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UGA Extension Agronomist Jared Whitaker chats with Brooks County farmer Randy Dowdy. CAES News
Georgia farmer produces record soybean crop 09/13/16 Clint Thompson
South Georgia farmer Randy Dowdy is the new world record holder in soybean yield, and he credits University of Georgia Cooperative Extension for playing a role in his success.
As part of the LepNet project, Joe McHugh, professor of entomology at the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and curator of the arthropod collection at the Georgia Museum of Natural History, will help lead the effort to digitize millions of butterfly and moth specimens now locked away in museum collections across the nation. CAES News
UGA Entomology helps lead effort to digitize North America's butterfly and moth collections 09/12/16 Merritt Melancon
Locked in museums across the world, millions of insect specimens tell the story of the world’s climatic shifts, animals on the move and changing fauna.
In this file photo, an array of pesticides are lined on the shelves of a Griffin, Ga., feed and seed store. CAES News
Cordele-area farmers invited to safely discard unused pesticides at Sept. 30 event 09/12/16 Casey Chastain
A pesticide collection event has been scheduled for Friday, Sept. 30, at the Cordele State Farmers Market. This event will be held from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Families are invited to learn how to canoe at the Rock Eagle Lake on Sept. 17. CAES News
Rock Eagle Lake opens to families for laid back nature paddle on Sept. 17 09/12/16 Jessica Kallay
Whether you’re a water sports novice or an experienced paddler looking for a relaxed morning on the water, Rock Eagle 4-H Center is offering guided canoe tours of Rock Eagle Lake on September 17 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is challenging its students — and students across the university — to become entrepreneurial groundbreakers through FABricate, a contest of student ideas to help feed the world. CAES News
FABricate kickoff celebrates entrepreneurship at University of Georgia 09/09/16 David G. Allen
University of Georgia students and faculty came together to kick off the inaugural FABricate competition, a food and agribusiness entrepreneurial initiative at UGA, on Sept. 8.
Peanuts are dug at a farm in southwest Georgia during the Georgia Peanut Tour last year. CAES News
Annual Georgia Peanut Tour set for Sept. 13-15 09/08/16 Clint Thompson
Home to the University of Georgia Tifton Campus and Georgia Peanut Commission, Tifton, Georgia, will host this year’s Georgia Peanut Tour.
Parts of north Georgia received between 10 and 15 inches of rain during August. CAES News
Despite August deluge, hot, dry weather expected to persist through early fall 09/08/16 Pam Knox
Rainfall in August reduced the area of extreme drought in northern Georgia. However, abnormally dry conditions and drought expanded in central and south Georgia, especially in coastal areas.
Plumbago forms a loose shrub in the landscape when kept at about 3-feet tall. CAES News
Cape plumbago: Your ticket to the butterfly wild kingdom 09/08/16 Norman Winter
Growing cape plumbago is like having your own ticket to the butterfly wild kingdom. Not only will you be the proprietor of the daily nectar café, but depending on where you live, you will also celebrate young ones, as this is a host plant for the cassius blue butterfly.
Alexandra Bentz, a poultry science graduate student at UGA, spent her summer studying the health of vampire bats in Belize. CAES News
From vampire bats to gender issues in peanut production, Graduate Student Travel Awards enhance international research efforts 09/08/16 Denise Horton
his summer University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences students traveled the world with help from the college’s Office of Global Programs’ Graduate International Travel Awards.