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Jan. 25, 2023
By Rebekah Hall U of A System Division of Agriculture
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LITTLE ROCK — Ron Rainey, extension economist, professor and assistant vice president for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, was named a Farm Foundation Round Table Fellow.
“I am honored to be invited into this select group made up of distinguished U.S. leaders across agriculture and the food value chain,” Rainey said. “The Round Table is part of the Farm Foundation’s programs focused on engaging agricultural stakeholders to navigate a successful future for the industry. This selection means that my contributions to agriculture are relevant and noteworthy.”
The Farm Foundation, founded in 1933, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit group that works to develop solutions to issues in agriculture, including farmer health and sustainability and to implement new technologies. The foundation’s Round Table is an invitation-only discussion forum comprised of leaders in the North American food and agriculture industries.
In addition to his administrative duties and outreach for the Cooperative Extension Service, Rainey is director of the Southern Risk Management Education Center, whose mission is to educate farmers and ranchers to manage the unique risks of producing food for the world's table.
Rainey said he looks forward to providing his perspective as an “extension economist with 30 years of experience delivering technical assistance and promoting the value of the land-grant system’s three-pronged mission—research, teaching, extension.”
“I will highlight my expertise across risk management and outreach with public and private stakeholders from across the country,” he said. “I also look forward to providing a more diverse perspective to effectively serve all agricultural sectors and rural America.”
The Round Table meets twice a year for discussion and networking among its Fellows and other leaders in government, academic and agribusiness sectors. As a Fellow, Rainey said his role will be to share his expertise and experiences, support and raise awareness of the Farm Foundation and its programs and invite other leaders to take part in Round Table discussions and networking.
“We are pleased that Dr. Rainey has earned this honor and know that he will represent farmers in Arkansas and extension well,” said Bob Scott, senior associate vice president for the Division of Agriculture and director of the Cooperative Extension Service.
Rainey is the second Division of Agriculture faculty member to be involved with the Farm Foundation. Earlier in January, Trey Malone, an agricultural economist with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, was named Farm Foundation's 2023 Agricultural Economics Fellow.
To learn more about the Farm Foundation, visit farmfoundation.org.
To learn about extension programs in Arkansas, contact your local Cooperative Extension Service agent or visit www.uaex.uada.edu. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @AR_Extension. To learn more about Division of Agriculture research, visit the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station website: https://aaes.uada.edu. Follow on Twitter at @ArkAgResearch. To learn more about the Division of Agriculture, visit https://uada.edu/. Follow us on Twitter at @AgInArk.
About the Division of Agriculture
The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s mission is to strengthen agriculture, communities, and families by connecting trusted research to the adoption of best practices. Through the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Cooperative Extension Service, the Division of Agriculture conducts research and extension work within the nation’s historic land grant education system.
The Division of Agriculture is one of 20 entities within the University of Arkansas System. It has offices in all 75 counties in Arkansas and faculty on five system campuses.
The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture offers all its Extension and Research programs to all eligible persons without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, age, disability, marital or veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Media Contact: Rebekah Hall rkhall@uada.edu @RKHall_ 501-671-2061