We visit with Carla Hornady on the USDA's Prospective Plantings report, released on March 31, 2025.Find out more about our sponsor, Alabama Ag Credit, and also about

Maggie Edwards sits down with Sidney and Sheryl McKathan. The McKathans live in Andalusia, Ala. and sell honey and strawberries on their U-pick operation.Find out more about our sponsor, Alabama...

Brian Hardin and Russ Durrance, both with the External Affairs division, speak with Rep. David Faulkner, the Alabama House sponsor or the Alfa Health Plan legislation. In the wrap-up, Morgan Desselle recaps the hearing that took place and gives...

On today’s AgCast, we will hear a conversation between Tanner Hood, of our Communications staff, and Preston Roberts, director of Agricultural Legislation, as the Alabama legislature reaches its calendar midpoint.Find your elected repres...

We recap speakers from the annual Forestry & Wildlife Seminar held at the Federation home office to discuss the latest information about areas of interest for landowners and researchers.Find your elected representatives

We sit down with Colton Christjohn, superintendent of the Jr. Livestock Expo and two competitors to get background and insight into the hard work that goes into this event and the memories made.Find your elected representatives

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

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.Find your elected representatives

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

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

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.Find your elected representatives

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.To subscribe to the Ca...

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.Find out more about our sponsor, Alabama ...

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.To sign up for Alabama Farmers Federation e-newsletters,

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, ...

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.Find out more about our sponsor,

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.Find out more about our sponsor, Alabama Ag Credi...

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

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.Find out ...

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

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 atte...

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 ...