History
The Agricultural Council of Arkansas (ACA) was established in 1939 when several row crop farmers in east Arkansas decided it was necessary to pool their resources and work together to overcome the challenging times and remain sustainable. They decided they were most effective when working together on areas of common interest. Today, the ACA is still an agriculture focused organization and a strong voice in shaping the future of family farms and rural communities from Arkansas. The ACA remains committed to promoting, encouraging, and developing improvements to the planting, cultivation, fertilization, breeding, gathering, storage, and marketing of agricultural products. The ACA also focuses on economic development and education opportunities for rural communities in Arkansas.
In these challenging times, the need for an organization like the ACA is as important as it was following the Great Depression. In order for the Arkansas economy to remain competitive and for America to continue to provide its people with food and fiber, row crop agriculture will need to continue to produce, be profitable, and grow. This need for productivity is also critical in meeting global demand for food, which will increase with continued growth in world population and the development of the rest of the world. A successful agriculture sector helps create jobs and stimulate innovation.
For agriculture to remain productive in the United States and for rural economies to be viable, our elected and appointed policy makers must set policies that support a sustainable and profitable agriculture industry. Since 1939, the ACA has remained focused on ensuring that policy makers understand the importance of domestic agriculture and set policies that are favorable to Arkansas’s production agriculture community. The ACA intends to carry forward its long-standing tradition on behalf of family farmers, agriculture related businesses, and others supportive of agriculture and rural communities in Arkansas.
