A damaging soilborne fungus causing Armillaria Root Rot (ARR) disease is the second leading cause of peach tree mortality after Peach Tree S...
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Learn about crop evapotranspiration for irrigation scheduling and the implementation tools currently available for farmers and consultants.
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Greenhouse lettuce is one of the easier hydroponic crops to grow. It has short crop cycles and low labor demands and can be grown year-round...
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Good quality ensures that a bale of cotton will always have a market. Know the factors that affect cotton quality and how to avoid deduc...
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Forage bermudagrasses are warm-season perennial grasses that grow throughout Alabama. They are used primarily for grazing or h...
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AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala. – What in the world are forages? Well, in simple terms, forages are the plants that livestock eat. While simple, t...
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Recent events have prompted many poultry growers to re-examine their current method of daily mortality disposal and consider new options for...
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Take a drive down a county road in Alabama until you see fences and green pastures. If you stop and look, that is a picture of the basis for...
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Farmers face numerous challenges when their pastureland is affected by floods.
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Inventory livestock. Immediately after a f...
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While not known for its brutally cold winters, Alabama can experience periods of unseasonably cold weather that can severely impact greenhou...
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Beef cattle production represents a multibillion dollar industry in the southeastern United States. External parasites (ectoparasites) are t...
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Trace the history of insect pest management in Alabama cotton. Learn about the boll weevil, the rise of the caterpillar, integrated pest man...
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