May 2020

By Aimee Robinette • Photography Ashley Putnam Walt Rambo didn’t come from a farming family, but that hasn’t stopped him from accumulating – and successfully farming – 1,150 acres of land. “I grew up around Clarksdale,” says Rambo. “My dad was a Methodist preacher. One church member, David Mullin, would take me to his farm […]

By Mark H. Stowers • Photography by Johnny Jennings Jacob Sartain didn’t grow up on a family farm with a unique farm headquarters and shop. He didn’t plant a field until his late 20s. But the family business did have him walking turnrows as Sartain is the third-generation owner of the family real estate business

By Aimee Robinette Farming has never been an easy endeavor. It comes with many seen and unseen complications and a plethora of possibilities.But this year, agriculture is facing one of its most unusual years in recent memory. With the introduction of a novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, farmers are dealing with more than just the

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