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A University of Georgia entomologist is asking Georgians to help track an insect that loves to stowaway in homes and has the potential to hurt the state’s cotton and blueberry crops. The brown marmorated stink bug, a native of Asia, was first spotted in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1998 and has since been found in 42 states and two Canadian provinces, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. To date, it is classified as a nuisance pest in Georgia, but could quickly become an agricultural pest, too.

Georgia pecan farmers can learn the art of grafting during a free clinic, hosted by University of Georgia Extension horticulturist Lenny Wells, which will take place at the UGA Ponder Farm in Tifton, Georgia, on Tuesday, April 21, at 10 a.m.

More than 2,500 Georgia residents are improving their health by exercising with the help of the University of Georgia’s Walk Georgia program and their local UGA Extension agent.

A University of Georgia entomologist is searching for a way to control tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) by studying thrips – the insect that carries the disease.

Georgia 4-H and the Georgia National Guard will offer the annual Month of the Military Child Weekend Camp, Friday, April 24 to Sunday, April 26 at Fortson 4-H Center near Hampton, Georgia.

Callery pear trees are one of the first trees to bloom in Georgia. In full flower, these trees look like a white cloud and are actually quite beautiful. Native to Korea and China, Callery pear trees are one of the more popular cultivars seen in Georgia landscapes — especially the Bradford pear. Unfortunately, with the help of wildlife, the trees are quickly becoming an invasive species.

University of Georgia researchers have found a treatment that kills up to 70 percent of a disease that attacks blackberry plants.

Patients advised to lose weight by their physicians dropped more pounds on average than those who didn’t receive a recommendation, according to new research from the University of Georgia published in the journal Economics and Human Biology.

Georgia cattle farmers, with both large- and small-scale operations, will learn useful, research-based information at the annual University of Georgia Mountain Beef Cattle Field Day Thursday, April 16 in Blairsville, Georgia.