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All across Tennessee and around the country farmers have been extremely busy on their farms this spring trying to get their crops planted, their newborn calves weaned and the first cutting of hay harvested in between all the rain showers.
Lee Maddox: A Busy Time on the Farm: Welcome and Hello again everyone for Tennessee Home and Farm Radio. I’m Lee Maddox
Zippy Duvall: It’s just an exciting time in the spring on my farm and all across America.
Lee Maddox: All across Tennessee and around the country farmers have been extremely busy on their farms this spring trying to get their crops planted, their newborn calves weaned, and the first cutting of hay harvested in between all the rain showers, but they wouldn’t have it any other way. American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall
Zippy Duvall: This is when optimism of farmers come out because they’re they’re out in the field planting that crop and then looking to the Lord for rain to be able to grow up with and in a wonderful harvest time so they can get it in but you know all the mind desk work of ordering and deciding what you’re going to plan all that was done back in winter and now there have been doing the fun stuff hard work but fun stuff things that they came into farming and wanting to do.
Lee Maddox: Zippy Duvall has cattle, hay, and poultry production on his farm in Georgia and he says he and other farmers across the country are committed to doing the best job they can do on their farms because so many others are dependent on those farmers
Zippy Duvall: Its a mission that we’re all on. It’s our godly mission everyday to go out and take care of the soil and water animals and make sure the people in this country and a lot of people across the world has something in their pantry
Lee Maddox: Besides the chores on the farm this spring Zippy Duvall says another important chore for farmers is sharing their stories with members of Congress, as the debate continues in hopes of new national farm policy approved this year known as the Farm Bill. That’s legislation that guides and protects our farmers every five years
Zippy Duvall: So many things has happened on our farms. We need to let them people know because they’re all going in with different motivations different reasons, but they got to understand how important that piece of legislation is to us each and every day and how important is for the American people because that provides us the opportunity to fill everybodys’ pantries
Lee Maddox: And for Tennessee Home and Farm Radio. I’m Lee Maddox
