Alabama NRCS Receives Disaster Recovery Aid

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Cotton, Equine, Field Crops, Forestry, General, Livestock, Pork, Poultry, USDA-NRCS

Auburn, Ala, May 4, 2011 – The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has made available $600,000 in financial and technical assistance through the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program for disaster recovery aid in Alabama. NRCS is helping with the disaster through EWP by removing debris out of waterways. Local NRCS field personnel are also assisting the Alabama Department of Agriculture …

North Alabama Agriculture Suffers Serious Tornado Damage

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, General, Livestock, Poultry

Here is a news release from the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries concerning the recent storms which hit the state: MONTGOMERY – Widespread damage and destruction has hit Alabama’s agriculture infrastructure with preliminary assessments indicating extensive damage to the state’s multi-billion-dollar poultry industry. “We have deployed our field inspectors to the hard hit areas of North Alabama to assist …