subject at UCA in Conway. They have two children, Kate, 5, and Luke, 2.

“Raised on a family farm, I had the opportunity to rent my first farm of 392 acres from a landlord who also was a dear family friend,” said Drew.

“That relationship had started with my dad renting his land prior to 2005. This landlord was able to purchase the new 392-acre farm, and he and my dad encouraged me to farm it in my name to get a start on my own. Since then, farming along with my family, I have been able to grow and purchase three farm tracts of my own.”

Laura married Drew six years ago and has been a tremendous help to the couple’s growing operation and family, even though she works three to four days each week as a speech/language pathologist outside the home. “Helpful each and every day in any way possible, Laura has been a staple in our family farming partnership,” Drew noted. “She and I now rent around 1,600 acres along with farming what we currently own.”

The Davis’ business includes more than just row crops and cattle, too. Drew and his father own landlevelers and a four-wheel-drive tractor they use to do commercial work on farms and construction

projects. Drew and Laura also employ a driver to haul fertilizer for a local company using a freightliner truck they purchased. Other income to help make land payments is raised by leasing several duck-hunting pits to local sportsmen.

“In my partnership, I am responsible for daily operations and planning, as well as marketing strategies, leadership of employees, running planting/harvest equipment and spraying,” said Drew. “However, I am not limited to or restrained from pulling weeds, cleaning out grain bins or shoveling rice levees. I expect nothing from my employees or partner that I am not doing myself. I also spend the first few weeks of the year planning for the upcoming season. Deciding what to plant, when to plant, which varieties, where to deliver our crop and selling at what price are among some of the major decisions made during that time.”

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Kate and Luke Davis having fun in the field. In addition to row crops, the Davises partner in a 30head cow/calf operation, run a small fertilizer hauling operation and lease duck-hunting pits.

Drew and Laura are active in their community as well, and have been active leaders with Craighead County Farm Bureau. Drew has served on the county board of directors since 2012, including a stint as the secretary/treasurer from 2018 to the present. Laura has been active on the Ag in the Classroom and Women’s Leadership committees.

Together they have served as leaders on the YF&R committee.

When asked about plans for future expansion and improvements in their farm operation, Drew said, “One plan includes more grain storage. Adding more grain bins to our farm will allow us to save up to 20 cents per bushel on drying charges, as well as creating marketing opportunities. Grain bins seem to pay for themselves within about seven years of use, and since we’re young farmers, many years of useful profit can be generated by building these structures now.

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“Land leveling is one of the first improvements to pay its own way,” he continued. “By leveling land that is typically cropped in rice, such as ours, one is able to water with much less energy, spend less time watering each day, as well as employ less help.

Looking forward, I will find more ways to improve our land and rented land in this way to be more profitable and successful, as well as maintaining good stewardship of the land.” *

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ARKANSAS FERAL HOG TASK FORCE

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eral hogs (Sus scrofa) are in every county in Arkansas. These nonnative invaders likely escaped from a farm or were released for sport hunting. After a generation or two, progeny of a domesticated hog appear untamed, with thickened fur and tusks. Sows produce an average of six piglets per litter when 8 to 13 months of age, with 1 to 2 litters per year, for a lifespan of 5 to 8 years. Other than hunters, research indicates feral hogs have few predators once past 10-15 pounds. Wildlife biologists have sighted feral hogs in every county in Arkansas. In 2013, County Extension agents indicated feral hogs were a major agricultural issue in 22 of 75 counties (29%) with all 75 counties (100%) reporting that feral hogs caused problems in their county in the past year. The situation has worsened, the statistics will be different today.

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I own land. When feral hogs show up, who do I call?

Your first contact when feral hogs show up on your land is to contact Arkansas USDA APHIS office in Sherwood, Arkansas.

Please Contact: US Department of Agriculture Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Wildlife Services 1020 Lantrip Rd., Sherwood , AR 72120 501-835-2318 For information about legal aspects of hunting and trapping feral hogs, contact the Arkansas Feral Hog Eradication Task Force/ Arkansas Department of Agriculture.

90% of all land in Arkansas is privately owned. As a response, The Arkansas Feral Hog Eradication Task Force was created in 2014 with 12 member organizations. Because of need, education, population growth and destruction it now includes the following 22 members: • University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture • Arkansas Game and Fish Comm. • Arkansas Livestock and Poultry • Arkansas Natural Resources Comm. • Dept. of Arkansas Heritage • Rural Services Division of Arkansas Economic Development Comm. • Arkansas Dept. of Parks and Tourism • Arkansas Dept. of Health • University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture • Arkansas Association of Counties • Arkansas Association of Conservation Districts • Arkansas Farm Bureau • Arkansas Forestry Association • Arkansas Pork Producers Assoc. • Arkansas Cattleman’s Assoc. • The Nature Conservancy • Arkansas Dog Hunters Assoc. • USDA APHIS Wildlife Services • USDA NRCS • USFS Ouachita National Forest • USFS Ozark/ St. Francis National Forest • USFWS.

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Increase public understanding of the damage and harm feral swine cause.

Increase awareness of controlling illegal transport and release of feral swine.

Increase resources to assist landowners and land managers in effort to control feral swine damage.

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Central VACANT - 870-404-4789/Ted.Zawislak@agfc.ar.gov East Central Daniel Greenfield - 870-569-8124/Daniel.Greenfield@agfc.ar.gov North Central Ben Field - 501-442-6197/Ben.Field@agfc.ar.gov West Central Clint Johnson - 501-270-1926/Clint.Johnson@agfc.ar.gov Northeast Bo Reid - 870-291-1281/James.Reid@agfc.ar.gov Northwest Hugh Lumpkin - 479-353-7674/Hugh.Lumpkin@agfc.ar.gov East David Graves - 870-319-0668/David.Graves@agfc.ar.gov Southeast Bubba Groves - 870-224-3334/Harvey.Groves@agfc.ar.gov West Michelle Furr - 479-222-5894/Michelle.Fur@agfc.ar.gov Southwest Ricky Chastain - 870-331-1297/Ricky.Chastain@agfc.ar.gov South Central Jeff Lawson - 501-353-3591/Jeffrey.Lawson@agfc.ar.gov

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Farm, Family and A Future for Young Farmers & Ranchers

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onica Paskewitz of Melbourne is a life-long cowgirl. Raised on a large beef cattle ranch, she participated throughout her school years in FFA and 4-H and showed cattle from age 10 through high school.

Now Paskewitz is the 2020 recipient of the Young Farmers & Ranchers Excellence in Agriculture Award.

She was recognized for her effort during the virtual Officers and Leaders conference in July.

“My parents both worked very hard to build and grow their farming operation. I learned the value of hard work on the farm, and I’m proud to have set goals and followed through with them,” she said.

The Excellence in Agriculture competition is designed as an opportunity for young farmers and ranchers to earn recognition while actively contributing and growing through their involvement with Farm Bureau and agriculture. Participants must earn the majority of their net income from non-farm work. Judges evaluate them on their involvement in agriculture, leadership ability and participation in Farm Bureau and other community, service or civic organizations.

“Some of my best memories are feeding, gathering and working cattle with my dad. I purchased my first set of heifers with a youth loan from the Farm Service Agency when I was 16,” Paskewitz says. “The life skills I learned on the farm are irreplaceable and are some of the most important lessons of my life. I believe it instilled a very good work ethic in me and taught me about values and morals. I grew up knowing how greatly our country depends on farmers and ranchers.”

Paskewitz met her future husband, Michael, at Southern Arkansas University, where she earned her degree in agriculture business. They started business together while in college, renting pastureland and tentatively raising a small herd of cross-bred cows.

While at school, Monica managed the school beef herd for two years, monitoring cattle, herd health and handling records management. She also worked in the school dairy, a very structured environment where she learned the importance of following specific guidelines to maximize cleanliness and herd nutritional needs.

Monica and Michael married in 2009. The couple now has their own farm and runs a cow-calf operation of Angus-cross cattle. They have two daughters, Maddie (7) and Maylee (3). They include the girls in the activities of farm life.

“They are very involved in our farming operation.

We consider it a family affair, and they’re always with us,” Monica said. “I feel so blessed to have been raised on our family farm, and I’m forever grateful to be raising our kids on the farm. I want to instill the work ethic my husband and I have in our children.”

The couple has created that family centered, nurturing environment for their girls. That sense of family is important in everything they do.

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Paskewitz and her youngest daughter, Maylee, tend to the cattle in the field. “They help us with everything from fixing fence to working cattle,” says Paskewitz of her children.

“We take our girls with us to the farm. It’s certainly a family affair, and we love working together on the farm,” she said. “They help us with everything from fixing fence to working cattle. Last year, we also planted a three-acre garden, consisting primarily of watermelons, cucumbers and cantaloupes. Our girls helped plant, weed and harvest the crops by hand. We hope our girls will follow our love for agriculture and continue to carry on our family traditions.”

Monica has worked the last 10 years with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, helping farmers and ranchers with their operations. Her work has her coordinating efforts with numerous agriculture, and natural resources-related state and federal agencies and organizations.

“I help farmers and ranchers, daily, decide the best way to manage their natural resources and meet their objectives on their farms,” she said. “We focus primarily on addressing resource concerns on their property, all while helping them manage their production needs.”

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This year she participated in Farm Bureau’s President’s Leadership Council and serves on the Women’s Committee, as well as participating in several state and local Farm Bureau activities. She’s also involved in her community as a member of her local volunteer fire department and teaches Sunday school.

Monica is passionate about getting the agriculture message out, so people are aware how important agriculture is to the state and the nation. She recently finished a two-year term as president of Women in Agriculture.

“Through Women in Agriculture, I’ve helped educate numerous collegiate members on management techniques to be successful farmers and ranchers,” Monica said. “I believe giving young people the right set of tools – such as education on current issues, scientificbased research, and opportunities for assistance through agency programs – is a great way to start.

For Monica Paskewitz, the farm was a great way to start. The values she learned from it have shaped every aspect of the life she lives every day. * Arkansas Agriculture

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Congratulations Monica Paskewitz of Melbourne (Izard County)

2020 Young Farmers & Ranchers Excellence in Agriculture Award Winner From Izard County Farm Bureau

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PolicyUPDATE Jessica Clowser Burkham grew up on a registered Angus cow/calf operation in Nebraska. She spent six years in Washington, D.C., working as a legislative assistant for U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska, where she advised on legislative issues for the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. She also managed the senator’s legislative priorities in agriculture, energy and environment, water infrastructure, biofuels and trade policies and worked to negotiate and advance priorities for the 2014 and 2018 Farm Bills.

By Jessica Clowser Burkham Director of Policy Development and Legislative Research for Arkansas Farm Bureau

The 2020 Election: Be Informed

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o far, 2020 has been anything but ordinary. COVID-19 has injected uncertainty into our lives and thrown off our normal routines. But as businesses, restaurants and schools begin to reopen, it is clear there is a strong desire to return to normal.

Nothing is more normal, or important, as our civic duty and right to cast our vote. While everyone is aware 2020 is a presidential election year, Arkansans will also be voting on three constitutional amendments on the Nov. 3 General Election ballot. During the 2019 Legislative Session, the General Assembly approved three legislatively referred ballot measures to the 2020 ballot, which are: • Issue 1: Continuing Sales Tax for Surface Transportation Projects • Issue 2: The Arkansas Term Limits Amendment • Issue 3: Changing the Citizen-Initiated Ballot Issue Process

Issue 1 Currently, as authorized by Amendment 91 to the Arkansas Constitution, Arkansans are paying one-half percent (.5%) – or half a cent – sales and use tax for the purpose of funding infrastructure projects across the state.

Issue 1 is simply a continuation of current law, paying half a cent sales tax to fund state highways, bridges, county roads and city streets. Arkansas farmers, ranchers and forest products producers are well aware of the importance of surface transportation projects, particularly in the most rural areas of the state. Without reliable roads and bridges, producers are unable to move and market their high quality products.

Moreover, the continuation of the half-cent sales and use tax will ensure a consistent funding source for surface transportation projects can be upheld. The Vote for Roads.

Vote for Issue 1 campaign was launched last November to promote Issue 1. To be clear, Issue 1 does not raise taxes but simply extends existing law to ensure improvements can be made to 7,000 miles of roads and bridges across Arkansas. These funds will create job opportunities and provide rural counties and communities with certainty and predictability to maintain and enhance local transportation infrastructure priorities. A strong surface 24

transportation network is great news for the entire state and will only lead to greater economic development across all industries throughout Arkansas.

Issue 2 The Arkansas Term Limits Amendment would amend the term limits of Members of the General Assembly.

Under current law, state legislators cannot serve more than 16 years total in the legislature. Issue 2 amends the Arkansas Constitution to allow state legislators, both in the House and Senate, to serve 12 consecutive years and allow the legislator to stand for reelection after a four-year absence. This is identical to Arkansas Farm Bureau policy (Government 157, #25).

Under a 12-year term limit and a four-year post-term break, new ideas and leadership can be cycled into the General Assembly providing communities and citizens to re-elect legislators that can continue to make positive changes for Arkansas.

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Issue 3 The third legislatively referred constitutional amendment, Issue 3, amends the process for the submission, challenge and approval of proposed initiated acts, constitutional amendments, and referenda. This includes both citizen initiatives and legislative referrals. Currently, for an initiative to be included on the ballot, constitutional amendments require 89,151 signatures from Arkansas residents located in at least 15 different counties. Subsequently, for a statewide referendum, 53,491 signatures from at least 15 different counties are required. As a result, outside interest groups flock to Arkansas, focusing their attention to collect signatures from the most populous counties and cities, leaving rural Arkansans out and ignored.

In the 2018 election, out-of-state interest groups spent nearly $8 million to ensure their measures were on the ballot and passed. Issue 3 prevents outside groups from taking advantage of Arkansans while also protecting the integrity of the Arkansas Constitution. Issue 3 strengthens the criteria for initiatives to be on the General Election by mandating additional counties to be included in the collection process of signatures, streamlining cutoff dates, and increasing the number of votes needed by the General Assembly to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot.

Specifically, Issue 3 would: • Require a certain percentage of valid signatures come from 45 counties instead of the current 15.

• Require a 60 percent vote of both the House and Senate chambers to refer a proposed constitutional amendment.

• Eliminate the allowance for an extra 30 days to collect signatures should petitioners only collect 75% of valid signatures needed.

• Require that any challenges to ballot measure be filed

by April 15 of the election year.

• Change the date on which signatures from petitioners must be submitted to the Secretary of State from four months before the election to Jan. 15 of the election year.

Arkansas Farm Bureau is a strong supporter of Issue 1, Issue 2 and Issue 3. Farm Bureau has joined a strong coalition of Arkansas businesses and organizations focused on advancing these three initiatives across the finish line in November. Moreover, through its Voluntary Issues Fund, Arkansas Farm Bureau has provided monetary support for Issue 1, Issue 2 and Issue 3. The Voluntary Issues Fund has made a huge difference with previous legislative issues, ballot questions and amendments to the Arkansas Constitution. This fund cannot be used for personal or individual contributions, but is in place to advance the priorities of our Arkansas Farm Bureau members.

Voting is at the very core of what it means to be an American. However, it is extremely important to be an informed voter. For additional resources and information, please visit, arkelect.com as well as the Public Policy Center operated by the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service.

Remember, when casting your vote this November, Yes on 1, 2, 3 and No on all the rest. *

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Q&A with Bob Scott, New Director of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service.

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Tell us a little about yourself and your career with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.

I began my career with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service in 2002, when I replaced Dr. Ford Baldwin as Extension weed specialist. I stayed in that role for 16 years and eventually added director of the Lonoke and Newport Extension Centers to my title. In 2018, I went into administration full-time as director of the Rice Research and Extension Center located near Stuttgart.

What does taking on this role mean to you and how does it feel to succeed Dr. Rick Cartwright?

Becoming director was not something that I set out to do from day one, but as I have matured and sort of grown up in the Extension Service, I have come to understand the impact a person can have in the director’s role. I look forward to its many challenges.

When I started with Extension back in 2002, Dr. Cartwright was one of the guys who trained me. I have never worked with anyone more universally respected than Rick. He was one of the people who taught me how to be a professional Extension specialist and trained me in rice production, agronomy and plant pathology issues.

There was no one like Rick when it came to dedication, to walking rice fields, and trying to help growers.

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The Extension Service is a statewide branch of the Division of Agriculture. Will you provide some perspective on the size of the operation, how many offices will you oversee and how many employees does Extension have?

I am proud to say that Arkansas still has county offices in all 75 counties. They are typically staffed with an agriculture agent, a 4-H agent and a family consumer sciences agent, among other positions. We have more than 600 full-time employees statewide.

However, if you ask me, a big part of our strength is really in our volunteer organizations, like local 4-H, Master Gardeners and Extension Homemakers clubs.

Their membership is in the thousands.

You’ve spent much of your career as a weed scientist working with crop farmers to control invasive weeds. How will this experience help you in your new role?

My true expertise is in agriculture and specifically, rice weed control. But, over the years I have figured out what it means to provide a service. Once you understand the mission of the Extension Service, it really applies to all areas, no matter if it is Agriculture, 4-H, Family Consumer Sciences or Community, Professional and Economic Development.

I have been in a full-time administrative role for the past two years and managed two facilities for five years before that. Besides, weed scientists are known to have a certain persistence, probably due to starting out on the working end of a hoe out in a field, so that can’t hurt.

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You’re assuming this position during unusual and challenging times. Much of your work and that of county agents involves visits to farms and ranches and face-to-face meetings and workshops. How is the pandemic affecting the way you and those in Extension continue to fulfill your mission?

The pandemic has been a challenge for us just like it has been for everyone else. I am coming into this role after a pretty large effort to move to an online and work from home status has already been in place. I am impressed by the extent of programs and services that our agents and specialists have been able to provide digitally and I would expect nothing less from our people who by their nature and due to their jobs are good at adapting and overcoming adversity.

We are continuing to find new ways to fulfill our mission every day. I suspect when this crisis is over that many of the things we are doing now may represent the new “normal” way of doing business. I am personally going to keep an open mind to things like that.

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Covid-19 has had a major impact on the food production supply chain. Farmers continue to produce an abundance of food but processing and delivery systems have been significantly affected due to outbreaks of the virus in processing plants, etc. Do you see this changing and what role might Extension play in providing solutions or assistance on issues like this in the future?

The Cooperative Extension Service will continue to provide our producers with as much information as possible to assist during this time. We are still making field and location visits while practicing social distancing. I think one big area we can help is making recommendations on how to follow guidelines and prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Our website, uaex.edu/COVID19, is a great resource.

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Extension is more than just working with farmers and ranchers in production agriculture. It also involves developing the next generation of young leaders through 4-H, as well as Family and Consumer Science. Talk about your goals for these programs in the future and why they are so important.

Everyone thinks about agriculture when they hear Cooperative Extension Service, and that is due to our historic commitment to rural communities and farmers. But today the Extension Service is so much more. 4-H is probably our most recognized brand in suburban communities. Family and Consumer Sciences, along with other programs, have been of keen interest during this era of social distancing as folks stay home and look for ways to enrich their lives.

These programs represent, in my mind, a key component of outreach for the Extension Service going forward, especially as rural communities get better access to internet and the number of farms decreases. We will explore many new opportunities in these communities going forward while still taking care of the needs of our growers and producers out in the state.

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As you assume this position what’s your vision for the future of Extension and do you have any specific ideas or changes you’d like to implement?

Extension must continue to change and adapt with the times and our clientele. We will continue to focus on our web content and social media for sure.

My goal is to emerge from COVID-19 and beyond with a modern, connected Extension Service. My vision is fulfilling our mission to strengthen agriculture, communities and families in the state of Arkansas. *

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Ag LawUPDATE Harrison M. Pittman is director of the National Agricultural Law Center, which is part of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. The Center serves as the nation’s leading source of agricultural and food law research and information and deals with legal issues around the country that impact agriculture at the state and federal levels.

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s has been said many times, 2020 has been a challenging and eventful year, and that’s likely to remain the case until January. It’s also an election year, and that means there are many important issues that will be in the spotlight on both the national and local stages over the next several months. Here is just a sampling of some of the key issues for agriculture: November Elections & Farm Bill As the saying goes, “objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear.” Most provisions of the current Farm Bill expire in 2023, which means debate over what the next Farm Bill could look like will begin in the next Congress and under either a second term of the Trump Administration or a new Biden Administration. Either way, that debate will occur against the backdrop of continuing economic and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and a very large and expanding federal deficit that will put enormous pressure on the budget and appropriations processes.

Additionally, some have suggested re-opening the current Farm Bill in order to make changes to items such as crop insurance, nutrition programs, and payment eligibility for farm programs. While this remains a remote possibility, it is something for the ag community to keep on the radar.

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and Payment Eligibility rules for farm programs and the adjusted gross income limitation for certain conservation program contracts tailored to environmentally sensitive lands. The final rule states that it is carrying out changes required by the 2018 Farm Bill, among other changes. The primary thrust is that final rule expands the definition of “family member” to include first cousins, nieces, and nephews.

But, it also restricts any members (including family members) to, for example, those who perform an annual minimum of 500 hours of management or twenty-five percent of a farm’s management hours. At least one prominent advocate for further restrictions on payment limitation and eligibility rules has hailed this final rule as “a very major advancement.” This issue is all but certain to be debated in the lead up to the next Farm Bill.

brought against USDA over the environmental review conducted as part of the USDA guaranteed loan process, such as the action that occurred in Arkansas in 2014 involving C&H Farms. In late July, a legal action was brought in a Virginia federal district court seeking to overturn the rule. The NEPA rule, if it takes and remains in effect, would be a significant development for the agricultural industry in Arkansas and beyond.

The outcome of this litigation and any other future challenges, therefore, are directly relevant to Arkansas agriculture. Be sure to check the National Agricultural Law Center website for a full suite of resources and developments on this issue.

Hemp On Aug. 21, the Drug Enforcement Administration (not USDA) issued an interim final rule that seeks to clarify that hemp derivatives are prohibited from exceeding a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) level of 0.3 percent. For those producing hemp for use in or otherwise involved in the “CBD” (short for cannabidiol) industry, the rule could present challenges since there are often steps in the CBDmaking process in which the THC level exceeds 0.3 percent. This is a new issue and one that the National Agricultural Law Center will monitor in the weeks and months ahead.

NEPA, USDA Guaranteed Loans, & Litigation In January, the Trump Administration released a proposed overhaul of regulations under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). On July 16, the final rule was published and is set to become effective on Sept. 20. NEPA requires federal agencies to consider the environmental impacts of their proposed actions prior to taking those actions, which has significant implications for agriculture. An important provision in the final rule would exempt USDA Farm Service Agency (and Small Business Administration) guaranteed loans from NEPA. This provision would essentially prohibit legal challenges Arkansas Agriculture

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