ACES: Morgan County Extension Office

Morgan County Extension Office

Meet the Staff & Directions
Office Hours: 8:00-4:30

Ronald W. Britnell
County Extension Coordinator
3120 Hwy. 36 West
Suite B
Hartselle, AL 35640
Phone: (256) 773-2549
Fax: (256) 773-2540

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eXtension

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Dirty Little Secrets

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Armadillo Problems? Click here for Extension solutions!

A New Leaf, choices for healthy living. Alabama Cooperative Extension's free health and physical activity program. March 30 and continuing through May 2010.

Northwest Alabama Master Goat Herdsman Program

June 25 & 26 and July 9 & 10

At the Tennessee valey Research & Extension Center
9494 Experimental Loop
Madison, AL 35756
(directions)

Preregistration fee - $35.00

Contact: Robert Spencer (256)766-6223

Gardening Questions?

Call the Master Gardener Helpline

Toll Free 1-877-252-4769
Office Hours 9am-2pm

The Master Gardener helpline will assist you with information concerning lawns and landscaping, flowers, vegetables, fruits, insects, soil, trees, and backyard wildlife and rodents.

For classes in Master Gardening visit
Tri-County Master Gardening Training

Morgan County Extension Success Stories

Youth Leadership/Career Development Program Begins for County Youth

Twenty-three youth from Morgan and Lawrence Counties have been selected and are participating in a 9-month leadership program on agriculture and family and consumer sciences. More

Arbor Day Tree Give Away

Ronald Britnell, CEC Morgan County Extension, partnered with the Morgan County Soil and Water Conservation District, NRCS, and the Flint Creek Watershed to give out free saplings to those wanting to plant trees for conservation.

Dr. Paul Brown's Visit

Dr. Paul Brown, ACES Associate Director of Rural and Traditional Programs, visits the Morgan County Extension office in Hartselle during a County Extension Coordinator meeting on February 18, 2010.

Newcomers Club of Hartselle

Mike Reeves, Regional Extension Agent III, Comercial Horticulture, gave pointers to the Newcomers Club of Hartselle on how to successfully grow plants trees and gardens in North Alabama. The meeting was held at the Morgan County Agriculture center on February 11, 2010. The Newcomers of Hartselle invited Morgan County Extension staff to lunch - Papa Murphy's Pizza from Hartselle. Thank You Newcomers and WELCOME to Hartselle!

Marcus Garner Recieves Award

Marcus Garner, Regional Urban Extension Agent, was awarded the ACES Superior Service Award in December, 2009. Dr. Gaines Smith presented Garner with this award at the ACES Superior and Length of Service Awards Luncheon at the 4-H Center on Friday, December 4, 2009. Garner has done an excellent job reaching out to the urban youth of the Morgan and Lawrence County communities. Congratulations Marcus for a job well done!

Christmas in Morgan County

Morgan County Extension teams up with other Agriculture agencies to spread some Christmas sprit! More

Sewing Workshop 2009

"Rag-Time" Quilts--The most forgiving quilt ever and the reason that Sharon Fisher, Morgan County 4-H Agent Assistant decided to teach a beginning quiltmaking class with a forgiving quilt. More

Robotics Workshop

2009 Robotics summer workshop launches a new Science, Engineering, and Technology Club--"Teckids." The new club meets the second Thursday of the month at the Alabama Cooperative Extension System located at the Morgan County Agriculture Center in Hartselle. More

2009 Dairy Poster Contest

Morgan County has a 1st place winner in the 2009 Dairy Poster Contest. Congratulations Ali Abercrombie! More

Wheeler Refuge Wildlife Club

Wheeler Refuge Wildlife Club places in the State 4-H Wildlife Judging Competition at Auburn University! More

Addressing Feral Hog Damage in Alabama

Feral hog populations have become overly abundant in several parts of Alabama, resulting in damage to agricultural crops, forest plantings, food plots, and native wildlife habitat. More

Hay & Forage Field day for Horse Owners a Resounding Success!

Extension has stepped forward with innovative ideas and new techniques that help encourage horse farming by providing horse owners with information on caring for their horses in easier and more economical ways. More

About Morgan County

Directions to Hartselle Office:

From I-65 take the 328 Exit (Hartselle/Somerville Exit). Turn west on Alabama HWY 36. Travel west to HWY 31, stay on HWY 36 approximately 5 miles, just past Bible Baptist Church on left. There is a large U.S. flag in front of the building. We are located in Suite B of the USDA Service Center. From HWY 157, turn east. Our office is just past the 17 mile marker on the right.

Office hours are: Monday - Friday, 8:00 - 4:30.

Morgan County was created by the Alabama Territorial Legislature in 1818 from land acquired from the Cherokee Indians by the Treaty of Turkeytown. It was first named Cotaco for a creek that flows through it, but the name was changed in 1821 to Morgan in honor of Revolutionary War Gen. Daniel Morgan. The county seat was at Somerville from 1818 until 1891. It was then transferred to Decatur, named after Stephen E. Decatur, hero of the 1804 Battle of Tripoli.

Morgan County is a manufacturing and health care center. Its principal agricultural products are livestock, poultry and forestry. The county's population of 136,000 is 13 percent black and 85 percent white. About 32 percent of the county's adults are high school graduates and 28 percent have some college education. The county has 12 elementary schools, three middle schools, two high schools and one community college.

The Morgan County Extension Office employs one County Extension Coordinator, one County Extension Agent, two full-time Administrative Assistants and one part time program assistant. Five Regional Extension Agents are housed in Morgan County.