The Alabama Farmers Federation on Monday announced that it has established a relief fund to help Alabamians whose farms were damaged by Hurricane Sally last week.

This comes after the federation outlined that Sally levied a heavy toll on farmers ahead of the fall harvest, especially in Southwest Alabama.

“When disaster strikes, I am always impressed by the people of Alabama and their giving spirits,” stated Alabama Farmers Federation President Jimmy Parnell on Monday.

“As we started receiving photos of damaged crops, barns and equipment, we also started getting questions from people about what they could do to help our farmers, and that’s why we’ve established this fund,” he explained.

Donations are tax deductible and may be made online here or by check payable to Alabama Farmers Agriculture Foundation at P.O. Box 11000, Montgomery, AL 36191. Please include “hurricane relief fund” in the check memo line.

“Most of our farmers had as good a crop as we’ve ever seen, and it was so close to harvest for cotton, soybeans, peanuts and pecans,” added Parnell. “It’s devastating to lose a crop that had so much promise. Our farmers are great people who are assisting each other with cleaning up the damage, and we’re so grateful to everyone across the state who is helping in some way, like donating to the relief fund.”

Donations collected through the relief fund will go toward farmer losses not covered by a farmowner policy, crop insurance or disaster relief programs.

Sean Ross is the editor of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn