The Land Show

This week on The Land Show, Jonathan Goode speaks with: Marianne Gauldin, with the Alabama Department of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, joins us to give an early turkey season update. Only a couple of weeks into the season, there are over 12,000 turkeys reported, compared to a total of 17,000 turkeys harvested in 2025. | Outdoor Alabama Josh Smitherman, owner of Smitherman Farms, is on to share about their brand new store in Clanton, Smitherman Farms Fruit and Flower Market on Highway 22. Josh tells about growing up on a family farm, and how he is excited for his family to start this new venture. Meagan McElroy, with First South Farm Credit in Tuscaloosa, discusses current trends in her market, and some programs that First South offers to make land loans even easier for the borrower. www.firstsouthfarmcredit.com Thanks to our generous sponsors that make it possible to bring you The Land Show every week: Alabama Ag Credit, Farm & Forest Brokers, First South Farm Credit, The Land Report, LandThink, and LandFlip. Subscribe to The Land Show, anywhere you get quality podcasts. If you like our content, please give us a positive review so others can find us as well. Please call or text our Farm & Forest Brokers office any time at 205-340-3946.

This week on The Land Show, Jonathan Goode speaks with several great guests: - Matt Kelley, founder of Equip Ministries, talks about how he uses the outdoors and hunting in his ministry to middle and high school students to help prevent substance abuse and addiction. https://equiponeministries.org/ - Ali Gotcher, Extension Agent with Alabama Cooperative Extension System, joins us to discuss the upcoming Extension Week across Alabama. Governor Ivey declared an Extension Week, and as a result, ACES is hosting many webinars and events across the state. http://www.aces.edu - Cooper Holmes, agent with Farm and Forest Brokers, is on to discuss his spring pinestraw harvest at their family farm. Cooper also talks about some recent timberland and hunting properties he is bringing to market in Perry and Hale Counties. https://farmandforestbrokers.com/j-cooper-holmes/ Thanks to our generous sponsors that make it possible to bring you The Land Show every week: Alabama Ag Credit, Farm & Forest Brokers, First South Farm Credit, The Land Report, LandThink, and LandFlip. Subscribe to The Land Show, anywhere you get quality podcasts. If you like our content, please give us a positive review so others can find us as well. Please call or text our Farm & Forest Brokers office any time at 205-340-3946.

This week on The Land Show, our host Jonathan Goode speaks with: - Chris Hutzler, owner of Common Ground Outdoors, joins us to talk about recent land improvement projects on his property "Big Ridge" in Dekalb County, Alabama. Chris talks about getting the Alabama Forestry Commission to help him burn some sensitive areas, and identifying desirable trees on the property such as paw paws and some wild plums. - Rhae Dorsey, with Mainstreet Demopolis, is on to talk about the Crawfish and Cue event in downtown Demopolis. This event brings in crawfish and bar-b-que enthusiasts from around the region. - Malcolm Moore, with Alabama Ag Credit, updates us on the recent building of his family home in Lowndes County. Malcolm also shares some financing options that Alabama Ag Credit has for people looking to build a home in a rural setting. http://www.alabamaagcredit.com Thanks to our generous sponsors that make it possible to bring you The Land Show every week: Alabama Ag Credit, Farm & Forest Brokers, First South Farm Credit, The Land Report, LandThink, and LandFlip. Subscribe to The Land Show, anywhere you get quality podcasts. If you like our content, please give us a positive review so others can find us as well. Please call or text our Farm & Forest Brokers office any time at 205-340-3946.

This week on The Land Show, our host Jonathan Goode speaks with: Hunter McBrayer, with the Alabama Farmers Federation, shares about ALFA Young Farmers recent recognition and success in nationwide competitions. Hunter talks about programs that are helping develop Alabama's next generation of leaders in agriculture. http://www.alfafarmers.org Erin Beasley, Executive Director of the Alabama Cattlemen's Association, discusses the recent Cattlemen's Convention and what a great success it was. Erin also talks about some of the ways that ACA is protecting farmer and landowner rights in this session of Alabama's legislative session. Erin also talks about the upcoming SLE Rodeo in Montgomery. http://www.bamabeef.org Dalton Dalrymple of Farm and Forest Brokers shares about a recent close call with a tornado on their family farm in Coffee County, Alabama. https://farmandforestbrokers.com/dalton-dalrymple/ Thanks to our generous sponsors that make it possible to bring you The Land Show every week: Alabama Ag Credit, Farm & Forest Brokers, First South Farm Credit, The Land Report, LandThink, and LandFlip. Subscribe to The Land Show, anywhere you get quality podcasts. If you like our content, please give us a positive review so others can find us as well. Please call or text our Farm & Forest Brokers office any time at 205-340-3946.

This week on The Land Show, our host Jonathan Goode talks with: Shawn McNulty with American Sport Fish (americansportfish.com) Taylor Hatchett with Boozer Farms (www.boozerfarms.com) Blake Hargroder with Blakes Crawfish Thanks to our generous sponsors that make it possible to bring you The Land Show every week: Alabama Ag Credit, Farm & Forest Brokers, First South Farm Credit, The Land Report, LandThink, and LandFlip. Subscribe to The Land Show, anywhere you get quality podcasts. If you like our content, please give us a positive review so others can find us as well. Please call or text our Farm & Forest Brokers office any time at 205-340-3946.

This week on The Land Show, our host Jonathan Goode, speaks with his friend Brian Wilson. Brian lives in Arkansas, and is an avid outdoorsman. Brian recounts a hunting accident several years ago, where a friend accidentally shot him in the leg. Brian shares how this has been one of the most difficult and ultimately positive experiences in his life. Thanks to our generous sponsors that make it possible to bring you The Land Show every week: Alabama Ag Credit, Farm & Forest Brokers, First South Farm Credit, The Land Report, LandThink, and LandFlip. Subscribe to The Land Show, anywhere you get quality podcasts. If you like our content, please give us a positive review so others can find us as well. Please call or text our Farm & Forest Brokers office any time at 205-340-3946.

This week on The Land Show, Jonathan Goode speaks with: Bobby Ryals, with CFM Fire Managers, joins us to discuss the spring burning season, and why landowners are actively burning right now. https://firemanagers.com/ Kyle Lybarger, of Native Habitat Project, discusses his recent trip to Pheasant Fest in Minneapolis. Kyle also discusses how restoring native grasses has improved quail habitat in areas he is managing. https://www.nativehabitatproject.com/ Cooper Holmes, with Farm & Forest Brokers, shares about his father's recent induction into the Alabama Agriculture Hall of Honor. https://farmandforestbrokers.com/j-cooper-holmes/ Thanks to our generous sponsors that make it possible to bring you The Land Show every week: Alabama Ag Credit, Farm & Forest Brokers, First South Farm Credit, The Land Report, LandThink, and LandFlip. Subscribe to The Land Show, anywhere you get quality podcasts. If you like our content, please give us a positive review so others can find us as well. Please call or text our Farm & Forest Brokers office any time at 205-340-3946.

This week on The Land Show, our host Jonathan Goode talks with: - Bethany O'Rear with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System (https://www.aces.edu/) - Jason Powell with Petals from the Past (https://petalsfromthepast.com/) - Matthew Brady with Alabama Ag Credit (http://www.alabamaagcredit.com) Thanks to our generous sponsors that make it possible to bring you The Land Show every week: Alabama Ag Credit, Alabama Farmers Federation, Poultry South, First South Farm Credit, The Land Report, LandThink, and LandFlip.

This week on The Land Show, our host Jonathan Goode speaks with: Steve Talley, owner of Talley's Fruit Farm, discusses how his farm fared during the winter and how it is shaping up for spring. Marianne Gauldin. with the Department of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, shares about a recent buck harvest on the last day of deer season, and also provides a preliminary report on Alabama's reported deer harvest. http://www.outdooralabama.com Clarke Kerby, with First South Farm Credit, provides helpful information for first time land buyers about what they need to know to qualify for borrowing money for their first land purchase. http://www.firstsouthfarmcredit.com Thanks to our generous sponsors that make it possible to bring you The Land Show every week: Alabama Ag Credit, Farm & Forest Brokers, First South Farm Credit, The Land Report, LandThink, and LandFlip. Subscribe to The Land Show, anywhere you get quality podcasts. If you like our content, please give us a positive review so others can find us as well. Please call or text our Farm & Forest Brokers office any time at 205-340-3946.

This week on The Land Show, our host Jonathan Goode speaks with: Hayes Brown, Executive Director of the Alabama Forest Owners Association, discusses several new and potentially exciting opportunities in Alabama's timber markets that might offer some hope for better prices for landowners with pine plantations. http://www.afoa.org Christ Hutzler joins us to discuss his recent purchase of Big Ridge, and how he improving the property to manage for wildlife and timber production. Dalton Dalrymple is on to tell a great hunting story of redemption after shooting a great buck, and not being able to recover it. https://farmandforestbrokers.com/dalton-dalrymple/ Thanks to our generous sponsors that make it possible to bring you The Land Show every week: Alabama Ag Credit, Farm & Forest Brokers, First South Farm Credit, The Land Report, LandThink, and LandFlip. Subscribe to The Land Show, anywhere you get quality podcasts. If you like our content, please give us a positive review so others can find us as well. Please call or text our Farm & Forest Brokers office any time at 205-340-3946.

This week on The Land Show, our host Jonathan Goode speaks with: Drew Wendland, of Autauga Farming Company, joins us to talk about the great honor thier family received recently from winning the Achievement Award from the American Farm Bureau. https://autaugafarming.com/ Katherine Eddins, Executive Director of The Georgia-Alabama Land Trust, joins us to talk about how land owners are protecting their properties through Conservation Easements. Katherine talks about some of the types of properties that are eligible for easements, reasons why landowners choose to donate easements, and the tax benefits land owners receive for donating easements. https://www.galandtrust.org/ Hayden Nichols of Farm and Forest Brokers joins us to talk about our recent duck hunting trip to Arkansas, and some great properties available through Farm & Forest. https://farmandforestbrokers.com/hayden-nichols/ Thanks to our generous sponsors that make it possible to bring you The Land Show every week: Alabama Ag Credit, Farm & Forest Brokers, First South Farm Credit, The Land Report, LandThink, and LandFlip. Subscribe to The Land Show, anywhere you get quality podcasts. If you like our content, please give us a positive review so others can find us as well. Please call or text our Farm & Forest Brokers office any time at 205-340-3946.

This week on The Land Show Jonathan Goode is in the Grand Prairie of Arkansas for this show, and is excited to speak with: Dr. Vaughn Poe, Executive Director with the Alabama Real Estate Commission, joins us to discuss his love of land and how he has been able to grow his personal farm and land base through the years. Dr. Poe shares how the Alabama Real Estate Commission serves consumers and regulates real estate license law in our state. https://arec.alabama.gov/ Ethan Barrett, Fire Analyst with the Alabama Forestry Commission, talks about how the current drought situation is impacting fire forecasts heading into peak burn season this Spring. https://www.forestry.alabama.gov/ Shaun Lee and Cooper Holmes join us to talk about our Farm & Forest Brokers recent trip to Arkansas to duck hunt in the Grand Prairie. Shaun also shares about a great property available for purchase in Pickens County. https://farmandforestbrokers.com/shaun-lee/ Thanks to our generous sponsors that make it possible to bring you The Land Show every week: Alabama Ag Credit, Farm & Forest Brokers, First South Farm Credit, The Land Report, LandThink, and LandFlip. Subscribe to The Land Show, anywhere you get quality podcasts. If you like our content, please give us a positive review so others can find us as well. Please call or text our Farm & Forest Brokers office any time at 205-340-3946.

This week on The Land Show, our host Jonathan Goode talks with: Alan Summerford with Native Habitat Project, https://www.nativehabitatproject.com Shana Howard with Shana's Place and Venison Provisions, https://www.venisonprovisions.org/ Thanks to our generous sponsors that make it possible to bring you The Land Show every week: Alabama Ag Credit, Alabama Farmers Federation, Poultry South, First South Farm Credit, The Land Report, LandThink, and LandFlip.

This week on The Land Show, Jonathan Goode speaks with: Brandon Richardson, of Southwestern Consulting, who has been working as a business coach with Jonathan since mid-2023. Brandon shares some practical tips for accomplishing things and following through on your goals for 2026. Dalton Dalrymple talks about his recent duck hunting trip to Arkansas, and tells about some new properties available for sale in south Alabama. Thanks to our generous sponsors that make it possible to bring you The Land Show every week: Alabama Ag Credit, Farm & Forest Brokers, First South Farm Credit, The Land Report, LandThink, and LandFlip. Subscribe to The Land Show, anywhere you get quality podcasts. If you like our content, please give us a positive review so others can find us as well. Please call or text our Farm & Forest Brokers office any time at 205-340-3946.

This week, please enjoy a collection of some of our recent interviews in this "Best of" Edition of The Land Show. Thanks to our generous sponsors that make it possible to bring you The Land Show every week: Alabama Ag Credit, Alabama Farmers Federation, Poultry South, First South Farm Credit, The Land Report, LandThink, and LandFlip.

This week on The Land Show, our host Jonathan Goode talks with: Kyle Lybarger with Native Habitat Project (https://www.nativehabitatproject.com/) Heather Adams with Joyful Goat Rentals (https://www.joyfulgoatrentals.com/) Parker Kennedy with Do More Outdoors Thanks to our generous sponsors that make it possible to bring you The Land Show every week: Alabama Ag Credit, Alabama Farmers Federation, Poultry South, First South Farm Credit, The Land Report, LandThink, and LandFlip.