The Alabama Farmers Federation (ALFA) endorsed U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) for governor on Thursday.
Tuberville announced in May that he was running for governor in 2026 instead of running for re-election to the Senate.
“I'm grateful for the support of the Alabama Farmers Federation,” Tuberville said. “As Alabama's representative on the Senate Agriculture Committee, I've been fighting tooth and nail for our farmers. Joe Biden's inflationary policies took a real toll on our farmers – input costs were up, diesel was through the roof, and 25,000 farmers and 150,000 farms were forced to shut their doors. Thankfully, President Trump is back and working hard to lower prices and put American farmers first. When I'm Governor, I'll work with President Trump to help our farmers thrive.”
ALFA president Jimmy Parnell said, “The Farmers Federation was among the first groups Coach Tuberville met with when deciding to run for Senate, and he has never forgotten the support he received from Alabama farmers and rural families.”
“He sought an appointment to the Senate Agriculture Committee and has been a champion for Alabama farmers and Southern agriculture,” he added. “Farmers are facing the worst financial crisis since the 1980s. When Congress failed to pass a new farm bill, Coach Tuberville stepped forward with other farm-state lawmakers to secure $10 billion for the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program in the American Relief Act of 2025. He then worked to preserve updates to commodity reference prices and base acres in President Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill.’”
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