Hosts Adam Rabinowitz and Amanda Scherer talk with Kris Balkcom, Alabama Extension peanut specialist about all things peanuts for the 2021 season including seed quality, seed treatments, planting dates, variety selection, and 2021 peanut production outlook. Additionally, they will take a look back at the 2020 peanut season.     Episode 7 Peanut Update with....

Hosts Scott Graham and Katelyn Kesheimer discuss prospective plantings with Extension economist Wendiam Sawadago and the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program with Extension economist Adam Rabinowitz. This episode was recorded March 25, 2021.     Episode 6 Prospective Plantings Transcript

Hosts Scott Graham and Amanda Scherer talk with Alabama Cooperative Extension System entomologist Katelyn Kesheimer about early season insect pests of corn. Kesheimer discusses the impacts of soil conservation practices on insect pests, recommendations on seed treatments, and what fields to expect to find problematic insects in. This podcast was recorded March 10, 2021.  ....

Hosts Scott Graham and Katelyn Kesheimer discuss weed management in corn with Alabama Cooperative Extension System weed scientist David Russell. Russell talks about common problematic weeds, optimum burndown timings, what makes some weeds so difficult to control, and other topics. This podcast was recorded March 9, 2021.   Episode 3 Managing Weeds in Corn Transcript

Crop prices have skyrocketed in recent months, but so have fertilizer costs.  Hear the latest price outlook and timely advice on appropriate risk management of prices and input costs as co-hosts Amanda Scherer and Adam Rabinowitz talk with Extension economists Wendiam Sawadgo and Max Runge.   Episode 2 – Commodity Crop Prices and Fertilizer Prices....

Hosts Scott Graham and Amanda Scherer discuss the outlook for the 2021 cotton crop with Alabama Extension cotton agronomist Steve Brown. Brown touches on variety selection, best time for planting this year’s crop and seed treatments. This podcast was recorded in February 2021.   Episode 1 – Cotton Update Transcript

On today’s episode, hosts Scott Graham and Katelyn Kesheimer welcome Eros Francisco, an Alabama Extension grain specialist, into the podcast recording studio. Crop producers are hard at work with spring....

On this episode of the Alabama Crops Report, hosts Adam Rabinowitz and Katelyn Kesheimer talk with David Russell, an Alabama Cooperative Extension System specialist in weed science. The supply chain....

Welcome to season two of the Alabama Crops Report! In this first episode, hosts Katelyn Kesheimer and Scott Graham sit down with Rishi Prasad, an Alabama Cooperative Extension System specialist....

In this episode, first-time host Audrey Gamble joins previous hosts Scott Graham and Katelyn Kesheimer to talk about the upcoming Alabama Row Crops Short Course. This year’s short course is....