[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14368-14369]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   ARKANSAS CENTURY FARMING FAMILIES

  (Mr. WESTERMAN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. Speaker, in 2012, the Arkansas Department of 
Agriculture began the Arkansas Century Farm Program. This program 
honors those Arkansas farm families who have owned and farmed the same 
land for at least 100 years. Since 2012, 297 Arkansas farms and 
families have been inducted in the Arkansas Century Farm Program, and 
on Tuesday, November 1, 2016, an additional 44 families were recognized 
by the program, including 14 families representing 10 counties in 
Arkansas's Fourth Congressional District.
  Mr. Speaker, there is something special to be said for those families 
that continue to dedicate their time and treasure to the land that has 
provided for their families over many generations. They wisely manage 
our natural resources, tend to livestock entrusted to their care, drive 
our economy forward, and pass down a special way of life to future 
generations. Our farm families know and understand that, if they take 
care of the land, it will, in turn, take care of them.

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  I know that the families that have been recognized by the Arkansas 
Century Farm Program understand this concept the best. I congratulate 
these families on their induction into this prestigious program and 
wish them another productive century.

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