Alabama AgCast

Each year, the Alabama Farmers Federation hosts the Heritage Cooking Contest. This event, sponsored by our Women's Leadership Committee invites entries from around the state to prepare dishes, based on a theme selected by the committee, for a chance to win prizes. This year's winner, from Tuscaloosa County, is Cindy Landers. Cindy won first place with her recipe called Strawberry Crack Salad. Read more about the contest on our website here. Find our more about our sponsor, Alabama Ag Credit, and also about Alabama Farmers Federation.

We visit with Alfa Insurance's Senior VP of Property, Casualty and Life Operations, Rex Seabrook, and Senior VP of Technology and Business Innovation, Crystal Johnson, on the conversion of our farmowner policy to the faster Guidewire system. Contact Kaelin Lockhart with questions about your policy being converted. Marlee Jackson wraps up with information about an important health survey as we prepare to re-introduce legislation next year to offer affordable health coverage. Click here to take the survey.

We talk with David Helflin, Area V field man, Tyler Monday, Area II field man, and John Allen Nichols, agriculture counsel, on what county annual meetings are and how important they are to the structure of the Alabama Farmers Federation. Check out Alabama Ag Credit and Alabama Farmers Federation.

We speak with Preston Roberts, Director of Agriculture Legislation, about the upcoming health plan legislation that will be re-introduced in the 2025 Alabama legislative session. For the survey referenced in this episode, click here. Send your health coverage story to Mary Wilson here. Check out Alabama Ag Credit and Alabama Farmers Federation.

This week's wrap-up includes an ag law update from Federation Agriculture Counsel John Allen Nichols. www.fincen.gov/boi

Dr. Adam Kantrovich, Extension Specialist of Agribusiness at Clemson University, gives us a sneak peak at what he will cover for his talk at our upcoming Farm & Land Conference. He references RuralTax.org. This is a useful website to help with tax education.

In this episode Alabama Farmers Federation Agricultural Communications Specialist Maggie Edwards sits down with Alabama Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association President Dr. Arlie Powell. They discuss Powell's history with AFVGA and the growth of the organization. This week's wrap-up includes an ag law update from Federation Agriculture Counsel John Allen Nichols. www.fincen.gov/boi

With the Farm & Land Conference coming up in August, we sit down with Young Farmer Director, Hunter McBrayer, about leadership development programs and competitions that will be highlighted at the upcoming event in Montgomery. Check out Alabama Ag Credit and Alabama Farmers Federation.

We sit down with Dr. Jeremy Pickens, who will be speaking on how to start a Christmas tree farm during our upcoming Farm & Land Conference beginning August 1 in Montgomery. Check out Alabama Ag Credit and Alabama Farmers Federation.

Mitt Walker catches up with Daniel Mullenix, of Lee County, and Whitney Haynes, from Cullman County, on their experiences in our nation's capital as the Agricultural Leaders For Alabama (A.L.F.A) participants meet with decision-makers to gain insight and to discuss issues facing Alabama farmers. Mitt also spends some time with Pennsylvania Congressman, G.T. Thompson, who chairs the House Ag Committee. Check out Alabama Ag Credit and Alabama Farmers Federation.

We speak with the Farmers Federation's Kim Earwood about the Ag In The Classroom program in Alabama and the Summer Institute that just wrapped up. We also speak with Kimberly Moore, a teacher from Montgomery and first-time attendee of the summer program. Check out Alabama Ag Credit and Alabama Farmers Federation.

Here are some of the latest news stories we have been working on from our publication, The Cultivator.

Dr. Tracy gave a talk about stocker cattle health during the Beef Cattle and Forage Summit.

Learn more about nutrition for finishing beef cattle in Alabama with producers Chris Upchurch, David Lee and Zane Troxtel.

From the recent Beef Cattle and Forage Summit, we discuss forages with Mason Henson, Ph.D. Check out Alabama Ag Credit and Alabama Farmers Federation.

As part of the Beef Cattle and Forage Summit, we visit with presenter, Perry Mobley of Greenpoint Ag. Check out Alabama Ag Credit and Alabama Farmers Federation.

Alfa Eminent Scholar and Auburn University Professor Dr. Mykel Taylor discusses a research project that focusses on how stress affects some farmers. She also discusses some of the latest news and thinking regarding ag economics. Check out Alabama Ag Credit and Alabama Farmers Federation.

Mike Moody visits with Jena Owens, teacher and organizer of the Choctaw County Ag Day, to discuss what the sixth graders learned during the annual event.

Recently, YARA sponsored the first 4R Fertilizer Workshop in the Southeast held at the E.V. Smith Research Center. Check out Alabama Ag Credit and Alabama Farmers Federation.

Brian Hardin, director of governmental affairs, and Russ Durrance, director of agriculture legislation, discuss the latest on Alfa Health Plan bill currently in the Alabama Legislature and other efforts supporting farmers in the State House.