Tanner Hood has a conversation with Ben and Whitney Haynes, from Cullman County, about their experiences at this year's Washington Legislative Conference.

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We sit down with new Alabama Ag Credit, Nick Hartley, and Ag Credit VP of Communications, Amber Pratt, to get to know the new CEO.

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Maggie Edwards visits with several attendees of the annual, Taste of Alabama, legislative reception held in Montgomery at the Alabama Farmers Federation.

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Maggie Edwards speaks with attendees of the 2025 Alabama Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association annual meeting recently held in Gulf Shores, Ala.

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Marlee Jackson has a conversation with newly elected North Area Vice President, Mark Byrd, and Tanner Hood speaks with newly elected Southeast Area Vice President, Chris Carroll.

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Mary Wilson, of the Federation communications staff, recaps the American Farm Bureau convention recently held in San Antonio.

Morgan Desselle begins a new weekly look at our efforts in the Alabama Legislature.

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We sit down with Federation Agriculture Council, John Allen Nichols, to discuss issue arising from passing on property to heirs with and without a will.

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We speak with the Federation's Mitt Walker about what Alabama farmers can expect with the 119th Congress and the new political climate in our nation's capital.

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We discuss the upcoming Alabama Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association (AFVGA) Conference and Trade Show with Blake Thaxton, AFVGA Executive Director; Ellie Watson, Sweet Grown Alabama director and event sponsor; and Dr. Susan Fant Cassidy, Founder of eMarketing Director LLC and conference speaker, about the event. The conference and trade show that will take place Feb. 5-7 at The Lodge at Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Please visit www.AFVGA.org for more information and to register before Jan. 19.

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Marlee Jackson has a conversation with the 2025 State Women's Leadership Committee Chair, Rachel Chastain; and Hunter McBrayer sits down with Denzil Dees, the 2025 State Young Farmers Committee Chair.

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President and CEO of Alabama Ag Credit, Doug Thiessen, will soon be retiring. We sit down with him to reflect on his long and successful career.

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We talk about 10 years of Simply Southern with Kevin Worthington, Mary Wilson and Matt Wilson.

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We meet Legislative and Policy Assistant, Morgan Desselle. 

Learn the best strategies for choosing a layer with advice from Alabama Farmers Federation Agriculture Counsel John Allen Nichols. 

We celebrate with five, lucky recipients of the annual JumpStart program, sponsored by Alabama Ag Credit. The JumpStart program rewards five individuals or couples who are new to agriculture to help jump start their operations.

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Russ Durrance speaks with several elected officials from Alabama about their impressions of the FFA National Convention held in Indianapolis, Indiana in late October.

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Every year, Alabama Farmers Federation hosts a group of young people at the 4-C Center in Columbiana, Ala. to expose them to leadership skills and inspiring speakers. The event is call the Youth Leadership Conference. We caught up with six attendees, and the event organizer Hunter McBrayer, about their experiences at the conference.

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Maggie Edwards has conversations with John Gilbert, assistant director of the Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center in Andalusia, and Todd Langston, forestry management specialist with the Alabama Forestry Commission.

We attended the 2024 Youth Dairy Show in Montgomery where we spoke with Richie Traylor, a dairyman from Randolph County, David Daniel, one of our good friends from Extension the show’s superintendent and three competitors; Gabriel and Gracelyn Bristow and Mason Patterson - all from St. Clair County.

We speak with State Forester Rick Oates on the centennial of the state forestry agency.

In the wrap up, please contact Marlee Jackson with your health care stories so we can inform legislators and the public on the need for affordable health care.

We caught up with Eve Brantley. Eve has just recently been named the new Associate Director of Extension here, in Alabama. We get to know Eve and her vision for Extension.

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Maggie Edwards caught up with Daniel and Kim Mullenix on her new promotion and their work in the Ag community.

If you have storm-related damage, visit this USDA webpage more information about preparing for and recovering from a hurricane.

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Drought is a constant threat to producers so we brought in the experts. Alabama Associate State Climatologist Lee Ellenburg, Extension Specialist Kent Stanford and Coordinator of the Alabama DroughtReach Program Breanne Minton.

Here are some useful links from the conversation:
- Drought Impact Toolkit
- Alabama Drought Monitor
- Alabama DroughtReach Program
- DroughtReach on Facebook

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.

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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.
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