The voice of agriculture in Alabama. Neighbors magazine brings you the most current news and information about Alabama agriculture and the Alabama Farmers Federation.
Rural Alabama is poised to benefit from a new initiative cultivating long-term, sustainable economic growth through agricultural investments.
Boyd Deal retired Nov. 30 after mentoring, encouraging and serving countless Area 8 farmers, community members and Federation colleagues. Area 8 includes Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston and Pike counties.
“They aren’t making any more land. What’s there is what we’ve got,” said Autauga County farmer Bill Lipscomb.
Ninety-six high school freshmen and sophomores from across the state gathered at the Alabama 4-H Center in Columbiana Nov. 14-15 for the Alabama Farmers Federation Youth Leadership Conference.
Alabama farmers will soon benefit from three new labs in Auburn, which will replace outdated facilities that are integral to safeguarding farm inputs, products and soil.
The world want more U.S. soy. That’s the message Alabama farmer Wendy Yeager heard time and time again in a flurry of foreign languages last October while representing the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) at an international retail and consumer food show in Paris.