HJR243 Summary

• Commends Stan and Kayla Usery for being named Alabama's Outstanding Young Farm Family at the Alabama Farmers Federation's 92nd annual meeting on December 6, 2014.

• Recognizes the Outstanding Young Farm Family Program, now in its 56th year, which honors young farmers and farm families ages 18-35 demonstrating exceptional work, leadership, and commitment to agriculture.

• The Userys operate approximately 700 acres of winter wheat, soybeans, cotton, and corn and manage nine broiler houses on their farm in Elkmont, while Mrs. Usery works as an educator in the Limestone County School System.

• Highlights their accomplishments in production agriculture, stewardship of land, leadership in the industry, and raising their seven-year-old daughter with agricultural roots.

• Passed by the House on February 27, 2014 and adopted by the Senate on March 4, 2014.