The AgWater Safety program, part of the Alabama Beginning Farmer program, is focused on providing educational assistance and free microbial ...
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Farmers face numerous challenges when their pastureland is affected by floods.
General Tips
Inventory livestock. Immediately after a f...
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No one plans to file for bankruptcy. The typical scenario is a farmer is under financial stress and then a crisis happens—price decrease f...
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Cross-hedging is a marketing tool that producers can use to manage price risk for commodities that do not have a futures contract.
Hedging ...
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Running a dairy farm is a rewarding but challenging profession that incorporates knowledge and experience of several areas of agricu...
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Adoption of organic practices in Alabama has grown in recent years. This growth has been paralleled by an increase in marketing oppo...
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The demand for organic crop production has seen a historic rise in recent years. This increasing demand means there is a need for more farme...
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The value of agriculture in Alabama is a significant component of the economy. In 2018, the USDA reported farm gate commodity sales totaled ...
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Roughly 46 percent of United States acreage is made up of grassland-pasture, rangeland, and cropland that produce an abundant supply of food...
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Learn about floodwater, risk assessment, contaminated crops, and what food crop producers can do to prepare for flooding.
Throughout the ...
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This is an excerpt of Dairy Goat and Sheep Operations in the Southeast Production Guide, ANR-2457.
Goat and Sheep Facilities
While s...
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Farming is a business that is difficult to manage. Many factors are beyond the control of the farmer. One problem with farming is th...
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