HJR50 Summary

• Commends Josh and Jessica Turner of Sylvania in DeKalb County as the 2010 Outstanding Young Farm Family of Alabama, an award presented during the Alabama Farmers Federation's 89th Annual Meeting in December 2010.

• Recognizes the Turners' agricultural operation consisting of 30 head of beef cows, six broiler houses equipped with computerized monitoring systems, and a successful hay business.

• Notes that Josh Turner began his poultry production career while in high school by leasing two broiler houses from his grandfather and great uncle, eventually expanding to six houses of their own.

• Acknowledges the Turners as exemplary representatives of Alabama competing at the national level for the Young Farmers Achievement Award.

• House adopted the resolution on March 10, 2011, and the Senate adopted it on March 24, 2011.