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UGA researcher wins George Washington Carver Award 08/18/11
University of Georgia researcher and Ph.D. student Micah Lewis was recently named the recipient of the 2011 George Washington Carver Award.
UGA Cooperative Extension unveils new web presence. CAES News
Website connects Georgians with instant UGA Extension information 08/18/11 April Reese Sorrow
Providing counties with help and science-based information is the core of University of Georgia Cooperative Extension’s mission. And now they’ve made it easier for Georgians to access instant information when office hours are over.
Fall webworms CAES News
Control fall webworms and rid trees of webs 08/18/11 William G. Tyson
Are you noticing webs in some of the trees throughout your landscape? I always get multiple calls during the late summer and early fall about webs in trees and worms crawling on everything. The fall webworm is the pest weaving these problems.
UGA MBA students chop down privet and other weedy shrubs at the Garnett Ridge Community Garden in Athens, Ga., on Aug. 9, 2011. MBA students start their first year off with a community service project. CAES News
Community gardens provide hands-on labs for UGA students 08/18/11 Stephanie Schupska
Approximately 500 University of Georgia students recently walked into the two sections of professor David Berle’s introduction to horticulture course. Throughout the semester, they’ll be introduced to all things plants and learn how to serve the community they live in.
Mark Risse, left, and Adam Speir check out the compost piles at the University of Georgia. Risse and Speir are faculty in the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering. CAES News
UGA joins national team to address climate and animal agriculture 08/11/11 April Reese Sorrow
University of Georgia researchers recently joined a national team of scientists working on a five-year, $4.1-million U.S. Department of Agriculture grant designed around climate change’s effects on animal agriculture.
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UGA cotton, peanut field day set for Sept. 7 in Tifton 08/11/11 Brad Haire
The University of Georgia Cotton and Peanut Research Field Day will be Sept. 7 at the UGA Tifton Campus, starting at 8:30 a.m.
NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Kenny Wallace talks ethanol and alternative energy with Shi-Zong Li, deputy director of China's Tsinghua University Institute of New Energy Technology, at the 6th annual Southeast Bioenergy Conference Aug. 9 in Tifton, Ga. CAES News
NASCAR's Kenny Wallace champions ethanol at Southeast Bioenergy Conference 08/11/11 Brad Haire
Kenny Wallace says he “is a corn guy,” referring to the grain used to make ethanol, a fuel the NASCAR Nationwide Series driver is passionate about these days.
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Control green June beetle grubs now 08/11/11 William G. Tyson
Lately I’ve received several calls about green colored beetles appearing on the fruit and foliage of trees in many people’s home landscapes. More often than not, the culprit is the green June beetle.
The early summer following an El Niño winter climate pattern – like we had this past winter -- is typically warmer and drier than normal. With the warmer temperatures and drier-than-normal conditions, soil moisture will quickly decrease over the next two months. CAES News
Georgia's hot streak continues 08/04/11 Pam Knox
Though there are still areas of exceptional drought, scattered showers in July reduced drought in south Georgia. But dry conditions increased in north Georgia. Hot temperatures plagued the whole state.