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Category: Alabama
Alabama Field Reports: Corn Planting Takes Off
Crop Progress and Condition for the Week Ending March 31, 2019. County Comments Tyler Sandlin, Colbert County Wheat acres in northwest Alabama were quite variable with respect to condition and […]
Alabama: New Extension Plant Diagnostic Lab Now Accepting Samples
The new Auburn Plant Diagnostic Lab in Gulf Shores is offering services to Alabama residents and those in surrounding areas. Diagnostics include plant pest identification services, management advice and education […]
Alabama: Cotton Blue Disease Pathogen Overwintered in Fields
Alabama Cooperative Extension System plant pathologists and crops specialists have already confirmed Cotton leaf roll dwarf virus (Cotton Blue Disease or CLRDV-AL) in Alabama. The disease—spread by aphids— damaged cotton in 2018 in […]
Alabama Cover Crops: Terminating Tillage Radish
Daikon Radishes seeded in September are extremely large and would have typically winter killed by now, however, that is not the case this year. Terminating these radishes as soon as […]
Alabama – Florida Peanut Trade Show, Dothan, AL, Feb. 7
The Alabama – Florida Peanut Trade Show will be held Thursday, February 7, 2019, at the National Peanut Festival Fairgrounds, located on Highway 231 South of Dothan, AL. Sponsored by […]
North Alabama Fertility College, Hazel Green, Feb. 13
The 2019 North Alabama Fertility College will be Wednesday, February 13 from 10 am-2 pm at the Alabama A & M University Winfred Thomas Agricultural Research Station (WTARS) at 372 […]
Alabama: Cherokee County Cotton Production Meeting, Auxin Herbicide Training, Centre, Jan. 31
The 2019 Cherokee County Cotton Production Meeting will be Thursday, January 31 from 10 am-noon at the Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce Room on the Centre Campus of Gadsden State […]
Alabama: New Dicamba Rules for 2019
Engenia (BASF), Xtendimax (Bayer), FeXapan (Corteva) are all restricted use pesticide. So, a valid RUP is required for purchased. Also, these herbicides are “For retail sale to and use only […]
Alabama: Peanuts as an Alternative Crop Meeting, Jan. 23
Peanuts are an option for North Alabama growers and based on past yields of row crops and projected row crop prices for 2019, they look like they have the most […]
Alabama: 2 Irrigation Workshops, Jan. 22, 23
Some Alabama producers will soon have the opportunity to add irrigation systems to their farms thanks to funding from the new Alabama Irrigation Initiative. The initiative will provide cost-share funding […]
