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==Farming==
==Legacy==
Al Ater farmed [[corn]], [[cotton]], and [[soybean]]s through his Lakeland Planting Company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/al-ater/a/55b/58b|title=Al Ater|publisher=linkedin.com|accessdate=December 23, 2009}}</ref> He served on the board of the Concordia Parish Farm Bureau and Catalyst Energy in Vidalia.<ref name=campaigns/> He has also farmed near Waterproof in southern Tensas Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/elec-WATERPROOF-LA.html|title=Waterproof, Louisiana, Political Contributions by Individuals|publisher=city-data.com|accessdate=December 23, 2009}}</ref>
Al Ater farmed [[corn]], [[cotton]], and [[soybean]]s through his Lakeland Planting Company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/al-ater/a/55b/58b|title=Al Ater|publisher=linkedin.com|accessdate=December 23, 2009}}</ref> He served on the board of the Concordia Parish Farm Bureau and Catalyst Energy in Vidalia.<ref name=campaigns/> He has also farmed near Waterproof in southern Tensas Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/elec-WATERPROOF-LA.html|title=Waterproof, Louisiana, Political Contributions by Individuals|publisher=city-data.com|accessdate=December 23, 2009}}</ref>
Ater remains an active Democratic Party member, contributing in 2008 for several campaigns: to [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]], the congressional campaign of Paul Carmouche]of [[Shreveport]], senatorial candidate Ronnie Musgrove of [[Mississippi]], and for the defeated Democrat Don Cazayoux in the [[Baton Rouge]]-based 6th congressional district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/al-ater.asp?cycle=08|title=Al Ater: Political Campaign Contributions, 2008|publisher=campaignmoney.com|accessdate=December 23, 2009}}</ref>
Ater was an active Democratic Party member, having contributed in 2008 to the campaigns of [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]], the congressional campaign of Paul Carmouche of [[Shreveport]], senatorial candidate Ronnie Musgrove of [[Mississippi]], and for the defeated Democrat Don Cazayoux in the [[Baton Rouge]]-based 6th congressional district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/al-ater.asp?cycle=08|title=Al Ater: Political Campaign Contributions, 2008|publisher=campaignmoney.com|accessdate=December 23, 2009}}</ref>