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A homemade irrigation system provides water to corn growing in a Spalding County, Ga., garden. CAES News
Three big garden questions answered 02/28/13 Michael J. Wheeler
Springtime brings questions about gardening, and some of the most common gardening questions have to do with watering, bugs and how to grow more food in less space. Here is some basic information from University of Georgia Cooperative Extension to help answer these common questions.
UGA Horticulturist John Ruter's new gardening guide book “Landscaping with Conifers and Ginkgo for the Southeast” will be out in April. CAES News
UGA horticulturalist releases gardening book focused on conifers 02/28/13 Merritt Melancon
Anyone who moved into a new house between 1995 and 2008 is probably familiar with the fast-growing, super-screening workhorse of the conifer family — the Leyland cypress. But while the Leyland cypress might be the most popular conifer in Georgia landscapes, there are a whole host of conifers that will grow just as well in home landscapes.
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension horticulturist Bob Westerfield displays several pieces of lawn and garden equipment during a class on the UGA campus in Griffin, Georgia. CAES News
Class will cover small engine repair for home landscapers 02/28/13
Is anything more frustrating than finding time to mow your lawn only to discover your lawn mower won’t start? Keeping a chainsaw running is a chore, too. A University of Georgia class, set for April 4, will teach you the basic skills you need to maintain small garden and landscape tools and save money in the process.
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UGA College of Ag names new senior development director 02/22/13 J. Faith Peppers
Robert K. Cooper will return to the University of Georgia March 14 as senior development officer and assistant to the dean for external affairs in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences’ Office of College Advancement, J. Scott Angle, CAES dean and director, and Brooks McCommons, senior director of the UGA Office of Development, announced today.
Camilla Borgato, a University of Padova currently working at UGA's Tifton Campus, is studying sampling strategies to track food borne pathogens in irrigation water. She's studying in the United States through the Trans Atlantic Precision Agricultural Consortium. CAES News
UGA faculty and students share precision agriculture technology in Europe 02/21/13 Merritt Melancon
Thousands of miles may separate Georgia and Europe, but farmers on both sides of the Atlantic face similar problems: dwindling water supplies, rising expenses, increasing competition from the developing world and the need to produce more from their land while protecting the environment.
Justin Youngblood checks out plants in a HORT 4040 class taught by Dr. James Peake at the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in Tifton. In the class, the students learn how to teach greenhouse management and production. These students were learning sexual propagation with vegetable seedlings they planted a week earlier. CAES News
Ag teachers in short supply 02/21/13 Clint Thompson
First-year agricultural education teachers are earning an annual salary of $45,000. So why is there a shortage of these teachers around the state?
The late Herman Talmadge is among the state's agricultural leaders inducted into the Georgia Agriculture Hall of Fame. Talmadge was a farmer, Governor of Georgia and U.S. Senator. He served as an advisor to six presidents, helped create the Georgia Forestry Commission and established timber as a major crop in the state. He also helped form the Farmers' Market system and helped build Rock Eagle 4-H Center by providing matching funds that were combined with money raised by Georgia 4-H'ers. CAES News
UGA college seeks nominees for Georgia Ag Hall of Fame 02/20/13 Sharon Dowdy
Georgia's Agricultural Hall of Fame honors farmers, agriculture teachers, research scientists, agriculture commissioners, agribusiness leaders, Extension directors and a host of other agriculture supporters.
Barbara Petit, Georgia Organics, tallies up her scores during the 2011 Flavor of Georgia Food Product Contest. CAES News
Finalists named for 2013 Flavor of Georgia Food Product Contest 02/20/13 Merritt Melancon
Judges have selected 25 products to compete in the final round of the 2013 Flavor of Georgia Food Product Contest on March 11-12 at the Georgia Railroad Freight Depot in Atlanta.
Watemelon and cotton plants grow together in a south Georgia field. CAES News
Intercropping helps farmers save money, time and resources 02/19/13 Clint Thompson
Cantaloupes and cotton might seem like an odd couple but they’re actually proving to be a perfect pair. Planting the two together is proving to reduce planting time and costs while generating the same, if not more, profit for some Georgia farmers.