AUBURN, Alabama–Registration for the Alabama Extension 2014 Corn and Wheat Short Course is now open. This year’s workshop is set for December 15-16 and will be held at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center. The conference will feature a diverse range of speakers from multiple universities and government agencies including Auburn University, University of Georgia, Mississippi State University, the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the United States Department of Agriculture- Agriculture Research Service. Read more.
2014 Corn and Wheat Short Course registration now open
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Mary Catherine Gaston is a freelance writer who specializes in agricultural and rural topics. She finds time to write in the midst of homeschooling two children and helping her husband Wes on their row crop and cattle farm near Plains, Georgia. MC holds degrees from Auburn University and Virginia Tech.
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