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EXTENSION REPORT
Alabama Cooperative Extension System/ Richard Petcher
Baldwin County Office Regional Extension Agent/Agronomy
302A Byrne Street August 14, 2007
Bay Minette, AL 36507
Row Crops in Southwest Alabama
The Fairhope Gulf Coast Research and Extension Center Row Crop Field Day, will be held September 11, 2007 at the Gulf Coast Research and Extension Center (GCREC) on Highway 104 near Fairhope. The starting time will be 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. There will be a tour of the soybean, cotton and peanut research tests. The speakers are Malcomb Pegues, with GCREC, Dr. Barry Tillman, University of Florida Peanut Plant Breeder and from Auburn University Dr. Austin Hagan, Peanut Pathologist, Dr. Dale Monks, Cotton Agronomist, Dr. Kathy Lawrence, Cotton Pathologist, Dr. Ed Sikora, Soybean Pathologist, and Dr. Dennis Delaney, Soybean Agronomist. There will be a sponsored dinner at the end. For more information, contact Gulf Coast Research and Extension Center at (251) 928-2740.
Peanut Crop Update: 150,000 acres of peanuts planted in Alabama in 2007. Approximately 40,000 acres planted in the Southwest Region and are in good to excellent condition. Growers are encouraged to continue their fungicide program for leaf spot, white mold and Rhizoctonia limb rot. Weather conditions are very favorable for these diseases which can all be a major problem. Insect pressure has been fairly low this year, but should be building up.
Soybean Update: There are approximately 25,000 acres of Soybeans planted in southwest Alabama. The crop is in good to excellent condition. Baldwin County is the only county in the state that soybean rust has been found and this is only in the Asian Rust Sentinel Plot and not in any commercial fields. Presently it is recommended that growers keep their beans protected with a fungicide from early bloom through the R6 full pod stage. The Auburn University Soybean Rust Hotline (Dr. Ed Sikora) is 800-446-0388. View the Soybean Rust PIPE website: http://www.sbrusa.net
Horticulture Education: Home Intelligent Plant Management Series
The Mobile County Extension Office is announcing a series of weekly meetings to provide homeowners, homeowner associations or any one maintaining a residential landscape with tips and information about culture and pest management for a better overall landscape.
The dates of the series are: September 18th ,Ground Zero: Introductions & IPM, Jim Todd; Soil fertility & Structure, James Miles; Plant Biology & Nutrition, Tom Daugherty; September 25th, Pesticide Safety and Plant Problems: Insects, Diseases, Tom Daugherty; October 2nd , Turf & Weeds, James Miles; October 9th, Edible Landscape: Fruits, James Miles; October 16thth, Bedding Plants, Herbs, & Ornamental Trees & Shrubs, Tom Daugherty; October 23rd, Hurricanes and Trees, James Miles; October 30th, Plant Propagation and Greenhouse Management, Chazz Hesselein; November 6th, Landscape design: Concepts, Evaluations, Open Discussion, Tom Daugherty & James Miles.
Each meeting will start at 6:00 p.m. All classes will be held at the Jon Archer Agricultural Center, 1070 Schillinger Road North. The cost of the Series is $140.00 per person, or $20.00 per session per person, which includes a notebook of publications and refreshments during the meetings. You must register with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, 1070 Schillinger Rd. N. by August 31st. You may call 574-8445 and ask the receptionist for a registration form. Your fee must accompany your registration form.
The maximum participation will be 100 people. Participation is on a first-come first-serve basis.
Email address: rpetcher@aces.edu
Phone number: 937-7176 or 943-5611, 928-0860, ext. 2222
Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work in agriculture and home economics, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, and other related acts, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Alabama Cooperative Extension System (Alabama A&M University and Auburn University) offers educational programs, materials, and equal opportunity employment to all people without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, veteran status, or disability.
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