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Ever been shopping and seen the host of labels proclaiming a certain food item to be organic, all-natural or GMO-free? Have you wondered what those terms mean and how that product might be different from ones sitting next to it without colorful logos and labels? There s an upcoming event that wants to help answer those questions, according to a press release.
A food marketing class will be June 2 at the Etowah County Extension Office at 3200A West Meighan Boulevard in Gadsden, according to the release. It will run from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
A team of subject matter experts from Alabama Cooperative Extension will be present to answer questions. The team will present research and science-based information to help those interested to become more educated consumers.
Brad Haire
File photo of Eddie McGriff, left, and Nick McMichen taken fall 2017 in Cherokee County, Ala. They were not discussing soybeans that day but cotton. Ultra-early soybeans were planted around April 16 on 30-inch rows with a rate of 125,000 seed per acre at about a 1.25-inch depth.
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This year, Nick McMichen planted 600 acres of ultra-early soybeans. It s a big trial, but McMichen has proven many times that his diversified family farm in Alabama can deliver quality high yields for soybeans and cotton and peanuts, too.
But the Cherokee County farmer sat down with Eddie McGriff, Alabama Cooperative Extension regional agent, to discuss the progress of the ultra-early soybeans in as part of McGriff s series called Bean Counters.
Steve Li, Alabama Extension
In this study at Headland, Select Max alone at 12 oz/A with crop oil and AMS only provided around 50% ryegrass control. Therefore, do not expect clethodim to eliminate large ryegrass by itself. Gramoxone and sequential applications will be needed. See the plot images below for effective programs to control ryegrass without Roundup. The herbicide-resistant ryegrass problem is particularly growing in no-till and strip-till fields. This article provides options for burndown.
Glyphosate-resistant ryegrass is gaining traction in Alabama fields, says Steve Li, weed specialist with Alabama Cooperative Extension.
The herbicide-resistant ryegrass problem is particularly growing in no-till and strip-till fields. In the April 13 Alabama Extension Cotton Shorts Newsletter, Li provided some guidance on managing resistant ryegrass for 2021 along with some telling pictures of a study he is conducting to address the issue.