Survey endorses local branding of Alabama specialty crops

Survey endorses local branding of Alabama specialty crops

By Paul Hollis Would you be more willing to buy a bag of sweet potatoes, basket of peaches or a jar of honey if you knew from the label that it was grown in Alabama? A recent survey conducted by researchers at Auburn University shows that the state’s specialty crop...
Alabama’s McMichen Farm breaks 100-bushel soybean barrier

NRCS funds to demonstrate and promote best irrigation practices in Alabama

By Paul Hollis The latest numbers tell the irrigation story: In Alabama, only 15 percent of the land currently available for farming is irrigated, a far cry from Mississippi’s 61 percent of cropland and Georgia’s 40 percent. Over time, that lack of irrigation...

College, fertilizer institute partner to offer online training worldwide

An innovative contract between the College of Agriculture at Auburn University and the International Fertilizer Development Center, or IFDC,  Auburn University College of Agriculture Dean Paul Patterson and J. Scott Angle, president and CEO of the International...