In our weekly “Around the State with Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture Rick Pate”, filling in for the Commissioner today is Deputy Commissioner Hassey Brooks. And Hassey, we understand tomorrow is a special day for people in the agriculture community. Can you tell us what’s taking place? To learn more about National Ag Day 2023, click here. That’s our weekly Around the State with Alabama Department …
Grant Awarded to the Alabama Agricultural Development Authority for Meat and Poultry Processing
(ADAI/MONTGOMERY, AL/March 17, 2023) — The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded $15 million to the lender Alabama Agricultural Development Authority (AADA) to support meat and poultry slaughter and processing businesses in Alabama. The USDA Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program (MPILP) is awarded to the lender, AADA, in the form of a grant. Businesses engaged in the processing of …
Alabama Starts Black Vulture Depredation Permitting April 1
Cattle producers across many areas of the county recently welcomed the introduction of the bipartisan Black Vulture Relief Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. It’s a bill designed to give producer’s greater flexibility on black vulture management. But in Alabama, a new program through the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI) starts April 1. ADAI Deputy Commissioner Hassey Brooks explained to Southeast AgNet’s Randall …
Around the State with Commissioner Pate
In our “Around the State with Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture Rick Pate”, a big week is coming up in Montgomery. Commissioner, can you tell us what’s taking place? To learn more about the 66th Annual Southeastern Livestock Exposition PRCA Rodeo, visit SLErodeo.com. That’s our weekly Around the State with Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI) Commissioner, Rick Pate. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember …
Around the State with Commissioner Pate
In this week’s “Around the State with Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture Rick Pate”, Southeast AgNet’s Randall Weiseman talked to the Commissioner about a special week for one of the divisions in Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI). And that’s our weekly Around the State with Commissioner Pate. To learn more about National Weights and Measures Week, click here. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2024Nuseed …
Around the State with Commissioner Pate
In this week’s “Around the State with Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture Rick Pate”, he talks to Southeast AgNet’s Randall Weiseman about the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) Winter Policy Conference in Arlington, Virginia. Commissioner, could you explain what NASDA is? That’s our weekly Around the State with Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI) Commissioner, Rick Pate. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester …
Around the State with Commissioner Pate
In our weekly “Around the State with Commissioner Rick Pate”, for years now, grower tours of the Cotton Incorporated research facility in Cary, N.C. have been taking place. And Commissioner, you recently took part in one of these tours. Can you tell us about it? That’s our weekly Around the State with Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI) Commissioner, Rick Pate. Sponsored ContentCIR …
USDA Designates Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
(ADAI/MONTGOMERY, AL/Feb. 15,2023) — Last week USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced a Secretarial natural disaster designation for 27 counties in Tennessee that also included four counties in Alabama that are contiguous to some of the Tennessee counties. This designation will extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from drought through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various …
Around the State with Commissioner Pate
In our weekly “Around the State with Alabama Agriculture Commissioner Rick Pate”, during the recent Cattle Industry Convention in New Orleans, an Alabama farm received a stewardship award. Can you tell us about it Commissioner? Learn more about it on the Environmental Stewardship Award Program website. And that’s our weekly Around the State with Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI) Commissioner, Rick Pate. …
Around the State with Commissioner Pate
In our weekly “Around the State with Commissioner Rick Pate”, we learn more about a program that not only helps Alabama farmers but also benefits the senior citizens in the state. Commissioner, what is this program? For more information about the SFMNP, visit www.fma.alabama.gov or call 334-240-7247. That’s our weekly Around the State with Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI) Commissioner, Rick Pate. Sponsored …