HR961 Summary

• Commends Shep and Rite Morris of Morris and Morris Farms in Shorter for being named the Alabama Farm-City Committee's 2010 Farm of Distinction.

• Awards recipients received prizes valued at over $10,000 and earned the right to represent Alabama in the Southeastern Farmer of the Year competition at the Sunbelt Agricultural Expo in Moultrie, Georgia in October 2010.

• Recognizes the Morrises for their innovative approach to cotton harvesting.

• Affirms agriculture as the backbone of Alabama's economy and Morris and Morris Farms as an exemplar of family farming tradition.