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Needed to sustain and enhance human lives, agriculture is vital to the future of our communities. Heightened demand, weather impacts, and insect invasions continually challenge production, so the protection and expansion of yields are essential for continued growth. To help support these efforts, we provide objective, research-based information, and resources for agricultural audiences across the South.
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2023-2024 Entry Form – Ryegrass Variety Trials at Auburn University
July 12 - Entry forms for the Auburn University Variety Testing - 2023-2024 Ryegrass Variety Trials are now available. View last season's data here. The deadline for seed is August 27th. Please send a minimum of 3 lbs of seed per entry. For the 2023-2024 season,...
2022-2023 Small Grain Summary Tables
July 14 - The summaries below will provide readers with shortcuts to some of the most commonly requested OVT summary tables within the Variety Selection Platform. Each table can be sorted simply by clicking the title at the top of the column of choice. The first set...
2023 Row Crops Field Days – Multiple Opportunities
There are multiple opportunities to visit the Auburn University Research and Extension Centers, learn from and interact with specialists, and see current research in person. The dates and locations are below. Thursday, July 27th Tennessee Valley Research and...
Performance of Small Grain Varieties in Alabama, 2022-2023
July 5 Tennessee Valley Research and Extension (TVREC) in Belle Mina. Yields, test weights, and heights are available for the wheat, triticale, and barley OVTs Sand Mountain Research and Extension Center (SMREC) in Crossville Yields are available for the wheat, oat,...
2023 Baleage Production Workshop
Come join us for the 2023 Baleage Production Workshop on April 20, 2023. The workshop is free and lunch will be provided. Please RSVP at 256-362-6187 by April 18tth to reserve lunch. Agenda 8:30-9:00 AM Registration 9:00-9:15 AM Welcome and Introduction - Henry...
Performance of Peanut Varieties in Alabama, 2022
February 24 - Seed per pound at harvest is now available. January 20 - Quality/Grade data (TSMK, LSK, OK, DK, Hulls) has been posted for all of the on-farm trials. December 13 - Yields have been added for the following On-Farm trials. Baldwin County Mobile County...
Soybean Varietal Response to Safluenacil (Sharpen Herbicide), 2022
by : Tyler Sandlin, Extension Crops Specialist; David Russell, Extension Weed Specialist;Eros Francisco, Extension Grain Crops Specialist What is saflufenacil?Saflufenacil is a group 14 PPO herbicide. Saflufenacil is the active ingredient in Sharpenherbicide and one...
2023 AU Forage Field Days
Multiple opportunities are available to visit the Auburn University Research and Extension Centers, learn from and interact with forage specialists, and see current forage/beef cattle research in person. The dates and locations are below. March 16 Wiregrass...
2023 Cotton Variety Trial Entry Form
February 8 - Entry forms for the 2023 Auburn University Cotton Variety Trials are now available. Entries can be submitted in in two planting environments, short season and full season. Each environment includes 10 trials. Each environment will be planted as follows:...
2022-2023 Forage Cold Damage Update
During the 2022 Christmas break, Alabama experienced a SEVERE cold snap. What makes this event unusual is how fast temperatures dropped. It went from t-shirt weather to sub-freezing overnight, and temperatures remained below freezing for several days. As a result,...
2023 Corn Variety Trial Entry Form
January 10, 2023 - Entry forms for the 2023 Auburn University Official Corn Variety Trials (OVTs) are now available. Entry forms are due by February 17th. Seed is due by March 1st. Entries can be submitted by region (North, Central, South). The North and South...
Performance of Cotton Varieties in Alabama, 2022
January 9 Lint yields and quality have been uploaded for eleven of the on-farm variety trials. January 4 The analytics portion of the Variety Selection Platform has been updated. There are now presets to save time getting to some of the most popular selections....
Performance of Soybean Cultivars in Alabama, 2022
December 7 Yield data is available for the following OVTs at the Black Belt Research and Extension Center (BBREC) in Marion Junction. Sumter Soil MG4 MG5 MG6 MG7/8 Vaiden Soil MG4 MG5 MG6 MG7/8 Yield data is available for the Escambia County On-Farm trial November 30...
Performance of Corn Hybrids in Alabama, 2022
November 16 - Yield data is available for the following on-farm trials. Chilton County Barbour County Dale County Pike County October 18 - Yield data is available for the OVT at the Sand Mountain Research and Extension Center (SMREC) in Crossville. October 12 - Yield...
Performance of Grain Sorghum in Alabama, 2022
October 17 Yield data is available for the grain sorghum OVT at the Wiregrass Research and Extension Center (WREC) in Headland. Please note that the season total rainfall for this trial was only 8.66 inches. WREC Sorghum Trial Page WREC Sorghum Analytics
Central Alabama Field Day 2022
9:00 AM, Tuesday, August 30, 2022 EV Smith Research Center - Plant Breeding Unit Join us as we tour the research conducted at the EV Smith Research Center - Plant Breeding Unit. The field day will include updates Agenda 9:00 AM-9:15 AM - Registration and...
2022 EVSPBU Soybean Trial Impacted by Nematodes
August 17 This season, the Early-Planted MG-4 trial at the EV Smith Research Center (EVSPBU) started off great. However, things took a turn mid-season. In this video, Dr. Eros Francisco - Extension Agronomist, Dr. Kathy Lawrence - Plant Pathologist, Henry Jordan -...
Performance of Small Grain Varieties in Alabama, 2021-2022
August 12 - A subset of barley varieties was selected for quality testing. Quality testing results are now available on the variety selection platform (under the qualtiy tab). Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center - Barley EV Smith Research Center - Barley...