Regardless of what experts might say, this is also a problem in the national agricultural community. Representatives from Governor Siegelman s office, USDA s Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service, the Alabama Farmers Federation, Alabama Farm Bureau, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, the Alabama Cattlemen s Association and the Alabama Poultry and Egg Association will be on-hand to answer any questions concerning this desperate situation Alabama farmers are facing. All counties in Alabama, especially those in the Northwest region, are facing severe drought conditions and with the continued lack of rain and high temperatures across the entire state more counties are continuing to be affected everyday. This drought situation continues to worsen not only in Alabama but also in areas across the nation from Maine all the way to Texas. In fact, this is the worst drought situation ever reported in Alabama by statisticians and farmers.
Weather conditions affect people from all walks of life but especially farmers.
Bishop said that on June 17 Agriculture Department investigators checked the shelves of 318 stores selected at random from among the state's more than 6,000 grocery stores. One container of formula had a 1997 expiration date. Some of the stores had even placed containers back on the shelves which investigators had instructed them to remove. We are not going to stand by and let this activity persist. He said his office will be supplying the information from their investigation to the proper authorities.