Boozman will deliver keynote at Fryar Center event

U.S. Sen. John Boozman, chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, will deliver the keynote address at this year’s Future of Arkansas Agriculture and Beyond speaker series event, set for Oct. 30.

Hosted by the Fryar Price Risk Management Center of Excellence, the event will be held at the Don Tyson Center for Agricultural Sciences, 1371 W. Altheimer Drive in Fayetteville. The event begins at 2:30 p.m., with a virtual option available at https://uada.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_j4tMt8oiTn-hVpcam0FCkg#/registration.

As chairman of the Agriculture Committee, Boozman is leading efforts to pass an updated farm bill. Congress last passed a comprehensive farm bill in 2018. Through the Working Families Tax Cuts, signed into law in 2025, he championed investments in farm country.