LITTLE ROCK — Economists from the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture will be bolstering their outreach to farmers with four risk-management workshops scheduled in January and February.
Typically during production meetings, farmers hear the 10,000-foot economic overview. However 2024 will be different. The four Fryar Center Agricultural Risk Management, or FARM, workshops are longer format, allowing for more in-depth looks at situations and tactics.
John Anderson, right, with Ed Fryar, left, the former economics professor for whom the risk management center is named. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo).
Registration is open online.
The agendas will cover both livestock and row crop production depending on location.
“The farm workshops really give us an opportunity to get more in depth in really important topics,” said John Anderson, head of the agricultural economics and agribusiness department for the Division of Agriculture and the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural,…
