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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Bullock County contains a wide variety of soil types, providing a challenge to homeowners selecting landscape plants. Soil types in Bullock ...
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Cowpeas or southern peas (Vigna unguiculata) are a popular vegetable crop in the southern United States due to their high heat tolerance and...
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High tunnels are unheated, plastic-covered, structures, usually with passive ventilation through roll-up or roll-down side walls. Height var...
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Research and Extension professionals have been studying the effects of cover crop management in conjunction with vegetables, such as cantalo...
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Farmers can modify conventional vegetable planters for use in high-residue conservation systems.
Because conservation systems do not plow...
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Producers use roller/crimpers in conservation farming systems to terminate cover crops that are near maturity in order to plant cash crops.
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High tunnels extend the spring, fall and winter growing season in southern climates. During the summer, it can be difficult to grow anything...
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There are several different management options for vegetables, like cantaloupe. One option is to use a roller/crimper and terminate the cove...
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Setting up equipment for operation in high-residue systems in critical to ensure the establishment of optimum plant stands.
Set row clean...
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Rollers are an option used by farmers to flatten and kill cover crops before planting a cash crop, alone or in conjunction with chemical ter...
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Termination timing is something all producers deal with each spring. All production decisions impact the profitability of farming operations...
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