Ala. Code § 2-2-50

The commissioner shall gather, compile and publish statistics relating to crop acreage, prospects and production; livestock and livestock products; prices of farm commodities; the marketing of farm products; wages of farm labor; the use and results of commercial and other forms of fertilizers; systems of farming and of farm rentals; the production, purchase and sale of food and food products and such other data relating to farms and farming as may be of interest to the people of Alabama and pertinent to the administration of the laws relating to agriculture.