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Echols County 4-H'er Brent Mashburn works on his team's ROV during Georgia 4-H's HughesNet Tech Takeover Day in June. Two of his team-mates, Brooks County 4-H'ers Chris Spires and Jack Perry, wait to try out the robots modifications. CAES News
Georgia 4-H'ers test their engineering skills with underwater robots 07/09/15 Merritt Melancon
Pipe insulators, check. Fishing weights, check. PVC pipe, check. That’s all it took for about 50 fourth- and fifth-grade campers at Rock Eagle 4-H Center to turn a set of water-proof electric motors into fully operational underwater robots — well that, and some solid engineering principles and a heavy dose of curiosity.
Some parts of Georgia received very little rain during June, which expanded drought conditions over parts of the state. CAES News
Overly-warm June left some parts of the state in drought and caused some crop damage 07/07/15 Pam Knox
June was much warmer than normal, expanding drought across parts of the state and causing heat damage to some pasturelands and early summer crops.
Root suckers pop up as a result of a tree being injured or stressed as was the case with this Bradford pear tree. CAES News
Prevent root suckers by keeping mowers, trimmers away from trees 07/06/15 Paul Pugliese
Root suckers, or root sprouts, are a tree’s natural response to wounding or stress. Therefore, the best way to prevent them is to minimize or avoid causing wounds or stress to trees.
Pictured are dug up peanut plants on a dry land peanut field in east Tift County on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. CAES News
UGA entomologist stresses scouting fields for pests to Georgia peanut farmers 07/02/15 Clint Thompson
Mark Abney’s message to Georgia peanut farmers is the same today as it was two years ago, when he was hired as the University of Georgia’s research and Cooperative Extension peanut entomologist: “We need to be scouting more of our peanuts.”
The 2015-16 Georgia State 4-H Board includes (pictured left to right, front row) Front row: Julie Bacon, Tattnall County - Southeast District representative; Elizabeth Hanson, Pike County - vice-president; Ben Lord, Ben Hill County - president; Maggie Plott - state representative, Union County, (l-r, back row) Trent Whisenant, Murray County - state representative; Ben Murray, Berrian County - Southwest District representative; Mackenzie Wurst, Clarke County - Northeast District representative; Zach Tellano, Hart County - state representative; and Carrianna Simmons, Spalding County - Northwest District representative. CAES News
Gov. Deal encourages Georgia 4-H'ers to protect Americans' freedoms 07/02/15 Sharon Dowdy
Georgia 4-H students from across the state met at Rock Eagle 4-H Center in Eatonton, Georgia, June 26-28 to learn more about what it means to be an American with the right to vote. The students also elected a new crop of student-leaders for the state’s largest youth organization, annually serving more than six million youths.
UGA Cooperative Extension has great ideas on how to prepare healthy, family-pleasing meals on a budget and is offering a cooking class for busy families July 18 at Rock Eagle 4-H Center. CAES News
Family cooking class focuses on healthy meals for less than $10 07/02/15
While summer may mean more relaxed schedules, later bedtimes and little more time to spend on weeknight suppers, but the new school year will be here soon.
Pecans on the ground in an orchard on the University of Georgia Tifton campus. CAES News
Pecan blog useful tool in UGA reaching growers across the world 07/01/15 Clint Thompson
A pecan blog is helping University of Georgia Cooperative Extension horticulture specialist Lenny Wells reach growers in Georgia and across the world.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the University of Georgia's new turfgrass research and education facilities included, left to right, UGA doctoral student Becky Grubbs; Pamela Whitten, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost; Griff Doyle, vice president for government relations; Jennifer Frum, vice president for public service and outreach; Rep. Terry England (R-Auburn); Tommy Hopkins, regent of the University System of Georgia; UGA President Jere W. Morehead; Scott Angle, dean and director of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; Ken Morrow, president of Sod Atlanta Inc.; and Sen. John Wilkinson (R-Dist.50). CAES News
UGA breaks ground on new turfgrass research and education facilities 06/29/15 Stephanie Schupska
More than 200 people gathered June 24 for a groundbreaking ceremony that brought new turfgrass research and education facilities on the University of Georgia’s campuses in Griffin, Tifton and Athens one step closer to completion.
UGA poultry science developed the Chkminvent app, a poultry house moisture removal and ventilation calculator intended to provide users with an estimated minimum ventilation rate required to remove the specified daily amount of moisture from a poultry house. CAES News
UGA poultry experts release first app to help farmers ventilate poultry houses during cold weather 06/25/15 Merritt Melancon
University of Georgia poultry housing experts have released the state’s first app to help poultry farmers determine how much they should ventilate their houses during cold weather.