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Upcoming Events:
- 02/22 - Central Alabama Row Crops Workship: Cotton, Soybeans, Corn & Marketing
- 02/22 - Restricted Use Pesticide Training Class
- 02/22 - Restricted Use Pesticide Training Class
- 02/27 - East Central AL Row Crops Workshop
- 02/27 - Pesticide permit training for private applicators
- 02/28 - Cotton Production Meeting
- 02/28 - Cotton Production Meeting
- 02/28 - Cotton Production Meeting
- 02/29 - Cotton Production Meeting
- 03/08 - Peanut Meeting
Extension educators are striving to ensure that Alabama farmers remain competitive in a global farming economy even as they adopt safer, more environmentally sustainable production practices.
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
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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!
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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
Sap Beetle Numbers Increase
Sap beetles, Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, are becoming more numberous in peach orchards. Numbers began to climb in Central Alabama last week.... more
Relief Could Be On the Horizon
The forecast for many areas of Alabama over the next 4-5 days looks better for chances of rainfall. We will... more
Drought and Heat Affecting Fruit Crops
Low humidity and high temperatures have been in place over most of Alabama for days. Soil moisture is short to... more
Crops News 
CORYNESPORA LEAF SPOT ON COTTON
Edward Sikora and Austin Hagan; Extension Plant Pathology
Corynespora leaf spot has been found on cotton in Dale County, Alabama. The fungal... more
Newsletter Quality & Impact Assessment Survey - 2010
Dear reader,
URGENT REQUEST: Since evaluations are necessary for documenting the successes and shortcomings of Extension activities, so please provide your... more
Ag Alert is now “THE IPM COMMUNICATOR”
Every one subscribed to my blogs should bookmark change to the weekly IPM newsletter from Alabama. The new website for... more
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