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  • Frozen turkey breast in packaging
    Raw Poultry Products: What Do All Those Labels Mean?
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  • Flock of large white broiler chickens approximately 10 weeks old and ready to be processed.
    Submitting Samples to Alabama Diagnostic Laboratories
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  • Figure 9. Laser alignment kit (Grower Select model HS783) including a laser assembly (left), number 392 batteries, and a target assembly (right). Each assembly fits into the v-groove of each pulley.
    NPTC Tools of the Trade: Fan Pulley Alignment
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  • A basket of white, brown, and green eggs sitting on a pile of fall leaves.
    Enhancing Egg Quality & Safety in Small Flocks
    Learn More about Enhancing Egg Quality & Safety in Small Flocks
  • Heirs Property Lunch N Learn
    • Feb 17, 2026
    • 11:30am - 01:30pm
    • Free
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  • 2026 Master Beef Producer Training Series - Pike County
    • Feb 17, 2026
    • 05:30pm - 09:00pm
    • 150.00
      • View Event details about 2026 Master Beef Producer Training Series - Pike County
  • Marshall County Beef Quality Assurance
    • Feb 17, 2026
    • 06:00pm - 08:00pm
    • Free
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  • Severe Weather Preparedness Workshop
    • Feb 18, 2026
    • 10:00am - 01:00pm
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  • Pasture and Weed Management Workshop
    • Feb 20, 2026
    • 02:00pm - 05:00pm
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    Cooptastic: A Backyard Poultry Conference

    The Alabama Cooperative Extension System invites you to Cooptastic, a 2-day conference for small flock and backyard chicken owners with topi...
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  • A young chick standing near a feeder in a commercial poultry house.

    Brooding Practices to Optimize Broiler Breeder Development

    This is the third installment of a three-part series on improving body uniformity in broiler breeders. You will learn best brooding manageme...
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  • Egg carton at the grocery store

    Egg Prices This Holiday Season

    The holiday season brings with it numerous scrumptious baked goods — from Thanksgiving cakes and pies to Christmas cookies. Eggs are a key...
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  • Several frozen turkeys in a grocery store.

    Turkeys—A 2025 Holiday Outlook

    As Thanksgiving approaches, turkey is on everyone’s minds. Seasonal demand certainly affects price, but it is also impacts the turkey prod...
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  • A group of people standing on steps outside a building during the feed mill workshop.

    Poultry Team Outcomes & Impact Report 2024

    Pullet and Broiler Breeder Conference Project Leaders: Bill Dozier Institutional Lead: 1862 Extension‒AU Program Objectives: To equ...
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  • Tunnel fans on a chicken house

    Broiler Buddy: A Commercial Poultry Financial Decision Tool

    Video Tutorials Need some help navigating Broiler Buddy? Check out two video tutorials, which provide step-by-step guidance on using this...
    Read More about Broiler Buddy: A Commercial Poultry Financial Decision Tool
  • A red spoon getting an egg out of boiling water.

    Tips for Enhancing Egg Quality & Safety from Washing to Cooking

    Whether you are a backyard producer or a consumer of eggs, quality and safety are important to protect yourself and your family from potenti...
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  • Poultry house with cool cells.

    Mitigation Strategies for Ammonia & Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Manure

    Manure is one of the potential sources of ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions contributing to global warming. Hence, strategies are needed ...
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  • Commercial poultry white hens on the inside of a chicken house.

    Grading Procedures During Rearing in Poultry Production

    This publication is the second in a three-part series on improving body uniformity in poultry rearing. Learn the process, types, frequency, ...
    Read More about Grading Procedures During Rearing in Poultry Production
  • White chickens

    Biosecurity for Backyard Poultry Flocks

    The impact of disease outbreaks in poultry should increase every poultry owner’s awareness of developing and maintaining a good biosecurit...
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