KUAR | By Daniel Breen
May is officially Beef and Egg Month in the State of Arkansas.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson met with industry officials at the state Capitol Friday to discuss some of the challenges being faced by producers. Hutchinson said the agriculture industry continues to benefit from Arkansas’ positive economic position, with the state recently announcing a surplus of over $1 billion.
“We’re going to get [the surplus] back to you as quick as we can. So that’s, I think, a pretty good consensus among the legislature that we want to return that. We’ve lowered taxes and its really helped us grow our economy, but we’ve got to be able to return some of that surplus because it just keeps building,” Hutchinson said.
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Gov. Asa Hutchinson joined members of Arkansas' beef industry at the state Capitol on Friday.