Vilonia students visit cattle farm
Vilonia Science and Social Studies classes visit the The Flying C Ranch, a cattle farm in Conway, on Thursday. Michael Lee, a Vilonia alumni, and his mom taught the students
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Vilonia Science and Social Studies classes visit the The Flying C Ranch, a cattle farm in Conway, on Thursday. Michael Lee, a Vilonia alumni, and his mom taught the students
Visiting the farm store housed in a pre-WWII dairy barn at Flying C Ranch isn't as quick as a trip to the local grocery but it gives shoppers access to pasture-raised, grass-fed, dry-aged beef reared just 8 miles east of Conway.
The summer heat and lack of rain hurt many Arkansas farmers, from their crops to livestock, and now those farmers are thankful Fall is right around the corner.
As triple-digit temperatures and weeks without rain take the life out of pastures and hay meadows, Arkansas' cattle producers are having to sell part or all of their herds.