Alabama AgCast

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.

Find out more about our sponsor, Alabama Ag Credit, and also about Alabama Farmers Federation.

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.

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.