THOUSANDS OF SQUARE MILES OFTHOUSANDS OF SQUARE MILES OF

BRIDGES AND ROADSBRIDGES AND ROADSMADE SAFER THROUGHMADE SAFER THROUGH

RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING ATRESEARCH AND ENGINEERING AT

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONTHE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

IS IMPROVINGIS IMPROVING

ALABAMA’S ROADSALABAMA’S ROADSWITH MATERIALS AND WITH MATERIALS AND

CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUESCONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES

DEVELOPED BYDEVELOPED BY

MORE THANMORE THAN

100 MILLION POUNDS 100 MILLION POUNDS

OF CATFISHOF CATFISHARE HARVESTED ANNUALLY ARE HARVESTED ANNUALLY

IN ALABAMAIN ALABAMA

ENHANCED AND ENHANCED AND IMPROVED THROUGH IMPROVED THROUGH RESEARCH AND RESEARCH AND OUTREACH ATOUTREACH AT

INCREASE IN WATER ACREAGEINCREASE IN WATER ACREAGE

FROM 8,000 TO 24,500FROM 8,000 TO 24,500

EXPANDED ALABAMA’SEXPANDED ALABAMA’S

$75 MILLION$75 MILLIONCATFISH INDUSTRYCATFISH INDUSTRY

THROUGH FISHERIES RESEARCH ATTHROUGH FISHERIES RESEARCH AT

MORE CEOsMORE CEOsOF THE NATION’S BEST SMALL OF THE NATION’S BEST SMALL COMPANIES THAN ANY OTHER COMPANIES THAN ANY OTHER

COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITYCOLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY

IN THE SOUTH.IN THE SOUTH.

EDUCATION EDUCATION AND AND TRAINING ATTRAINING AT

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY.AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY. RESEARCH AND RESEARCH AND

DEVELOPMENT ATDEVELOPMENT AT

THAT IMPROVE THAT IMPROVE

ENGINE COMPONENTS ENGINE COMPONENTS

FOR THE NATION’SFOR THE NATION’S

ADVANCED ELECTRONICSADVANCED ELECTRONICS

ALABAMA’SALABAMA’S

$353 MILLION$353 MILLIONBEEF CATTLE INDUSTRYBEEF CATTLE INDUSTRY

1414TH LARGESTTH LARGEST

IN THE U.S.IN THE U.S.

THROUGH QUALITY THROUGH QUALITY CONTROL AND CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENTS FROMIMPROVEMENTS FROM

MARGINAL FARMLANDS BECOME AMARGINAL FARMLANDS BECOME A

$961 MILLION $961 MILLION THROUGH THROUGH REFORESTATIONREFORESTATION

RESEARCH AND SUPPORT FROMRESEARCH AND SUPPORT FROM

PER YEARPER YEAR

INDUSTRYINDUSTRY

START-UP ASSISTANCE FORSTART-UP ASSISTANCE FOR

WOOD PRODUCTSWOOD PRODUCTSINDUSTRIES IN INDUSTRIES IN

RURAL ALABAMA COUNTIESRURAL ALABAMA COUNTIES

FROM THE FORESTRYFROM THE FORESTRY

DEVELOPMENT CENTER ATDEVELOPMENT CENTER AT

4 MILLION DOGS4 MILLION DOGSIN THE U.S. PROTECTED BYIN THE U.S. PROTECTED BY

FLEA PILLSFLEA PILLS DEVELOPED THROUGH THEDEVELOPED THROUGH THE

VETERINARYVETERINARY PROGRAM ATPROGRAM AT

$201 MILLION$201 MILLIONIN IN SOD GRASSSOD GRASS

- AN ALTERNATIVE TO ROW CROPS.- AN ALTERNATIVE TO ROW CROPS.

ASSISTANCE AND ASSISTANCE AND

RESEARCH FROMRESEARCH FROM

GENETICS RESEARCHGENETICS RESEARCH

ANDAND

WHOLE-HOG MAPPING FOR AWHOLE-HOG MAPPING FOR A

$60 MILLION$60 MILLIONPER YEARPER YEAR

PORKPORK

COMMODITY COMMODITY FROMFROM

THOUSANDS OF ALABAMA FARMERSTHOUSANDS OF ALABAMA FARMERS

HAVE CREATED AHAVE CREATED A

$69 MILLION$69 MILLIONSOYBEAN CROPSOYBEAN CROP

WITH VARIETIES WITH VARIETIES

CUSTOM DEVELOPED BYCUSTOM DEVELOPED BY

NASA’SNASA’S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTERMARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

IS KEEPING THE COUNTRYIS KEEPING THE COUNTRY

#1 IN AEROSPACE#1 IN AEROSPACE WITH ENGINEERS WITH ENGINEERS

TRAINED BYTRAINED BY