This week on The Land Show, Dave and co-host Jonathan Goode focus on two charitable groups aimed at making a positive influence via their farm and hunting properties. First, Justin Kane with Iron Horse Farms talks about entertaining veterans’ groups and wounded warriors on the organization’s hunting property. Next up, Dave and Jonathan talk with Jeff Hardy with the Outdoor Friends Forever foundation. Hardy and his brother Jim host hunting and fishing trips for people with disabilities. Also on this week’s episode, Russ Walters discusses current farm prices and building a home barn, while Tim Baker touches on the importance of creating duck habitats for successful duck hunting.
This week on The Land Show, Dave talks with Tim Baker about primitive weapons and how they are made using Alabama’s natural resources. Check out The Land Show VLOG to see Tim use flint to make an arrowhead. Also this week, Dave chats with Jonathan Goode about famous Olympians from Alabama as well as the great migration of sharecroppers. The show continues with Robert King touching on USDA farm lease direction in Alabama and George Mann discussing food plots for prepping hunting properties.
This week on The Land Show Dave talks with Brian Lucas, Ag Science teacher, FFA (Future Farmers of America) Advisor and coach at Thorsby High School in Chilton County. Brian and Dave talk about how important FFA is in introducing young people to farming and rural life skills that will help them be the future leaders in rural America. Thorsby is a 2A school but is a statewide powerhouse in FFA competitions. There are over 200 FFA teams around the state that compete in statewide competitions. Brian shares how Thorsby FFA won 4 state titles in four different areas and their land judging team will be going to Oklahoma to compete in the National Championships.
Jonathan Goode shares about a great fruit tasting event that he attended at the Auburn Extension service research center in Chilton County and how important the cooperative extension service is to our state.
Russ Walters got us up to speed on current farm commodity prices and Dave was happy to see cotton prices moving in a positive direction.
Dave also chats with George Mann and Coach Pat Dye at Coach Dye's Crooked Oaks Farm in Macon County. Hear all the great things going on at Crooked Oaks; guided quail hunts, corporate retreats, family outings and weddings which have been a big hit in Coach Dye's beautiful barn/event center.
To wrap up the show, Dave responds to an e-mail from a man who recently moved to Birmingham asking if we have any trout waters in Alabama? Join us for the answer to this question and more on this weeks episode of The Land Show.