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.

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

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.

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

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.