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Auburn, Aug. 31---Dr. James Novak, Alabama Cooperative Extension economist and Auburn University professor of agricultural economics, has received the 2001 Distinguished Extension Program Group Award from the American Agricultural Economics Association.  (More...)

Auburn, Aug. 31---Until just a few years ago, many cotton producers considered weed control a slow, plodding process that was as tedious as it was time-consuming.

Worst of all, it could be expensive. (More...)

Auburn, Aug. 31---Since four dead birds found in Jefferson County were recently confirmed positive with West Nile Virus (WNV), many Alabamians are alarmed about the danger of the illness transmitted by mosquitoes. (More...)

Auburn, Aug. 31---A new vaccine to protect horses from West Nile Virus (WNV) has received a conditional license from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  (More...)

Auburn, Aug. 30---It could be described as a case of dueling farm bills.

Major differences in opinion are emerging in Congress over the future of the 2001 Farm Bill. How these differences ultimately are resolved is anyone's guess.  (More...)

Auburn, Aug. 27---Concerns about the safety and environmental risks associated with logging prompted the logging industry to develop professional certification requirements for loggers. (More...)

Auburn, Aug. 24---The Alabama Cooperative Extension System’s Urban Affairs and New Nontraditional Programs (UANNP) housed at Alabama A&M University, will publish a quarterly newsletter for Extension’s urban and nontraditional audiences.  (More...)

Breakthroughs in Endophyte-Infected Fescue

Auburn, Aug. 24---Recent research breakthroughs may give Alabama farmers better options when selecting tall fescue varieties.  (More...)

Auburn, Aug. 24---What a difference 20 years can make.

In 1978, when a young county Extension agent organized the first Lee County Cotton Tour, he had no idea how big it eventually would become or how much it would reflect the changes that have occurred within cotton farming within the last couple of decades.  (More...)

Large Pecan Crop Expected This Fall

Auburn, Aug. 17---Farmers are expecting a large crop of pecans this fall, says Dr. Bill Goff, an Alabama Cooperative Extension System horticulturist.  (More...)

Auburn, Aug. 17---The job market is expected to stabilize after a long downward spiral. The month of July provided three indicators that the job market may begin to improve, says Dr. Jacquelyn P. Robinson, a community workforce development specialist with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System.  (More...)

Auburn, Aug. 17---Fall is the peak season for yellow jackets in Alabama. Many people are already encountering and even experiencing painful stings from these wasps during outdoor activities.  (More...)

Auburn, Aug. 10---We have been hearing a lot about the $300 and $600 tax refunds. These are the short-term benefits of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.

What you may not be hearing a lot of talk about is how the new tax changes can provide financial benefits for the long term, says Robert White, a financial specialist for Family Programs, Alabama Cooperative Extension System.  (More...)

Auburn, Aug. 10---Retirement planning has long focused on what has been termed the "Three Legged Stool." This referred to a plan for retirement income that was structured like a stool with three legs. These legs were identified as Social Security (40 percent), a pension (14 percent) and personal savings and investments (46 percent).  (More...)

Auburn, Aug. 10---The Alabama Department of Conservation invites women to "step outside" for the 13^th annual Becoming an Outdoors Woman workshop.  (More...)

Auburn, Aug 7---Eight Hungarian officials, including the nation’s former minister of agriculture, recently got a firsthand introduction to Alabama agriculture, compliments of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System and the Auburn University College of Agriculture. (More...)

Auburn, Aug 6---Two Alabama 4-H judging teams succeeded in adding two more national trophies to what already has become a crowded mantle.

Alabama’s 4-H Wildlife Judging Team, represented by Coosa County, placed first in the national competition in Alta, Wyo., while, the state’s 4-H Forestry Judging Team, represented by Talladega County, secured top honors at the national competition in Weston, WV.  (More...)

Auburn, Aug 6---For more than a century, American consumers have taken cheap drinking water for granted.

But the era of cheap water may be at an end, says one expert, thanks to the dangerously obsolescent state of the nation’s wastewater treatment system. (More...)

Auburn, Aug 6---Patience and persistence appear to be two of Henry Dorough’s virtues.

Four years ago, Dorough, a Talladega County Extension agent, became intrigued with efforts under way in Florida to introduce phorid flies as a natural predator of fire ants.  (More...)