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Let’s meet a first-generation row crop farmer who found his way back to the farm!

April 04, 2025 02:35 PM • 
RFD NEWS STAFF, Currey McCullough

Farming is usually a family affair, but one Arkansas farmer followed in his dad’s footsteps and left the industry.

The state’s Farm Bureau shows us what led him back.

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