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    • Sep 25, 2025
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    • Sep 26, 2025
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    • Sep 27, 2025
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    • Sep 30, 2025
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  • A collage of images showing fall armyworms and a person scouting for them.

    Alabama Fall Armyworm Tracker

    Welcome to the Alabama Fall Armyworm Tracker. On this page, forage producers and other residents can track the presence of this pest across ...
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  • Cows eating bahiagrass.

    Stockpiling Bahiagrass: Reduce Hay Feeding in the Fall

    Stockpiling involves allowing a pasture to rest for a period of time in the fall to allow accumulation of the forage for cattle to graze in ...
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  • Beef cattle grazing in winter grazing in Autauga County, Alabama.

    2025 Alabama Extension Statewide Beef and Forage Field Days

    The Alabama Cooperative Extension System Animal Science and Forages team will host a series of beef and forage field days throughout 2025. A...
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  • A cream-colored beef calf surrounded by black beef calves in a pasture.

    Alabama Beef Handbook

    Beef cattle represent one of the largest segments of Alabama’s agriculture industry, providing a great source of income for the st...
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  • A black and a red beef animal looking into the camera.

    Animal Sciences & Forages Team Impact Report 2024

    The Animal Sciences and Forages Extension team provides direct education to forage and livestock farmers on best management practices along ...
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  • Horse Eating Hay

    Estimating & Supplying Equine Forage Requirements

    During the winter, horse owners may wonder if they have enough forage to last until their pastures regrow. The best practice for determining...
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  • Black F1 crossed heifers

    Herdbuilder Replacement Female Sale

    2025 Herdbuilder Replacement Female Sale The 27th Annual Herdbuilder Replacement Female Sale is Friday, August 29, at 11 a.m. The event wil...
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  • A young, black bull calf and a young, black baldy heifer

    Beef Systems Short Course

    Producers new to the cattle business should attend the Alabama Cooperative Extension System's Beef Systems Short Course. This multi-night le...
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  • Angus beef cattle

    Alabama Beef Quality Assurance: Benchmarking for Quality

    Knowing the carcass quality of a herd is important to attaining Beef Quality Assurance targets for meat value. Learn the methods ava...
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    Bull Breeding Soundness Examinations

    Learn the components of a bull breeding soundness exam and why this practice is essential to every cow-calf operation. A bull breeding so...
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