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Cook County ANR Agent Tucker Price holds up a watermelon plant infected with gummy stem blight disease. CAES News
Watermelon diseases a problem again for Georgia farmers 08/13/15 Clint Thompson
Disease in south Georgia’s watermelons was again a problem this year for farmers.
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Josef M. Broder named interim dean of UGA CAES 08/07/15 Sam Fahmy
University of Georgia Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Pamela Whitten has appointed a committee to begin a national search to fill the position of dean and director of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
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UGA Cooperative Extension well represented in MPPPM program on UGA Tifton Campus 08/06/15 Clint Thompson
Twelve University of Georgia Cooperative Extension agents are enrolled this semester at UGA Tifton as part of the Master of Plant Protection and Pest Management (MPPPM) program in the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. The agents work in counties in south Georgia.
Jonathan Page, an AmeriCorps service member working with Georgia 4-H, helps Barrow County 4-H'ers with a National Youth Science Day project. CAES News
Georgia 4-H getting some extra help this year, hoping to improve the lives of more children 08/06/15 Merritt Melancon
Georgia 4-H clubs in 32 counties across Georgia will get some extra help this year thanks to a $439,357 AmeriCorps State grant from the federal Corporation for National and Community Service and the Georgia Commission on Service and Volunteerism.
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Georgia 4-H Club members achieve statewide recognition at the 2015 Georgia 4-H State Congress 08/06/15 Merritt Melancon
More than 250 Georgia 4-H’ers met in Atlanta July 21-22 to compete for 47 coveted “Master 4-H’er” titles, the youth organization’s highest honor. Students from across the state competed in a variety of categories, from photography to public speaking and communications to companion animal science. They gave 12-minute demonstrations and prepared portfolios of their research and service project areas. Expert judges evaluated their work and interviewed them.
Chainsaw trainings are being held across Georgia. CAES News
Fall trainings focus on chainsaw safety 07/30/15 Clint Thompson
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension is presenting chainsaw trainings designed to educate Georgia’s landscape and tree care workers on the safe use of chainsaws.
Although there is no one-size-fits-all rule to rotational grazing management, to provide forage rest and recovery and improve grazing efficiency, the first step is to get cattle moving. CAES News
Hot weather means cattle, like people, need more water 07/29/15 Adam Speir
Just like humans, livestock are negatively impacted by poor water quality. Cattle that drink poor-quality water will drink less water and have a diminished feed intake, resulting in reduced average daily gains and return on investment.
A garden hoe lies in a pile of fresh compost. CAES News
Healthy Soil, Healthy Community Initiative to provide compost workshops in metro Atlanta 07/29/15 Merritt Melancon
Food Well Alliance, in collaboration with University of Georgia Cooperative Extension and other organizations, designed the Healthy Soil, Healthy Community Initiative to help Atlanta’s community gardens adopt better composting practices to improve metro Atlanta’s soil.
Seth Byrd holds a piece of rye on the UGA Tifton Campus. CAES News
Georgia cotton farmers should consider rye as a cover crop 07/27/15 Clint Thompson
Georgia cotton farmers can benefit from using rye as a cover crop, according to scientists on the University of Georgia Tifton Campus. Along with providing an added defense against glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth at planting, rye significantly reduces thrips infestations and could save farmers irrigation expenses.