Alternative fuels will be in the spotlight when the Alabama legislative session gets underway next week. Report (1:00 wma)
Alabama Water Plan Protest
Alabama Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks is concerned about a proposal that would allow the State of Florida to control Alabama’s water resources up to 50 miles north of the Florida/Alabama state line. Sparks held a press conference on the Florida-Alabama waterways management issue on Thursday with Senator Jimmy Holley, Representative Terry Spicer, Representative Alan Boothe, and Barbara Gibson, Executive Director …
AL Livestock Market Report
Alabama Department of Agriculture’s Dyan Kennedy has this weeks cattle market numbers. Â Report (1:00 wma) Â
USDA Offers Longleaf Pine Incentives
Longleaf pine forests provide numerous environmental benefits including wildlife habitat, but pine stands have been steadily declining. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama is offering landowners some financial benefits to help increase those stands with a new continuous enrollment category for longleaf pine under the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Report (1:00 wma)
NCBA Applauds Southeast Membership Increase
The Southeast Region II states saw a big increase in memberships to the NCBA this past year, something that pleases the Association’s Melanie Sojourner.  Report (1:00 wma)
AL Partnerships Help Auburn University
Dr. Wayne Green of Auburn University’s Animal Science Department told me partnerships with various groups is a must for many of their programs.  Report (1:00 wma) Â
AL Cattle Numbers Going Up
According to Herb Vanderberry with USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service in Alabama, cattle numbers in the state are starting to finally increase some.  Report (1:00 wma) USDA NASS
NASS Enumerators Gather Data
The National Agricultural Statistics Service is busy this month gathering information for the important Agriculture Resource Management Survey or ARMS. The people gathering that information are called enumerators – and they are folks like Barry Wood of Butler county Alabama. Report (1:00 wma) USDA NASS
Increasing Trade Opportunities for Alabama Agriculture
Alabama’s commissioner of agriculture continues to aggressively seek new markets for Alabama products. Report (1:00 wma)
AL Livestock Market Report
Alabama Department of Agriculture’s Dyan Kennedy has a look back at last week’s cattle market numbers from across the state. Report  (:55 wma) Â