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Backyard Poultry Management Workshop, Monday, August 14, 2017
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System will be hosting a Backyard Poultry Management Workshop Have chickens & want to learn more management techniques? Interested in expanding your poultry...
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Shelby County Extension presents Pickling and Fermenting Vegetables on Sept....
Shelby County Extension presents Pickling and Fermenting Vegetables September 26th 4:00-6:00pm Fee: $10.00 for supplies Class will be held at the Shelby County Extension Office...
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Beef Cattle Management: Early Weaning
Early weaning is a technique beef cattle producers do not often use on cattle operations. However, drought conditions may necessitate the implementation of non-traditional practices to continue normal...
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Fall is here and Armyworms are on the move!!
Damaging populations of fall armyworms have been found in 8 Alabama counties. While that is far fewer counties than last summer, it is important to check valuable forage grasses....
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Muscadine Season is Here
Alabama muscadine and scuppernong grape lovers are enjoying their sweet taste, with their arrival in grocery stores, farmers markets, roadside stands and pick your own farms. Besides...
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Football Season and Tailgating Parties
With the arrival of fall comes football season. What's more fun than gathering with friends for a tailgating party? However, don't let cooler weather fool you into thinking you don't...
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Make Ahead Meals to freeze
It’s time for dinner and your family is staring hungrily at you from the dinner table. What to do? Simply pull portions of make ahead casseroles or side dishes from the freezer and...
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Winter Supplementation Strategies for the Cowherd
Winter Supplementation Strategies for the Cowherd Learn: Beef cow nutrient requirements How to determine if your hay meets cow requirements Supplementation strategies for various...
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Master Recipe Dishes
Master Recipe for Roast Chicken with Garlic Yield: 13 cups chicken meat and 1 cup garlic puree 2 whole chickens (about 6 pounds each) 2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon black pepper 8 large...
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Alabama Cotton Crop Escapes Major Hurricane Damage
Cotton producers are looking toward harvest in the wake of two major hurricanes that slammed into the Texas and Florida coasts. Hurricane Irma, though not originally expected to affect...
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HALLOWEEN FOOD SAFETY TIPS
Do not get tricked by unwanted bacteria that can make you sick. Avoid uninvited bugs that can ruin your party. Here are food safety tips to have a Happy Halloween! Tips for Parents...
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FOOD SAFETY FOR THE HOLIDAYS
What is a foodborne illness? Food contaminated by bacteria, viruses and parasites can make you sick. Many people have had foodborne illness and not even known it. It's sometimes called...
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Beating Fire Ants This Fall
Fall is a great time to treat fire ants. “Fall is a great time to treat fire ants,” Dr. Kathy Flanders, an Alabama Cooperative Extension Entomologist said. “Fall temperatures are perfect for fire ant...
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Kids and Food Preservation for Holiday Gifts
As the holidays approach, spend some time in the kitchen with kids and make some jams and jellies or other items for them to give as gifts. You will be giving them a gift that will...
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Alabama Extension to Offer Financial Analysis Workshops Dec.– Feb.
Financial assistance supplied by banks and agricultural lenders is an integral part of daily farm operations, in addition to the development of new ag technologies and techniques....
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Important Weights, Measures, Conversion Tables, and Rules of Thumb
Beware! Ounces can be used for measuring both volume and weight and they are very different. An ounce of water by volume will weight MUCH more than an ounce of flour by volume. It is OK to measure...
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Apples Purchasing, Storing and Preparing
Apples are one of the few fruits you can find fresh any time of the year. However, fall means lots of fresh apples of all kinds. An apple is a colorful and delicious package of nutrition and good...
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State’s Fruit Growers Understand Managing Cold Weather
Alabama fruit producers are keeping their eyes on the thermometers, but professionals with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System say producers are used to dealing with cold...
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Winter Hair Coats & Blanketing
AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES TIMELY INFORMATION Winter Hair Coats & Blanketing This Timely Information Sheet provides an overview heat regulation in horses and...
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Alabama Extension Offers Tax Bill Workshops for Farmers
Alabama farmers can learn more about how the new tax law affects them individually and their farming operation at tax bill workshops from Alabama Extension’s Agribusiness Management...
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