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ARKANSAS FARM BUREAUP.O. Box 31, Little Rock 72203
___(date)____, 2013
For immediate release
The __________s of ___________are selected_______ County’s 2013 Farm Family of the Year
___(town)____ — The __(name)___ family of the __(name)___ Community has been chosen
__(name)___ County’s Farm Family of the Year for 2013, representatives of __(name)___
County Farm Bureau and ____(organization)____ have announced. The organizations are chief
sponsors of the program in __(name)___ County.
_____(name)_____ and _____(name)______ raise ___(crop)____, ___(crop)____ and
___(crop)____ on _(no.)_ acres that have been in their family for _(no.)_ years. They also
produce ___(crop)____ and ___(crop)____, and ____(name)_____ works off farm as a
_______(job)_______ in ____(town)______ to supplement the family income.
As the __(name)___ County Farm Family of the Year, the __(name)___ family will join 74 other
county farm families in vying for district and state recognition as the Arkansas Farm Family of the
Year. The Arkansas Farm Family of the Year will be announced December 12 at a banquet at the
Wyndham Riverfront in North Little Rock.
First established in 1947, Arkansas’ Farm Family of the Year program is the longest running effort of
its kind in the nation. The program sponsors are Arkansas Farm Bureau, Farm Credit Services of
Western Arkansas, Farm Credit Midsouth, ACA, AgHeritage Farm Credit Services and the Electric
Cooperatives of Arkansas, with the cooperation of the program partners Arkansas Press Association,
University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm
Service Agency, USDA Rural Development, the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service,
Arkansas Department of Workforce Education and the Arkansas Agriculture Department.
___( name)____ County Farm Bureau is a nonprofit, private advocacy organization of more than
_(no.)_ families throughout ___(name)____ County working to improve farm and rural life.
______(name)___________(phone no.)_______(e-mail address if applicable)_____