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UGA Extension has researched-based resources for those who want to raise backyard chickens. CAES News
Northeast Georgia backyard poultry workshop scheduled for May 04/16/14 Merritt Melancon
University of Georgia Extension will offer a Backyard Flock Poultry Workshop May 1st in downtown Comer.
University of Georgia Extension water resource specialist Gary Hawkins looks over a solar panel. CAES News
Solar power helping farmers with irrigation needs 04/16/14 Clint Thompson
Using the sun as a power source isn’t a new concept. But for some Georgia farmers, implementing solar power to deliver water to remote locations is making a huge difference.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss speaks at the National 4-H Council Breakfast on April 9 in Washington D.C. CAES News
National 4-H Council Recognizes Sen. Saxby Chambliss 04/14/14 Merritt Melancon
National 4-H Council recognized Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) with the 4-H Champion for Kids Award today during a 4-H Congressional Breakfast on Capitol Hill. Chambliss received the award in honor of his work advancing 4-H youth development in Georgia.
Neural progenitors are used at UGA's Regenerative Bioscience Center to determine endocrine active compound-induced alterations in key human neural cellular events. (Credit: Regenerative Bioscience Center) CAES News
Rapid toxicity test for household, industrial compounds in the works at UGA 04/14/14 Charlene Betourney
Multiyear testing methods have left the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with a list of 80,000 household and industrial compounds that need to be assessed to determine potential health risks.
Avoiding infestation is key for corn growers to maintain grain quality, especially when dealing with the threat of the maize weevil, the most dangerous pest a corn grower faces every year. CAES News
Maize weevils can destroy stored corn crops from the inside out 04/10/14 Clint Thompson
For Georgia corn producers, chances of an insect infestation in grain storage are much higher in late summer or early fall. A University of Georgia entomologist says keeping corn cool and dry is the key to keeping weevil away.
Stanley Culpepper, professor in the UGA Department of Crop and Soil Sciences and Extension weed scientist, is located on the UGA Tifton Campus. CAES News
Culpepper, Kemerait named Walter Barnard Hill Award recipients 04/10/14 Sharon Dowdy
Two University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences faculty have received Walter Barnard Hill Awards in recognition of their public service and outreach programs.
March 2014 was drier than normal over most parts of the state. CAES News
Cooler, drier March may impact Georgia's spring planting season 04/09/14 Pam Knox
March in Georgia was fairly calm, but colder than normal across the entire state with temperatures ranging from between 2 to 4 degrees below average.
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Race to save Georgia's massive hemlocks receives boost from Legacy Tree Project 04/09/14 Merritt Melancon
Hulking above their neighbors in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia’s century-old hemlocks are giants. But the relatively scarce, trees are quickly being felled by the tiniest of insects — the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid.
UGA CAES students, from left; back, J. Thomas Golden, Michael Thompson, Sarah Brown, Tess Hammock and, front, Sarah Carnes and Mary Cromley will serve as UGA's Congressional Agriculture Fellows this summer. Once in Washington D.C., the students will attend agricultural committee hearings and conduct agricultural-related research, all while earning credit hours towards graduation. CAES News
UGA agriculture students will serve in Washington D.C. this summer 04/09/14 Merritt Melancon
This summer, six University of Georgia students will learn the inner-workings of our nation's capital as they serve as UGA Congressional Agricultural Fellows in Washington, D.C.