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Rows of cotton at a farm on the University of Georgia Tifton Campus in 2013. CAES News
Excessive rainfall postpones cotton planting around state 05/02/14 Clint Thompson
Prolonged periods of rainfall this spring sidelined cotton farmers from planting their crop as planned for the week of April 28.
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UGA Extension launches agricultural climatology blog for the Southeast 05/02/14 Merritt Melancon
For the past two years, Georgia agricultural climatologist Pam Knox has kept Georgians up to date on the way the state’s climate impacts the state’s largest industry.
Earthworms in a healthy compost bin in middle Georgia. CAES News
Compost pile health can be judged by the company it keeps 05/01/14 Merritt Melancon
Gardeners are likely to see a whole community of living things in their compost piles — from millipedes and roaches to worms and small mammals. While most of this activity is natural and great for compost, some uninvited guests can indicate a problem with the compost pile.
Retired director of the UGA CAES Office of Global Programs, Ed Kanemasu, receives a plaque in recognition of his years of service, from Dean J. Scott Angle, at the CAES international agriculture celebration. CAES News
CAES Office of Global Programs celebrates student success and honors retiring director in its International Day event 05/01/14 Merritt Melancon
No other commodity represents Georgia agriculture better than the humble peanut. Most Georgians know that Georgia grown peanuts are in most jars of peanut butter in the United States. But many may not know that the protein-packed nut has a life-saving impact at an international level.
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UGA to develop best practices model for Georgia food hubs with SARE grant 05/01/14 Merritt Melancon
In recent years, local food advocates have viewed food hubs — groups of farmers who pool their produce to fill large orders from institutions or larger retailers — as the bridge between local produce from small farms and the mainstream food markets. However, the idea is still new, and many farmers are unsure how to get a new hub started or make a currently working food hub last.
Agricultural climatologist Pam Knox's office is filled with volumes of old weather observations. These book contain the original hand written weather statistics from Atlanta in the beginning of the 20th century. CAES News
Climate change will lengthen growing season, increase pests 05/01/14 Sharon Dowdy
The changing climate is affecting trends in weather across the nation. As temperatures in the Southeast rise, farmers will have to adjust to longer growing seasons, more diseases and pests and to an increase in extreme weather conditions, says a University of Georgia expert.
Members of the UGA Extension and UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences' Strong African-American Families Program team celebrate the completion of the five year program in Tifton Monday, April 28. CAES News
UGA Extension celebrates five years of Strong African-American Families 04/30/14 Cal Powell
The Strong African-American Families project, launched in South Georgia in 2008 by the University of Georgia’s Center for Family Research and UGA Extension, has strengthened families and helped promote positive health outcomes, according to CFR Director Gene Brody.
A watermelon plant is pictured in a field in Ty Ty, Ga. on Wednesday, April 30. The plant was planted on March 28. CAES News
Late cold snaps stunt growth of early-planted watermelons 04/30/14 Clint Thompson
An abundance of rainfall hurt last year’s watermelon crop in Georgia. This year, late cold snaps stunted the growth of early-planted melons and may cause prices to plummet, say University of Georgia Extension experts.
This is a file photo of a center pivot irrigation system being used. CAES News
UGA, IBM work with farmers on water conservation project 04/28/14 Clint Thompson, Dana Anastasi
Researchers in the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences are teaming up with IBM to work with farmers in Georgia’s Lower Flint River Basin to enhance water efficiency by up to 20 percent.