America’s national flower and the most popular garden flower is the rose. More than 6,000 varieties of roses offer a wide range of flower forms, colors, and fragrances from spring until late fall. Roses can be used in the landscape as…
Aerial Mode of Application is required as part of other Commercial Pesticide Categories. This is not a stand-alone permit.
If you are looking for more information regarding Permits that require Aerial Application testing see: Agricultur…
Successful home gardening comes with careful planning and constant attention. Select the site carefully, plant at the correct time, use the right amount of fertilizer, use adapted varieties, and control pests.
Site. Select a site expose…
Controlling predators to increase quail populations is a frequent topic of discussion at hunting camps, around the table at your local restaurant, the grocery store, or any other place where a few quail hunters happen to stumble upon one an…
Most okra cultivars are ready to pick 55 to 60 days after planting or about 4 to 6 days after flowering. Pods should be harvested when they are 21⁄2 or 31⁄2 inches long. Pods can be snapped off or cut off. Although cutting takes longer…
Feed costs can make up 70 percent or more of the operating costs of swine production. To make the most of feed dollars, feed must supply the nutrients required. Unfortunately, feed may have nutritional problems that reduce pig perfo…
Making dollars and sense out of buying and selling feeder cattle using a price slide is not hard to do. The use of a price slide reduces the uncertainty surrounding the weight of feeder cattle and helps the buyer and seller attain a competi…
The Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, is an important species both commercially and ecologically. Oyster harvests in the Gulf of Mexico were 20.6 million pounds in 2008, or 89.0 percent of the total U.S. landings. During the same year …
Alabama waters contain several of the more than 100 species of oysters found throughout the world. Among those in Alabama, only the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginia) is commercially important. Oysters, along with mussels and scallops, a…
This is the December excerpt of Beef Cow Herd Planning Calendar, ANR-0968-A.
Health Tips
Monitor cattle for lice.
Supplement vitamin A, when necessary, if frosted grass or weathered hay is the primary forage source.
Forage…
This is the November excerpt of Beef Cow Herd Planning Calendar, ANR-0968-A.
Health Tips
Watch for lice and treat as needed.
Remove any remaining insecticidal ear tags. Old tags release low levels of insecticide that tend to …
This is the October excerpt of Beef Cow Herd Planning Calendar, ANR-0968-A.
Health Tips
Heat stress conditions are still possible in some areas.
Horn and face fly season is ending. Remove remaining insecticidal fly tags.
F…
This is the September excerpt of Beef Cow Herd Planning Calendar, ANR-0968-A.
Health Tips
Reduce cattle stress during hot weather; provide adequate shade and water.
Watch for pinkeye.
Forage & Nutrition Notes
Moni…
This is the August excerpt of Beef Cow Herd Planning Calendar, ANR-0968-A.
Health Tips
Reduce cattle stress during hot weather; provide adequate shade and water.
Watch for pinkeye and anaplasmosis problems as biting insects r…
This is the July excerpt of Beef Cow Herd Planning Calendar, ANR-0968-A.
Health Tips
Be careful to prevent heat stress–related losses. Provide adequate shade for cattle.
Keep a close eye on y numbers and possibly implemen…