Auburn, Aug. 19, 2003 --- About 30 farmers piled out of their trucks in a drizzling rain to look over new varieties at the recent Coffee-Geneva County Extension Peanut Field Day in New Brockton.  (More...)

Protect Self and Animals from Mosquito-Borne Diseases

Auburn, August 19, 2003---Specialists with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System say it is crucial that citizens protect both themselves and their horses from Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). Alabama public health officials have confirmed a fatal case of EEE in a young Escambia County resident.  (More...)

East Alabama Cotton Tour Marks 25^th Year

Auburn, Aug. 15, 2003 -- In 1978, a young Alabama Cooperative Extension agent named Jeff Clary set out to build one of the state’s most successful annual cotton tours. (More...)

Extension System Works to Inform Alabamians about Upcoming Tax Reform and Accountability Plan

Auburn, Aug. 15, 2003 --- Alabamians will go to the polls on Sept. 9 to vote on a historic tax reform and accountability plan.  The outcome of that vote will have long-term consequences for all Alabamians.  In order to educate voters about the plan, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System is producing a series of informational satellite videoconferences titled “Proposed Tax Changes for Alabama—The Facts” that will be aired on August 26 and 28.  The purpose of these videoconferences is to educate voters about this plan.  (More...)

Scientist Foreshadows "Next Major Advance" in Agriculture

Auburn, August 15, 2003 --- James Bond has his Q, the easygoing, but slightly absentminded scientist who supplies 007 with the latest advances in whiz-bang wizardry.  (More...)