One cowhide can make 18 soccer balls or 20 footballs. Cattle only have a bottom set of teeth, which helps them eat grass.
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The Alabama Cooperative Extension System creates integrated pest management guides for major row crops; small and stored grains; pastures a...
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This perennial warm-season grass is well-adapted to low soil fertility and input systems that can be used in Alabama. Achieving stan...
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Understanding the tax implications of selling cattle is crucial for a cattle producer. The example and completed tax forms provided here can...
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Producers certainly had some challenging situations through the cotton production season in Alabama in 2022. From severe drought in some are...
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When purchasing or building a commercial farm, you are starting an agricultural business for which numerous legal and tax issues apply. Unde...
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