Department of Agriculture
Supporting Arkansas farmers and ranchers while ensuring safe food, fiber, and forest products for the citizens of Arkansas, the nation, and across the globe
Arkansas State Plant Board
Overview
The mission of the Arkansas State Plant Board is to protect and serve the citizens of Arkansas and the agricultural and business communities by providing information and unbiased enforcement of laws and regulations thus ensuring quality products and services. The Plant Industries Division administers the rules promulgated by the Arkansas State Plant Board.
The Arkansas State Plant Board has nine committees: Boll Weevil Committee; Bureau of Standards Committee; Feeds, Fertilizer, and Lime Committee; Industrial Hemp Committee; Nursery and Plants Committee; Pest Control Committee; Pesticide Committee; Public Grain Warehouse/Seeds Committee; and Regulatory Services Committee.
Act 135 of the 2023 legislative session revised the membership categories of the State Plant Board’s 19 members as outlined below. Seventeen members are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, and two non-voting members are designated by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Vice President. Members serve five-year terms. The 17 members appointed by the Governor are to include:
- One cotton grower representative
- One agricultural fertilizer industry representative
- One rice grower representative
- One horticulturist, nurseryman, ornamental production, or lawn care industries representative
- One corn, peanut, sorghum, turf, or wheat grower representative
- One soybean grower representative
- One licensed pest control operator
- One seed dealer representative
- One seed grower representative
- One retail or wholesale fuel industry representative
- One agricultural pesticide industry representative
- One agricultural aviation industry representative
- One timber and forest products sector representative
- Two corn, cotton, peanuts, rice, sorghum, soybeans, turf, or wheat producer representatives
- One livestock producer representative
- One forage grower representative
Board Members
| Name | Location | Representing | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Alford | Lewisville | Forage Industry | 2023 |
| David Gammill | Tyronza | Corn, Peanut, Sorghum, Turf, or Wheat Grower | 2023 |
| Ken Korth | Fayetteville | University of Arkansas, Entomology and Plant Pathology | |
| Matthew Marsh | Little Rock | Rice Grower | 2023 |
| Reynold Meyer | Eudora | Livestock Industry | 2023 |
| Matthew Miles | McGehee | Soybean Grower | 2023 |
| Nathan Reed | Marianna | Farmer | 2023 |
| Travis Senter | Osceola | Farmer | 2023 |
| Nathan Slaton | Fayetteville | University of Arkansas, Agriculture Experiment Station | |
| Sam Stuckey | Clarkedale | Cotton Grower | 2024 |
| Sammy Angel | Lake Village | Seed Grower | 2028 |
| Kyle Baltz | Pocahontas | Fertilizer | 2028 |
| Jon Bierbaum | Lake Village | Timber and Forest Products | 2028 |
| George Dunklin | Humphrey | Pesticide Industry | 2028 |
| Garrett Frost | Marianna | Agricultural Aviation | 2028 |
| Robin Ralston | Atkins | Retail or Wholesale Fuel | 2028 |
| Robert Thorne | Marion | Horticulture | 2028 |
| Davis Wallace | Crawfordsville | Seed Dealer | 2028 |
| VACANT | Pest Control |
