LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Jan. 10 -- The Arkansas Farm Bureau issued the following news release: Will Hopkins has been hired as director of local affairs and rural development at Arkansas Farm Bureau, where he will serve as a member of the lobbying team for the state's largest agricultural advocacy organization. Hopkins, of Little Rock, most recently worked as a technical sales representative for DataScout, where he was responsible for training elected officials and other clients to use the compa  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- NSSF-The Firearm Industry Trade Association, issued the following news release: NSSF, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, welcomes Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp to join NSSF's 3rd Annual Governors' Forum at SHOT Show(R) 2024. Gov. Kemp joins seven other state governors to discuss the importance of the firearm industry to their states, Second Amendment rights of their citizens and their insights to challenges and opportunities ahead for gun rights in the United States. Conf  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 12 -- Growth Energy, a trade association that represents ethanol producers, issued the following news release: Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor delivered the keynote address to the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association's Renewable Fuels Summit (IRFA Summit) today. Speaking alongside Governor Kim Reynolds, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, and former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, Skor updated   more

GILLETT, Arkansas, Jan. 13 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: In advance of the Gillett Farmers and Businessmen's Club's annual Gillett Supper--for which dozens of trapped and hunted raccoons are cooked--PETA fired off a letter to event organizer Gabe Holmstrom today, urging him to give the event a sorely needed update and offering to help develop or provide a vegan meal that honors raccoons instead. PETA points out that raccoons are curious, highl  more