Publications

Ten Steps to Faster, Better Publications

Alabama Cooperative Extension System — Guidelines for submitting text, graphics, and other materials for Extension publications in order to help the publishing process go smoothly. The first author serves as the primary contact for the Publishing Unit throughout the publishing ...More…

List of Publications

Alabama Cooperative Extension System — The citizens of Alabama are extremely fortunate in being able to produce many types of fruits that provide good nutrition and gardening enjoyment. Studies in recent years have clearly shown that eating several servings of fruit each day promotes ...More…

Personal Selling for the Forest Products Industry

Virginia Tech Extension — Bob Smith, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Forest Products Marketing, Virginia Tech; Eric Hansen, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Forest Products Marketing, Oregon State University; and David Olah, Graduate Research ...More…

Marketing for Wood Products Companies

Virginia Tech Extension — Bob Smith, Extension Specialist, Forest Products Marketing, Virginia Tech, and David Ola, Graduate Research Assistant, Virginia Tech No matter the size of the company, the principles of marketing applied properly can improve one's profitability. ...More…

Design and Operation of a Solar-Heated Dry Kiln

Virginia Tech Extension — Brian Bond, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Department of Wood Science and Forest Products, Virginia Tech. Lumber is usually dried to a specific moisture content prior to further manufacturing or use. The amount of water in wood is ...More…

Supplemental Income from Wildlife on Your Land

Virginia Tech Extension — More and more farmers and ranchers are considering hunting as a new source of income. Urban and suburban sprawl is wiping out historic wildlife habitats, and rural areas surrounding cities typically are posted against hunting or ...More…

Managing Wildlife Damage: Moles

Virginia Tech Extension — Moles live underground and inhabit the lawns of residential homes, golf courses, cemeteries, and parks, as well as fallow fields, forest edges, or pastures where moist, sandy loam soils are common and digging is easy. Three species of moles are ...More…

Managing Wildlife Damage: Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Virginia Tech Extension — Lisa French, Undergraduate, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences and Jim Parkhurst, Associate Professor and Extension Wildlife Specialist; Virginia Tech The Canada goose has a grayish-brown body and wings, a white breast, black feet, ...More…

Managing Wildlife Damage: Black Bears

Virginia Tech Extension — The black bear is a large mammal with powerful limbs, a relatively small head, small ears, and black fur, although several less common color phases (e.g., cinnamon) can occur in this species. The black bear is a large mammal with powerful limbs, ...More…

Managing Wildlife Damage: Beavers

Virginia Tech Extension — The beaver is North America's largest rodent. Adult beavers normally weigh 40 to 50 pounds, but exceptionally large animals may weigh up to 80 pounds. They range in length from 35 to 50 inches, including the tail, which normally is about 10 ...More…

Itchgrass Identification and Control in Virginia

Virginia Tech Extension — John Willis, Research Associate, Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Scott Hagood, Extension Specialist, Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Tech and Shawn Askew, Extension Specialist, Plant ...More…

Control In Forages

Virginia Tech Extension — Perennial woody vine that may reach 40 feet or more in length. Perennial woody vine that may reach 40 feet or more in length. Leaves are opposite and composed of several similar leaflets also arranged oppositely from one another (pinnately ...More…