Alabama IPM Communicator
May 1, 2020
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January - November 2020
Every month a new live webinar on topics from pest management to hemp updates. Read more.
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Q & A Fridays
April 3 - May 29, 2020
The Commercial Horticulture Extension Team is launching a weekly Facebook Live event called ‘Q&A FRIDAY!’ that can be accessed through our team social media page. This event will be done every Friday 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM; the Farming Basics Mobile App also connects to the Facebook page via the ‘News’ tab. Read More
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April 1 - May 6, 2020
The Back-2-Basics Gardening Webinar Series provides adult online training on basic gardening and landscaping, particularly for people living in urban areas where there is limited space. Back-2-Basics will run on Zoom each Wednesday starting April 1 through Wednesday, May 6 from 10:00-10:30 a.m. Read more.
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April 2- May 28, 2020
The Alabama Cooperative Extension proposes that members of beekeeping clubs attend ’remote’ meetings from the comfort of their own home using a computer or mobile device. Read More
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April - May , 2020
This is weekly online farm tour to be streamed live on Facebook page, Alabama Farmer Connection. Thursdays. Read more.
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April- May, 2020
Preventing and Managing Herbicide Damage in Trees
It's spring and we are all eager to get our landscapes back in shape. Herbicides are useful tools for controlling unwanted weeds. However, if misapplied they can damage and kill trees in a matter of days. This seminar will review common mistakes, identifying herbicide damage and mitigations options. Read More
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May 12 , 2020 11-12pm Central Time
Fire ant biology, management, and control materials. Click here for the zoom meeting registration.
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May 5, 2020 5:00pm
Various topics. Join on Facebook Live or zoom. Read more.
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An unstable commodity market, combined with low market prices, may make this growing season more difficult than usual for Alabama crop producers. Max Runge, an Alabama Extension economist, said agricultural producers across the country are facing a troubling and uncertain future. Read More
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Those preparing their summer vegetable gardens may find their plots already teeming with life, but not the kind they would like to see. Fire ants are common in yards, flowerbeds, playgrounds and gardens throughout Alabama. Read More
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Row crop commodity prices have been very low due to COVID-19 and the lack of demand. Peanut prices were at $418 a ton in the second week of April. To survive low commodity prices and global economic uncertainties, farmers will need to cut expenses and use resources more efficiently. Read More
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This growing season may be one of the most trying yet for producers in the agricultural industry. With an uncertain crop outlook and an unstable market, producers will need to intensely manage crop inputs to break even at current market prices. Read More
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People spend a lot of time and money in their vegetable gardens. This makes it all the more disappointing when a garden has rows where seeds were planted but for some reason did not grow. Read More
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Alfalfa is returning to the Southeastern agriculture scene. Once a dominant forage, producers saw an elimination of many productive stands because of several factors, including insects and a harsh growing environment. Read More
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Many home and commercial vegetable growers have their own secret recipe that helps produce the biggest and best tasting vegetables. Often times, forms of magnesium (Mg) are a part of that recipe. Magnesium is an essential element required by all plants. It is also the nutrient that is most likely to be deficient in vegetable soils. Read More
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Announcing an exciting interactive event called 'Q&A Friday' where you can ask your question to the Extension horticulture team starting this Friday on April 3 (11:30 AM). Specialists and REA's will answer questions from food/market safety to bug questions for commercial or backyard vegetables. Everyone's invited to interact and ask questions! Read More
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Farming is going digital. A series of educational videos that explore many topic areas related to farming is now available on YouTube. Read More
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The Alabama Extension commercial horticulture team has several educational activities and resources that anyone can use from the comfort of their home. Below are all of the activities along with videos recently recorded. Read More
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Monthly webinar presentations are available live at 9 A.M. Topics include greenhouse production, insect pest alerts and management, disease diagnosis and more. The calendar for these webinars is shown below. Read More
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Thank you to all our funding agencies! USDA-BFRD Program, USDA- SARE Program, AL. Dept. of Ag- Specialty Crops Block Grant, USDA-OREI Program, USDA-CPPM
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