{"id":175031,"date":"2025-04-07T06:08:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T06:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/agriculture\/arkansas-ag-secretary-ward-to-present-mid-south-conference-keynote-national-agricultural-law-center\/"},"modified":"2025-04-07T06:08:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T06:08:41","slug":"arkansas-ag-secretary-ward-to-present-mid-south-conference-keynote-national-agricultural-law-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=175031","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas Ag Secretary Ward to present Mid-South conference keynote \u2013 National Agricultural Law Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>By Drew Viguet<br \/>National Agricultural Law Center<br \/>U of A System Division of Agriculture<\/p>\n<p>April 2, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Fast facts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wes Ward will present Mid-South Ag &amp; Environmental Law Conference keynote<\/li>\n<li>Conference is co-hosted by National Ag Law Center and the NASDA Foundation<\/li>\n<li>Registration is <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalaglawcenter.org\/midsouth2025\/\">online<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. \u2014 The Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture and president of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, or NASDA, will deliver the keynote address for the 12<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Mid-South Agricultural and Environmental Law Conference.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agriculture.arkansas.gov\/about-secretary-wes-ward\/\">Wes Ward<\/a> will deliver the keynote address, \u201cPerspectives on State Ag Departments, Trade, and Ag Industry.\u201d The presentation will take place during the Mid-South conference\u2019s online \u201cEarly Bird\u201d program on Wednesday, May 14, before the main conference takes place in June.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees must register for the Mid-South conference by May 13 to attend this online-only bonus event, which offers continuing legal education credit, as well as continuing education from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asfmra.org\/home\">American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecretary Ward\u2019s contribution to agriculture is recognized far and wide, as evidenced by his prominent national leadership role as president of NASDA,\u201d said Harrison Pittman, director of the National Agricultural Law Center, or NALC. \u201cWes is a leading voice for the ag community in Arkansas and beyond, and we\u2019re looking forward to him sharing his perspectives with us for the conference keynote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NALC has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uaex.uada.edu\/media-resources\/news\/2025\/january\/01-20-2025-ark-nalc-conferences.aspx\">partnered<\/a> with the NASDA Foundation to co-host both of its 2025 conferences, the Mid-South conference and the <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalaglawcenter.org\/western2025\/\">Western Water, Agricultural and Environmental Law Conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Registration for the Mid-South is available online at <a href=\"http:\/\/nationalaglawcenter.org\/midsouth2025\">http:\/\/nationalaglawcenter.org\/midsouth2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to discussing the current state of agriculture during the Mid-South \u2018Early Bird,\u2019 as well as where things are heading for the industry,\u201d said Ward. \u201cThere is a lot that state agriculture departments and agricultural stakeholders can learn from each other as policies and regulations evolve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pittman said that similarities between NALC and the NASDA Foundation make the conference partnership a tremendous benefit for stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>To read the full news release, click <a href=\"http:\/\/uaex.uada.edu\/media-resources\/news\/2025\/april\/04-02-2025-ark-nalc-ward-keynote.aspx\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Drew ViguetNational Agricultural Law CenterU of A System Division of Agriculture April 2, 2025 Fast facts: Wes Ward will present Mid-South Ag &amp; Environmental Law Conference keynote Conference is co-hosted by National Ag Law Center and the NASDA Foundation Registration is online FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. \u2014 The Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture and president of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12026],"tags":[13743,25413,14102,7908,26328,12685,38811,5306,383,11423,7705],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-175031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agriculture","tag-agricultural","tag-arkansas","tag-center","tag-conference","tag-keynote","tag-law","tag-midsouth","tag-national","tag-present","tag-secretary","tag-ward"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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