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UGA CAES Dean Sam Pardue speaks at Centennial Kickoff event at UGA-Tifton. August 21, 2018 CAES News
UGA-Tifton kicks off yearlong centennial celebration 08/21/18 Clint Thompson
For the past 100 years, research from the University of Georgia Tifton campus has impacted international agriculture, from world’s food supply to its fields of play.
Kristen Navara, associate professor of poultry science, studies the link between stress hormones and biological sex. CAES News
CAES researcher finds that stress affects the sex ratio of poultry offspring 08/17/18 Merritt Melancon
It may seem like everyone on Earth has an equal chance of being born male or female. It’s about a 50-50 split, after all.
Argentine ants feeds on Terro liquid bait CAES News
UGA offers crucial insect identification workshops 08/17/18 Cristina Luisa deRevere
Have you ever spotted a bug in your house and not known what it was? The University of Georgia Structural Pest Management Program (SPM) hosts annual integrated pest management (IPM) workshops focused on the home to help pest control operators identify and manage household pests.
Hydrangea paniculata varieties, like 'Chantilly Lace' and 'Pink Winky', have both sterile and fertile flowers and attract a lot of bees, butterflies and other pollinators. CAES News
UGA Extension is now recruiting and training citizen scientists for Great Georgia Pollinator Census 08/16/18 Merritt Melancon
The bees and other pollinators that fuel Georgia agriculture are crucial to the state’s economy, but no one really knows how many there are. In honor of National Honey Day, August 18, UGA Cooperative Extension is announcing an ambitious plan to gauge the size and effect of the state’s pollinator population.
Bobby Goss, a FoodPIC research technician, tells the faculty about UGA chocolate research. CAES News
New faculty learn how UGA drives agricultural success in Georgia during annual tour of the state 08/14/18 Sharon Dowdy, Clint Thompson
New faculty at the University of Georgia learned why agriculture continues to be the state's biggest economic driver and how UGA leads the way in helping Georgians sustain and improve commodities like peanuts, poultry, pecans and turfgrass.
On August 11, 2018, peanut producers, UGA Extension agents, UGA Peanut Team specialists and industry supporters were honored at the Peanut Achievement Club meeting. CAES News
UGA salutes Georgia's highest-yielding peanut farmers 08/14/18 Clint Thompson
Fifteen of Georgia’s top peanut producers were honored this weekend at the annual Georgia Peanut Achievement Club meeting on Jekyll Island, Georgia. The meeting recognizes Georgia’s highest-yielding peanut growers every year.
Aspiring grape grower Rachel Crow and wine science aficionado Joe Adams examine grape vines at Stonepile Vineyards in Clarkesville, Georgia, during the inaugural UGA Cooperative Extension Viticulture Team Vineyard Tour. CAES News
Georgia vineyards prepare for wine grape harvest next month 08/13/18 Merritt Melancon
Georgia’s wine grape harvest will be a bit behind schedule, but the grapes look good and should produce quality wine.
At 75, Frank Williams is retired from his position as the groundskeeper for the University of Georgia Coastal Georgia Botanical Garden at the Historic Bamboo Farm in Savannah, Georgia. But he still works there three days a week and he hasn't slowed down a bit. CAES News
UGA Coastal Georgia Botanical Garden honors Frank Williams for his unmatched work ethic 08/09/18 Sharon Dowdy
After more than 30 years, Frank Williams has retired from his position as the groundskeeper for the University of Georgia Coastal Georgia Botanical Garden (CGBG) at the Historic Bamboo Farm, but he still works there three days a week. Even at 75, he hasn’t slowed down.
Greg Fonsah (left), University of Georgia Tifton campus professor, will lead Auxence Muhigwa Akonkwa, a Fellow visiting UGA-Tifton from the Democratic Republic of Congo, in banana research. Akonkwa is taking part in Fonsah's research through the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders program. CAES News
UGA-Tifton hosts young Mandela Washington Fellow from Democratic Republic of Congo 08/09/18 Clint Thompson
Auxence Muhigwa Akonkwa, a Fellow from the Democratic Republic of Congo in central Africa, will visit the University of Georgia Tifton campus through the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders program.