Greenway Exhibition Hall

Sponsored by Greenway Equipment Company

Since 1988, Greenway Equipment has provided customers with innovative product and service offerings, expert advice, and a passion for exceptional customer service. Greenway has been a supporter of agriculture across northeastern Arkansas, including the research and educational efforts of the Northeast Rice Research and Extension Center.

Riceland Foods Discovery Classroom

Sponsored by Riceland Foods

Riceland provides marketing services for rice and soybeans grown by its 5,500 farmer-members in Arkansas and Missouri. Each year, its 1,500 employees receive store, transport, process, and market more than 125 million bushels of grain.

Riceland is the world’s largest miller and marketer of rice and one of the Mid-South’s major soybean processors.

A major rice exporter, Riceland markets rice products under the Riceland label, private labels, as ingredients, and in bulk. Riceland products are sold nationwide and to more than 75 foreign destinations.

Generation after generation of Riceland farmers have planted, cultivated and harvested rice that carries the quality promise of Riceland Rice. That tradition continues today. Each Riceland product is backed by generations of rice farmers whose goal has always been to produce the finest quality rice in the world.

Jennifer Cox Smith Teaching Kitchen

About Jennifer Cox Smith

Born in Jonesboro and raised in Walnut Ridge, Jennifer Cox Smith was known across northeast Arkansas for her dedication to charitable causes. Jennifer was an active member of the Northeast Arkansas Humane Society, a board member of the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Foundation, and the Northeast Arkansas Women’s Crisis Center. She was active in Make-A-Wish, Arkansas Children’s Hospital Run For The Roses Celebration, and the Lawrence County Ralph Joseph Leadership Class. Jennifer was a Chi Omega National Adviser and was a past Lawrence County Rice Queen.

As was tradition on the Smith Farm in Lawrence County during harvest, Jennifer would rise early, prepare and label a meal for each worker, and deliver it in person at lunchtime.

This kitchen is dedicated to her.

Sponsored by Windmill Rice Company

Founded by farmers who understand the benefit of a closer relationship with the customer, Jonesboro-based Windmill Rice Company has taken the industrial rice supply chain back to its roots – and into the 21st century. Windmill built state-of-the-art milling facilities in the center of one of the most productive regions of America’s top rice-growing state. Although the company has grown over its more than 40 years in business, Windmill stays true to its original philosophy of providing responsive and high-quality service to its customers.

Windmill Rice Company Silo

Sponsored by Windmill Rice Company

Founded by farmers who understand the benefit of a closer relationship with the customer, Jonesboro-based Windmill Rice Company has taken the industrial rice supply chain back to its roots – and into the 21st century. Windmill built state-of-the-art milling facilities in the center of one of the most productive regions of America’s top rice-growing state. Although the company has grown over its more than 40 years in business, Windmill stays true to its original philosophy of providing responsive and high-quality service to its customers.

Horizon Ag, LLC. Silo

Sponsored by Horizon Ag, LLC.

Horizon Ag has more than 20 years of experience working in partnership with universities, industry leaders, and retailers to develop top-performing, high-yielding rice seed varieties that are bred to perform on your farm. Horizon Ag strives to help you get the most from their crop including stewardship of critical technologies such as the Provisia® Rice System, championing the U.S. rice industry and its role as a global supplier of high-quality grain.

Arkansas Farm Bureau Boardroom

Sponsored by Arkansas Farm Bureau

Formed in 1935, Arkansas Farm Bureau represents more than 190,000 member families around our state. Arkansas Farm Bureau is a grassroots organization that advocates for and promotes agriculture throughout Arkansas, the region and the country.

Farm Bureau connects consumers with the farmers and ranchers who work hard every day to provide the world with food, fiber, and shelter. Arkansas Farm Bureau also speaks out on the issues that matter to farmers, ranchers, and rural communities in the halls of government and shares the latest news, facts, and stories about agriculture in Arkansas.

Sponsored by Craighead County Farm Bureau

The Craighead County Farm Bureau is a non-profit organization with over 4,400 members. It supports and advocates for local agriculture and its communities.

Nutrien Ag Grand Atrium

Sponsored by Nutrien Ag

Nutrien Ag Solutions is Nutrien’s retail business, the world’s largest provider of crop inputs and services. The brand was established in 2018 after Nutrien was formed through the merger of PotashCorp and Agrium.

Though the Nutrien Ag Solutions name is still relatively young, the company can trace its roots to predecessors that began operating as early as 1859. Prior to the launch of the new brand, the company was known in the U.S. as Crop Production Services, the retail arm of Agrium.

Farm Credit Mid-America Farm Viewing Portal

Sponsored by Farm Credit Mid-America

Born out of the need for a reliable source of credit for farmers, the United States created the Farm Credit System in 1916. For more than a century, Farm Credit Mid-America has been a reliable source of credit for rural America, serving farmers, agribusinesses, and rural residents throughout our territory in Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee.