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This picture shows morning glory weed overtaking a field of corn. CAES News
Morning Glory 02/17/15 Clint Thompson
Morning glory is a long-standing nuisance weed that wraps around corn plants and chokes farm equipment. One University of Georgia weed scientist is helping corn producers find ways to contain the weed.
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Loves Teaching Teachers 02/13/15 Cal Powell
Michael Rupured, UGA Extension Consumer Economics Specialist and Senior Public Service Associate, has been named the Postsecondary Teacher of the Year by the Georgia Association of Teachers of Family and Consumer Sciences. Rupured was presented the award at the GATFCS annual conference in Savannah earlier this month.
Rocky Mount's Tyler Romeu (left) and Jonathan Miller (right) show the contents of their net to instructor Chris Edmonds (far left) during lake ecology class while on an environmental education field trip at Rock Eagle 4-H center in Eatonton, Tuesday, May 3, 2005. CAES News
4-H Camp 02/11/15 Sharon Dowdy
Many University of Georgia Extension offices across the state have begun sign-up in advance of the March 3 opening of registration for summer camp at Georgia’s 4-H centers. Each year about 8,000 campers, along with adult and teen leaders, attend 4-H camp and create memories and friendships that last a lifetime.
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Flavor of Georgia 02/11/15 Merritt Melancon
Judges have selected 30 products to compete in the final round of the University of Georgia’s 2015 Flavor of Georgia Food Product Contest on March 9-10 at the Georgia Railroad Freight Depot in Atlanta.
A new grant-funded collaboration between the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Fort Valley State University, AgSouth Farm Credit and Georgia Organics will provide training to beginning farmers in Georgia to help them build their farms into sustainable and profitable businesses. CAES News
Beginning Farmers 02/10/15 Merritt Melancon
Starting in October, a new training program will offer beginning and young farmers crash courses in business planning, vegetable and fruit production and goat husbandry to provide them with a strong foundation to help grow their new businesses.
University of Georgia researchers are surveying landowners in Georgia to quantify the economic damage feral swine are causing the state. CAES News
Feral Hogs 02/06/15 Sandi Martin
University of Georgia researchers are surveying landowners in Georgia to quantify the economic damage feral swine are causing the state.
University of Georgia researchers and scientists across the world will meet May 18-21 at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Huntsville, Alabama. CAES News
Plant Genomics Conference 02/06/15
Leading plant genomics researchers and breeders from the University of Georgia and across the world will meet May 18-21 at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Huntsville, Alabama, to discuss the latest genomic technology in plant breeding and crop improvement.
While the weather was drier than normal in January 2015, cooler temperatures kept the lack of rain from impacting soil moisture levels. CAES News
January Weather 02/06/15 Pam Knox
Georgians' introduction to 2015 included cooler-than-normal temperatures, which hurt some winter grain crops, but conserved soil moisture for the coming planting season.
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Tropical Storms 02/04/15 Clint Thompson
Tropical storms may cause havoc for coastal homeowners, but the rainfall they bring recharges the water balance and keeps soil moist in the summer, according to University of Georgia climatologist Pam Knox. Lack of tropical storm activity in 2014 contributed to Georgia’s prolonged drought, she said.