Learn how to legally, sustainably, and safely grow your own oysters under your pier.
In Alabama there has been a renewa...
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Proliferative gill disease (PGD), also known as hamburger gill disease (figure 1), is the most significant parasite disease of farm-rais...
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The oyster farm enterprise budget is updated regularly by Extension personnel to reflect the cost of starting an operation and annual cost o...
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This Auburn University satellite laboratory offers services and programs to commercial producers throughout west Alabama.
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Rain gardens catch, filter, and hold stormwater. They are simple gardens designed in pocket-like depressions to capture rainwater fr...
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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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Welcome to a new oyster gardening season. New volunteers, we are happy to have you join us; seasoned volunteers, it is great to have you...
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Water pollutants are substances or conditions that change the natural state of an aquatic ecosystem, leading to degradation. Alabama utilize...
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Earthen dams of ponds require routine maintenance to preserve good safe function. In this video, Aaron Fewell, a graduate student in the Aub...
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In this video, Daniel Creel, a graduate student in the Auburn University School of Fisheries, describes how to use LaMotte test kits to meas...
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Rain barrels and cisterns are ancient technologies that are making a comeback as water shortages prompt homeowners to save and use r...
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As with any system it is important to avoid runoff when irrigating or watering. Proper irrigation installation and design will ens...
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