{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://aderholt.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/aderholt-hosts-agriculture-forum-house-agriculture-committee-chairman", "Aderholt Hosts Agriculture Forum with House Agriculture Committee Chairman Lucas and Alabama Farmers", "2012-10-10", "2012", "2012-10", "Republican", "House", "AL", "Robert B. Aderholt", "A000055", "aderholt.house.gov", "aderholt", "https://aderholt.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04), today welcomed House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (OK-03) to Stone Bridge Farms in Cullman, Alabama for a lunch discussion about every-day agriculture issues in the state of Alabama and the future of the farm bill.\n\n\u201cAgriculture is an integral part of Alabama\u2019s history and has a vital impact on our state\u2019s economy,\u201d said Aderholt. \u201cIt is a pleasure to welcome Chairman Lucas to Alabama to meet with our state\u2019s hard-working farmers and producers. Every day they face a variety of challenges in their operations and today\u2019s event is a great opportunity for us to come together and discuss those issues with Chairman Lucas. Agriculture is and should continue to be a mainstay of Alabama\u2019s economy and it is forums like this that help us to better understand and serve Alabama\u2019s agriculture community back in Washington.\u201d\n\n\u201cI was pleased to visit Congressman Aderholt\u2019s district and join him in an important discussion on agriculture issues. This was a great opportunity to meet members of the agriculture community, recognize the contributions our farmers make for this nation and around the world, and discuss the challenges our producers continue to face. We need more members like Congressman Aderholt who understand and appreciate agriculture because now more than ever it is important that we stand strongly together in support of production agriculture and rural economies,\u201d said Rep. Frank Lucas, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.\n\nAlabama is home to more than 48,500 farms, which cover 9 million acres of land. Alabama agriculture exports total more than $800 million a year and include poultry, cattle, cotton, peanuts, sod and nursery products. Agriculture and agribusiness make up the largest industry in the state and employs twenty percent of all Alabamians.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T21:11:43Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://aderholt.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/aderholt-hosts-agriculture-forum-house-agriculture-committee-chairman"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7662218995392323, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}