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Tomato cages keep plants secure in a garden in Albany, Ga. CAES News
Rooting tomato suckers can provide great mid-season replacement plants, extend harvest 06/24/13 Frank M. Watson
Home gardeners who want to add more tomato plants to their garden, may want to consider growing transplants from suckers.
Glyphosate damage on tomato. CAES News
Hay and manure can bring unwanted herbicides to vegetable gardens 06/24/13 Paul Pugliese
After fielding a number of calls and examining plant samples brought in to the Bartow County Extension Office, I have decided vegetable gardeners are probably better off not using hay or manure in their gardens.
Soybeans grow on a plant at a UGA lab in Athens. Soybean farmers will soon have a smart phone app to help know when to irrigate their crop. CAES News
Former UGA soybean breeder receives national recognition 06/21/13
Roger Boerma, former professor of crop and soil sciences at the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and current executive director of Georgia Seed Development, recently received the 2013 NAPB Plant Breeding Impact Award from the National Association of Plant Breeders and the Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee.
Southern Mole Cricket CAES News
Late June is ideal time to treat lawns for mole crickets 06/20/13 William G. Tyson
Recent rains and warm weather have mole crickets out in full force, wreaking havoc in lawns. Mole crickets damage turf by feeding on plant roots, stems and leaves. And, they tunnel through the soil. Their feeding is not considered as damaging as their tunneling, however, significant feeding injury does occur in pastures.
Butterfly Weed is a native herbaceous perennial that attracts butterflies like magnets with its florescent orange blooms. CAES News
Install the right plants and butterflies will flock to your garden 06/20/13 Frank M. Watson
There is no more delightful decoration for a flower garden than butterflies fluttering from bloom to bloom.
Graphic of obese Georgia CAES News
UGA experts study obesity through the university's Obesity Initiative 06/20/13 April Reese Sorrow
The American Medical Association’s recent decision to label obesity as a disease comes with many questions as patients, physicians, insurers and others view the condition in a new light.
CAES News
Back-to-School Packet to 2013 released July 5 06/20/13 Merritt Melancon
It may feel like summer is just getting started, but students across Georgia will head back to school in a little more than a month. Get ready for the back-to-school season with the help of the University of Georgia Extension Back-to-School News Packet. This year’s packet will be released July 5.
J. Michael Moore, UGA tobacco agronomist, examines tobacco stalks on the Tifton campus during the annual Tobacco Tour. CAES News
Tobacco production in decline 06/14/13 Clint Thompson
With fewer farmers growing tobacco, it can be hard for the farmers who are still in the business to find the resources they need.
Some areas of Georgia received significantly more rain than normal during May 2013, but left others too dry. CAES News
May weather delays planting by a few weeks 06/13/13 Pam Knox
May was wet, cool and cloudy throughout most of the state. That wet, cool weather kept the soil too wet to plant in some areas, while fields were too dry in others.