The Alabama Beginning Farms Project provides special emphasis to the training needs of military veterans interested in specialty crop production. Originally developed by Chris Becker (County Extension Coordinator, Limestone County), the O…

Homes are found throughout rural Marengo County and urban development in the Demopolis area occurs on a diversity of soils. Soils in Marengo County  include sandy and loamy upland soils of the Coastal Plain (43%), alluvial terraces and flo…

Homes are found throughout rural Macon County on a diversity of soils unlike any other region of the South. Most soils of Macon County are associated with sandy and loamy upland soils of the Coastal Plain (65%).

In the southern part of t…

Soil Health Stewards: Mitch Lazenby, Lazenby Farms
Mitch Lazenby, of Lazenby Farms, discusses soil health stewardship. Lazenby has been farming in Lee County for more than 25 years. He began intensively managing crop land through conservat…

Soil Health Stewards: Myron Johnson, Double J Farms, Inc.
Myron Johnson discusses soil health stewardship. Johnson operates Double J Farms, Inc. in Headland, Alabama in Henry County. Johnson said water infiltration is an extremely importan…

Many soils in Alabama have low levels of soil organic matter due to the warm climate, coarse-textured soils and intensive farming practices historically used in the state. Rebuilding soil health is important! Soil is a natural resource we m…

Alabama Soil Health Stewards: Annie Dee
Annie Dee discusses soil health stewardship. Dee runs Dee River Ranch with brother, Mike Dee, in Aliceville, Alabama in Pickens County. The family farm has been operating for more than 25 years.

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Homes are found throughout rural Bullock County on  a diversity of soils unlike any other region of the South. North of Union Springs are alkaline and acidic, clayey soils of the Alabama Black Belt prairie region (17.2%). Most of the count…

Following is a list of current catfish fingerling producers and dealers. The Alabama Cooperative Extension System and Auburn University do not endorse these individuals or companies or the services and products they provide. This is a parti…

Integrated pest management (IPM) aims at the judicious use of various pest management tools in the most sustainable manner. The resources aims to benefit the conventional as well as the organic/transitioning and beginning farmers. Producers…

Cowpeas or southern peas (Vigna unguiculata) are a popular vegetable crop in the southern United States due to their high heat tolerance and rapid growth. In Alabama, southern peas frequently attract a multitude of insect pests; these inclu…

High tunnels are unheated, plastic-covered, structures, usually with passive ventilation through roll-up or roll-down side walls. Height varies from 6 feet to more than 17 feet, depending on the crop grown and the equipment used. Typical hi…

Making Your Garden Vegetables Less Susceptible to Insect Damage
Integrated pest management or IPM is the judicious use of multiple pest management tactics when pest populations reach above the action threshold. The action threshold is simp…

Nutrient removal should be an important consideration in overall soil fertility management for Alabama farmers. However, fertilizing based solely on nutrient removal could lead to nutrient deficiencies or result in overuse  of some fertili…

Research and Extension professionals have been studying the effects of cover crop management in conjunction with vegetables, such as cantaloupe. There are several different cover crops management methods cantaloupe growers can utilize in or…