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Performance of Small Grain Forages in Alabama, 2023-2024
April 16 - Yield results are available for: Chilton Research & Extension Center (CREC) in Clanton Wheat, Oat, Triticale, Rye - Harvest 3 Wiregrass Research & Extension Center (WREC) in Headland Wheat, Oat, Triticale, Rye Harvest 3 (final harvest) Late Season...
Performance of Ryegrass Varieties in Alabama, 2023-2024
April 16 - Yield results are available for: Sand Mountain Research and Extension Center (SMREC) in Crossville Harvest 1 Chilton Research and Extension Center (CREC) in Clanton Harvest 3 March 28 - Yield results are available for: Wiregrass Research and Extension...
2024 Cool Season Forages Baleage Field Day
Come join us for the 2024 Baleage Production Workshop on April 11, 2024. The workshop is free and lunch will be provided. Please RSVP by April 9th to reserve lunch - Register Online Agenda 8:30 – 9:00 Registration9:00 – 9:15 Welcome & Introductions (Rickey...
Multi-State Data – New Feature Released
In 2021, the Auburn University Official Variety Testing (OVT) Program contracted with Medius Ag, a third-party agricultural data management company, to store, manage, and maintain Auburn OVT data in an online database/tool available to all stakeholders. The goal was...
2024 TVREC Barley Field Day
Researchers from the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station and Auburn University are hosting a free barley field day for growers who are interested in barley production in Alabama. This field day will include variety plot...
2024 Beef & 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. Details When: March 15,...
2024 Cotton OVT Entry Form
January 12 - Entry forms for the 2024 Auburn University Official Cotton Variety Trials are now available. Entry forms are due by March 15th. Please send Please send seed as soon as possible, preferably no later than March 31st. Seed required: 10 lb Full Season, 10...
2024 Soybean OVT Entry Form
January 12, 2024 - Entry forms for the 2023 Auburn University Official Soybean Variety Trials (OVTs) are now available. Entry forms are due by February 29th. Please send seed as soon as possible, preferably no later than March 31st. Seed Required: 5 lb North, 5 lb...
2024 Sorghum OVT Entry Form
January 16 - Entry forms for the 2024 Auburn University Official Grain Sorghum Variety Trials are now available. Entry forms are due by March 15th. Please send seed as soon as possible, preferably no later than April 30th. Grain sorghum will be late-planted, behind...
Performance of Cotton Varieties in Alabama, 2023
January 29 2023 OVT cotton data updates are concluded. Quality results are available for the WREC Short Season Non-Irrigated OVT. Quality results for the WREC Full Season Non-Irrigated are excluded due to an incomplete dataset. January 3 Quality results (micronaire,...
Performance of Peanut Varieties in Alabama, 2023
February 12, 2024 2023 Peanut OVT results are complete. Seed per pound at harvest is available for all five OVTs. January 8, 2024 - Quality results are available for the OVTs conducted at the GCREC, BARU, & EVSRC. November 18 - Quality results are available for...
2023 On-Farm Cotton
January 3 2023 On-farm cotton results, compliments of Tyler Sandlin - On-Farm Cotton Coordinator, are now available. The on-farm cotton trials are split into two categories, North & South. Summary tables are provided for each. However, they have been filtered...
2024 Corn OVT Entry Forms
December 14 - Entry forms for the 2024 Auburn University Official Corn Variety Trials (OVTs) are now available. Entry forms are due by February 2nd. Please send seed as soon as possible, preferably no later than February 19th. Entries can be submitted by region...
Performance of Soybeans in Alabama, 2023
December 5 Yield results are available for the three soybean trials conducted at the Sand Mountain Research and Extension Center (SMREC) in Crossville. November 30 Yield results are available for the 8 soybean trials conducted at the Black Belt Research and...
2023 Soybean Summary Tables
December 5 All yields for the 2023 season are in and summary tables are complete. December 1 Summary tables are provided through the variety selection platform only. North Region & Early Planted MG 4 tables will be updated as additional data becomes available....
2023 Soybean Iron Chlorosis Ratings – Black Belt REC
November 30 - Yields have been uploaded for the Iron Deficiency Chlorosis (IDC) trials conducted at the Black Belt Research and Extension Center. MG4 - Shatter ratings were highly correlated to yield. MG5 - IDC ratings were highly correlated to yield. MG6 - Neither...
2023 Peanut On-Farm Trials
November 27 - Yield and quality results are available on the variety selection platform for the 7 on-farm trials conducted by Peanut Extension Specialist, Kris Balkcom. Statistical differences by variety (Top Yield Group) were noted in two trials, Lee & Baldwin...
2023 Cotton OVT Summaries
November 20 Summary tables are provided through the variety selection platform only. As additional data (yield or quality) becomes available, tables will update. The Conventional OVT summary is complete. The North AL Full Season summary is complete. For any summary...
Performance of Grain Sorghum in Alabama, 2023
February 3 - Yield results are available for the Henry County on-farm grain sorghum trial. November 20 - Yield results are available for the Walker County on-farm grain sorghum trial. September 21 - Yield results are available for the grain sorghum OVT conducted at...
2023 On-Farm Soybean Variety Trials
February 3 - Yield results are available for the Geneva County on-farm soybean trial. October 31 - Yield results are available for the Lawrence County on-farm soybean trial. October 25 - Yield results are available for the on-farm soybean trial conducted in Macon...