PreCertification Application
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Event Information
Event Received Date:
7/30/2019
Requestor Name:
Jessica Cook Mims, Alabama Farmers Federation, Department of External Affairs.
(on behalf of) Firm/Group:
Jessica Cook Mims, Alabama Farmers Federation, Department of External Affairs.
Invitees:
Ag Commissioner Rick Pate and staff members, ALFA members.
Purpose/Event:
The Alabama Farmers Federation will be working with the Ag Commissioner for some upcoming farm visits. They are calling it a crop outlook tour. It starts on Sept. 4th and there are about 10 total stops. Commissioner Rick Pate, will be going to farms and speaking and then the local board will sponsor lunch for all attending including the commissioner and about 4 of his staff. Meals will be under $25. County Farmers Federations will be providing lunch, but the corporate office will not be spending any money. Below is the tentative agenda for the first stop on the tour. Additional stops will all be on separate days and have not been set yet. Meals are the only things being provided. 8:00 AM – Depart - Central AL Farmers COOP - 2519 US Highway 80 W, Selma, AL 36703. Option to ride with Mac Higginbotham. 8:25 AM – Arrive - Wendy & Jamie Yeager. Cotton, Grain Sorghum, Peanuts, Soybeans. Jamie is Director, Research/extension at the Black Belt Research Ext Ctr - 1960 County Hwy-163 Orrville, AL 36767-3140. 17.79 miles from COOP. 9:15 AM - Depart - 9:35 AM - Arrive - Sam Givhan. Cotton, Soybeans, Catfish, and Cattle. Chairman AL Farmers COOP Board of Directors - 6900 AL Highway 5 Safford, AL 36773-2618. 15.53 miles from Yeager. 10:00 AM - Depart. 10:20 AM - Arrive - Kent & Gray Cogle. Row crops & Cattle - 7800 County Road 29, Marion Junction, AL 36759. 17.40 miles from Givhan. 11:00 AM - Depart - 11:20 AM - Arrive - Central AL Farmers COOP - 2519 US Highway 80 W, Selma, AL 36703. 20.87 miles from Cogle. 11:30 AM - Lunch with Dallas County Farmers Federation Board (By invitation only) Welcome by Jimmy Holliman – Dallas County President. Meal catered by Tim Woods. Meal sponsored by Dallas County Farmers Federation. 12:00 PM – Round Table Discussions. Tim Wood – General Manager, Central AL Farmers COOP & Member of Alabama Conservation Advisory Board. Overview of COOP and surrounding enterprises. Group discussion - Ag issues, infrastructure needs, challenges faced, etc. 1:00 PM – Closing Comments, Remarks - Commissioner Rick Pate.
Event Date:
9/4/2019
Approved/Denied Date:
8/16/2019
Approved/Denied:
Approved
Denied
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Event Description:
The Alabama Farmers Federation will be working with the Ag Commissioner for some upcoming farm visits. They are calling it a crop outlook tour. It starts on Sept. 4th and there are about 10 total stops. Commissioner Rick Pate, will be going to farms and speaking and then the local board will sponsor lunch for all attending including the commissioner and about 4 of his staff. Meals will be under $25. County Farmers Federations will be providing lunch, but the corporate office will not be spending any money. Below is the tentative agenda for the first stop on the tour. Additional stops will all be on separate days and have not been set yet. Meals are the only things being provided. 8:00 AM – Depart - Central AL Farmers COOP - 2519 US Highway 80 W, Selma, AL 36703. Option to ride with Mac Higginbotham. 8:25 AM – Arrive - Wendy & Jamie Yeager. Cotton, Grain Sorghum, Peanuts, Soybeans. Jamie is Director, Research/extension at the Black Belt Research Ext Ctr - 1960 County Hwy-163 Orrville, AL 36767-3140. 17.79 miles from COOP. 9:15 AM - Depart - 9:35 AM - Arrive - Sam Givhan. Cotton, Soybeans, Catfish, and Cattle. Chairman AL Farmers COOP Board of Directors - 6900 AL Highway 5 Safford, AL 36773-2618. 15.53 miles from Yeager. 10:00 AM - Depart. 10:20 AM - Arrive - Kent & Gray Cogle. Row crops & Cattle - 7800 County Road 29, Marion Junction, AL 36759. 17.40 miles from Givhan. 11:00 AM - Depart - 11:20 AM - Arrive - Central AL Farmers COOP - 2519 US Highway 80 W, Selma, AL 36703. 20.87 miles from Cogle. 11:30 AM - Lunch with Dallas County Farmers Federation Board (By invitation only) Welcome by Jimmy Holliman – Dallas County President. Meal catered by Tim Woods. Meal sponsored by Dallas County Farmers Federation. 12:00 PM – Round Table Discussions. Tim Wood – General Manager, Central AL Farmers COOP & Member of Alabama Conservation Advisory Board. Overview of COOP and surrounding enterprises. Group discussion - Ag issues, infrastructure needs, challenges faced, etc. 1:00 PM – Closing Comments, Remarks - Commissioner Rick Pate.
09/04/2019
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