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Central Alabama Row Crops Workship: Cotton, Soybeans, Corn & Marketing
Time: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: William Howard Smith Agriculture Center 1126 Hwy 14 West, Autaugaville, AL
Calendar: ACES Agronomic Crops
02/22 - Central Alabama Row Crops Workship: Cotton, Soybeans, Corn & Marketing
Restricted Use Pesticide Training Class
Time: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: ALFA building in Lafayette
Calendar: ACES Agronomic Crops
02/22 - Restricted Use Pesticide Training Class
Restricted Use Pesticide Training Class
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Lee County Extension Office
Calendar: ACES Agronomic Crops
02/22 - Restricted Use Pesticide Training Class
East Central AL Row Crops Workshop
Time: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: Headquarters, E. V. Smith Research Center, 4725 County Road 40, Shorter, Alabama 36075
Calendar: ACES Agronomic Crops
02/27 - East Central AL Row Crops Workshop
Pesticide permit training for private applicators
Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: First National Bank, 15308 Highway 278, Double Springs, AL
Calendar: ACES Agronomic Crops
02/27 - Pesticide permit training for private applicators
Cotton Production Meeting
Time: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: 1504 S. Main St. Atmore AL 36502
Calendar: ACES Agronomic Crops
02/28 - Cotton Production Meeting
Cotton Production Meeting
Time: 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: 12495 Co. Rd. 23 Bayou La Batre, AL
Calendar: ACES Agronomic Crops
02/28 - Cotton Production Meeting
Cotton Production Meeting
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Morgan Creek Winery (Harpersville)
Calendar: ACES Agronomic Crops
02/28 - Cotton Production Meeting
Cotton Production Meeting
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Farmers' Federation Building, 21332 Highway 59, Robertsdale
Calendar: ACES Agronomic Crops
02/29 - Cotton Production Meeting
Peanut Meeting
Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: 12495 County Rd. 23 Bayou La Batre
Calendar: ACES Agronomic Crops
03/08 - Peanut Meeting

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Crop Production News

1996: The Year That Changed Everything in Cotton Insect Control

Much as professional historians talked of a post-1989 world after the fall of communism and a post-9/11 world after the... more

Mindfulness Pays with Cotton Insect Programs, Expert Says

Mindfulness, considered by Buddhists as the path to enlightenment, is a critical virtue in cotton insect control too, says one... more

Ag Economist Divines Shape of Next Farm Bill

The fate of U.S. farming rides as much on the public statements and legislative acts of federal lawmakers as it... more

Growers Struggling with "Six Star Weed

Michael Patterson is marshaling every strategy and resource to terminate glyphosateresistant pigweed with extreme prejudice, but this does not detract... more

Reestablishing the Alabama Pumpkin Growers Association

Pumpkin production continues to grow in Alabama. The Alabama Cooperative Extension System has provided support to individual growers for... more

Alabama Fruit & Vegetable Conference Slated for Early February

The 2012 Alabama Fruit & Vegetable Conference will be Feb. 10 and 11 on the Auburn University campus. Sponsored... more

Ortiz Using Climate Research to Build a More Nuanced Picture of Alabama Row-Crop Farming

As Dr. Brenda Ortiz sees it, successful row-crop farming in the 21st century is all about nuance, namely developing a... more

Southern Heirloom Fruits

By Charles Mitchell and reviewed by Gary Gray … I’ve been asked on several... more

Alternative N Sources for Crops

Rapidly increasing N fertilizer costs have left Alabama producers with few alternatives. Using legumes as winter cover crops and using... more

Testing for Soil Compaction

Soil compaction is a problem in Alabama soils! … Soil compaction is one of... more

Peach Orchard News

Delayed Winter Weather, Helping?

Seems we are just now beginning to see winter weather. This is typically what happens when we have a warmer... more

Temperature Drops Not Lasting

We have continued to see short duration drops in temperatures followed by warmer and moist conditions. While the weather has... more

Mild Winter Temps Cause Concern

Fruit growers throughout Alabama and the southeast are getting concerned about the mild winter we are experiencing this year. Our... more

Peach Season Nearing End

Most growers in Central Alabama are getting really close to ending the 2011 peach season. Only a few varieties remain.... more

Farm, Home, and Wildlife Field Day

Rain did not stop the largest agricultural field day in Alabama this past Saturday. Over 700 people registered and more... more

Pest Alert For Fruit Producers

In 2008 the first detection of a new pest, spotted wing drosophila (SWD), Drosophila suzukii was found in Santa Cruz... more

Central Alabama Peach Crop Update

Harvest of peaches in Central Alabama is moving along quickly. Varieties being harvested include 'Redglobe', 'Loring', 'Bounty', 'Contender', 'Julyprince'. Volume... more