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J. Michael Moore, UGA tobacco agronomist, examines tobacco stalks on the Tifton campus during the annual Tobacco Tour. CAES News
Tobacco Tour 06/14/13 Clint Thompson
With fewer farmers growing tobacco, it can be hard for the farmers who are still in the business to find the resources they need.
Some areas of Georgia received significantly more rain than normal during May 2013, but left others too dry. CAES News
May Weather 06/13/13 Pam Knox
May was wet, cool and cloudy throughout most of the state. That wet, cool weather kept the soil too wet to plant in some areas, while fields were too dry in others.
Student working at UGA's organic demonstration farm at the Durham Horticulture Farm, at 1221 Hog Mountain Road in Watkinsville. CAES News
Organic Twilight Tour 06/13/13 Merritt Melancon
UGA organic and sustainable agriculture experts will host the second annual Organic Twilight Tour on July 11 at the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences organic research farm in Watkinsville.
Dr. Allan Armitage, author and UGA horticulturalist, Introduces gardeners to this year's must have plants at the Trial Gardens at the University of Georgia's annual Plantapalooza plant sale in April. CAES News
Trial Gardens Open House 06/13/13 Merritt Melancon
Friends, fellow plant lovers and groupies are invited to take one last walk around the Garden with Dr. A at the Trial Gardens at UGA’s annual Public Open House on July 13 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
This diagram shows the locations and numbered sequence of cuts to remove a branch from a tree. CAES News
Summer pruning 06/12/13 STEPHEN GARTON
This year’s extraordinarily wet winter and spring has and will continue to stimulate rapid production of new leaves in many of our woody landscape plants. This lush new growth may now need to be trimmed to prevent shading of vegetable gardens and flowerbeds.
David Doguet, owner of Bladerunner Farms in Poteet, TX, poses with Zeon Zoysia Grass on the UGA Tifton campus. CAES News
Turfgrass in Olympics 06/12/13 Clint Thompson
The University of Georgia turfgrass program in Tifton is linked to elite athletic programs across the country, but it’s caught the eye of international sporting officials as well.
Hay bales outline a field in Butts County, Georgia. CAES News
Hay storage 06/11/13 Adam Speir
In between our recent rainstorms, most farmers have been able to get their hay cut, dried, baled and stored. For those who produce hay for on-farm use, hay production can be considered a necessary evil.
Students learn how wheat is turned into flour and how to toss pizza dough at the 2013 Pizza Farm at the Georgia State Farmers Market. CAES News
Pizza Farm 06/06/13 Merritt Melancon
Recently, more than 800 Metro Atlanta elementary school students got a behind the scenes look at where pizza comes from at University of Georgia Cooperative Extension’s Pizza Farm.
Vidalia onions growing in Lyons, Ga. CAES News
Perfect Vidalias 06/05/13 Sharon Dowdy
Most Vidalia onion lovers choose the Georgia-grown onion because it tastes sweet. University of Georgia scientists are searching for a way to help Vidalia onion farmers guarantee their crop meets consumers’ expectations – sweet, but not too pungent.