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Alabama wheat and feed grain producers will go to the polls Thursday, Sept. 8, to decide whether the State Wheat and Feed Grain Checkoff program should be continued for five more years at the current rate of one cent per bushel on corn, wheat, grain sorghum and oats sold in Alabama.
Producers who produced feed grains in 2010 or planted for harvest in 2011 will be eligible to vote. State law requires a statewide producer referendum to be held every five years on whether the program should be continued. If approved, checkoff funds would be used to finance research, education and promotional activities aimed at furthering the development of the state’s wheat and feed grain industry.
Shep Morris of Macon County is chairman of the Alabama Wheat & Feed Grain Producers. He said over the years the checkoff has funded a variety of tests as well as research on insect and disease control, conservation practices and precision agriculture.
"The research conducted with the help of these checkoff dollars is invaluable to producers," Morris said. "Helping develop plant varieties that are drought tolerant, require less fertilizer and produce higher yields helps improve profits for farmers and helps keep food costs down for consumers. The education and promotion funded by the checkoff helps growers make wise decisions and encourages consumption and use of what we produce."
The checkoff program is voluntary. Funds are collected from producers by grain buyers and remitted to the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries, which turns over the funds quarterly to the Alabama Wheat & Feed Grains Producers, a division of Alabama Farmers Federation. A producer committee representing Alabama Wheat and Feed Grains Producers members across the state determines how the funds are distributed.
On Sept. 8, Alabama wheat and feed grain producers will be able to vote between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. at their county polling sites. No proxy voting will be allowed, and no ballots will be accepted via mail.
For more information, contact Buddy Adamson at (334) 613-4216 or 1-800-392-5705, ext 4216. The referendum is authorized by Act of 1985, No. 85-701 of the Alabama Legislature’s 1985 regular session.
2011 Wheat & Feed Grains Referendum County & Poll Location(s)
Autauga Autauga County Ag Center - Ext. Office – Autaugaville
Alfa Office, 1858 Glynwood Dr. – Prattville
Baldwin Alfa Office – Bay Minette
Alfa Office – Robertsdale
Alfa Office – Foley
Barbour Alfa Office – Clayton
Alfa Office, 1398 S Eufaula Ave. – Eufaula
Bibb Alfa Office – Centreville
Blount Whitley’s Store – Snead
FSA Office – Oneonta
Bullock Alfa Office – Union Springs
Butler Alfa Office – Greenville
Calhoun Alfa Office – Jacksonville
Co. Ext. Office, 1702 Noble Ave., Ste 108 – Anniston
Chambers Alfa Office – Lafayette
Cherokee Extension Office, 1526 Chesnut Bypass – Centre
Chilton Alfa Office, 1st St. – Clanton (downtown)
Choctaw Alfa Office – Butler
Clarke Alfa Office – Grove Hill
Clay Alfa Office – Lineville
Cleburne Alfa Office – Heflin
Coffee Alfa Office, 401 N Main St. – Enterprise
Alfa Office, 617 W Davis St. – Elba
Colbert Colbert Farmers Co-op – Leighton
Conecuh Alfa Office – Evergreen
Coosa Alfa Office – Rockford
Covington Alfa Office, 306 W Bypass – Andalusia
Crenshaw Alfa Office – Luverne
Cullman J & R Feed Services, 100 8th St. NE – Cullman
Dale Alfa Office, 311 James St. – Ozark
Dallas Alfa Office, 300 Broad St. – Selma
DeKalb Co. Ext. Office – Ft. Payne
Alfa Office – Henagar
DeKalb Farmers Co-op – Crossville
Elmore Alfa Office – Wetumpka
Escambia Alfa Office – Atmore
Alfa Office – Brewton
Etowah Etowah Co. Annex Bldg. – Gadsden
Fayette Alfa Office – Fayette
Franklin Alfa Office – Russellville
Geneva Alfa Office, 422 W Lawrence Harris Hwy – Slocomb
Alfa Office, 511 E Maple Ave., Suite 5 – Geneva
Greene Alfa Office – Eutaw
Hale Alfa Office – Greensboro
Henry Alfa Office, 108 Kirkland St. – Abbeville
Alfa Office, 1 Park St. – Headland
Houston Alfa Office, 1038 Ross Clarke Circle NE – Dothan
Jackson Alfa Office, Bypass – Scottsboro
Alfa Office – Stevenson
Jefferson Alfa Office – Bessemer
Lamar Alfa Office – Vernon
Lauderdale Alfa Office – Rogersville
Alfa Office, 158 Ana St. – Florence
Lawrence Alfa Office – Moulton
Alfa Office – Town Creek
Lee Alfa Office, 709 2nd Ave. – Opelika
Limestone Alfa Office, Hwy 72 W – Athens
Lowndes Alfa Office – Hayneville
Macon Alfa Office – Tuskegee
Madison Jeff’s Gin – Harvest
Alfa Office – New Hope
Marengo Alfa Office – Linden
Marion Alfa Office – Hamilton
Marshall Alfa Office – Guntersville
Mobile Driskell Farm – Grand Bay
Federation Office, Jon Archer Center – Mobile
Monroe Alfa Office, 3582 S Ala. Ave. – Monroeville
Montgomery Alfa Main Office, Sales Office, 2108 E South Blvd. – Montgomery
Morgan Alfa Office, Beltline – Decatur
Perry Alfa Office – Marion
Pickens County Agents Office – Carrollton
Alfa Office – Aliceville
Pike Alfa Office, S Brundidge St. – Troy
Randolph Alfa Office – Wedowee
Russell Alfa Office, 3304 Hwy 80 W, Unit 4 – Phenix City
Shelby Alfa Office – Columbiana
St. Clair Alfa Office – Ashville
Sumter Alfa Office – Livingston
Talladega Alfa Office, 314 East Battle St. – Talladega
Tallapoosa Alfa Office, 230 Clark St. – Dadeville
Tuscaloosa Alfa Office, Federation Office, Hwy 82 – Northport
Walker Alfa Office, Federation Office, Airport Rd – Jasper
Washington Alfa Office – Chatom
Wilcox Alfa Office – Camden
Winston Alfa Office – Double Springs
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