Spider mites are technically not insects, but they are pests when they are in high numbers under many farming conditions. For example, high...
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Soils provide plants with mechanical support, water, and dissolved minerals and nutrients. Because most plant roots are found in the topsoil...
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Canola/Rapeseed
Brassica napus: Canola/rapeseed is a winter annual. Producers should plant canola between September and early October when ...
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The production of soft red winter wheat is mainly concentrated in the northern Alabama (the Northern Valley and the northeastern region of t...
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Scouting and monitoring your garden for pests at least two to three times per week can greatly reduce the damage that is acquired from insec...
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Row crop producers often have issues with snail and slug issues. Snails (with a hard shell) and slugs (without a shell) can cause direct cro...
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Important considerations for wheat producers to achieve the highest yield are the choice of varieties and planting dates. Learn the results ...
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Ricky Wiggins discusses soil health stewardship. Wiggins operates Wiggins Farm in Andalusia, Alabama in Covington County. The family farm ha...
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Practices such as prevention of overgrazing and increasing forage species diversity can help livestock producers increase soil health in pas...
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Marengo County contains a wide variety of soil types, providing a challenge to homeowners selecting landscape plants. Soil types in Marengo ...
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Homes are found throughout rural Macon County on a diversity of soils unlike any other region of the South. Most soils of Macon County are a...
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Annie Dee discusses soil health stewardship. Dee runs Dee River Ranch with brother, Mike Dee, in Aliceville, Alabama in Pickens County. The ...
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