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Spring is right around the corner, and so are spring flowers, summer vegetables and all the gardening these seasons bring. CAES News
2011 edition of the Spring Garden Packet 02/24/11 Stephanie Schupska
Summertime is right around the corner, and with it comes colorful flowers, tasty vegetables and leaf-chopping insects. We’re got articles and information to help you with your garden needs in the 36th edition of the Spring Garden Packet, produced by the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
J. Scott Angle, dean and director of the University of Georgia College of Agriculture and Environmental Science. CAES News
Proposed federal budget cuts threaten U.S. food supply 02/18/11 J. Scott Angle
Earlier this week, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee released proposed cuts to agriculture that, if passed, will endanger the U.S. food system.
UGA horticulture professor Marc van Iersel shows one version of a soil moisture sensor he tested. CAES News
UGA, Georgia nurserymen pinpoint plants' water needs 02/17/11 Stephanie Schupska
How or when to water plants in a greenhouse or at a nursery is largely based on experience – a finger poke in the soil or simply a watering tradition passed from one worker to the next – or, it’s just plain guesswork. No one’s ever thought to ask the plants how much water they really need.
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Georgia Organics Conference March 11 in Savannah 02/17/11 April Reese Sorrow
The Georgia Organics Conference will be March 11 and 12 in Savannah, Ga., and will include workshops as well as farm and food tours.
Songwriter and former Georgia 4-H'er Hillary Lindsey working in the recording studio. CAES News
4-H performing arts group celebrates 30th anniversary 02/16/11 Kristin Strickland
Over the years, members of Clovers & Company, Georgia 4-H’s performing arts group, have included young adults who went on to become award-winning singers and songwriters, Broadway performers, lawyers and teachers. In celebration of their many successes, Clovers & Company will hold a 30th Anniversary Concert March 19 at 7 p.m. at Rock Eagle 4-H Center in Eatonton, Ga.
Roosters in a laboratory on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Ga. CAES News
Salmonella lower on organic poultry farms 02/16/11 Sharon Dowdy
Salmonella appears on organic poultry farms less often than conventional poultry farms, according to a recent University of Georgia study.
Tomato plants in pots at various sizes CAES News
Gardening class set for UGA Griffin campus 02/15/11 Sharon Dowdy
A series of free gardening classes offered by Spalding County Extension will be presented in February and March at the University of Georgia Research and Education Garden in Griffin, Ga.
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Georgia peaches, blueberries risk spring freeze damage 02/14/11 David E. Stooksbury, Ph.D.
Georgia’s unusually cold winter means that two of Georgia’s most famously sweet crops are at risk later this winter or early spring.
A varroa mite feeds on a honeybee. The mites spread viruses and activate those already present in bees, causing bees to get sick and entire colonies to die. Researchers believe varroa mites might be contributing to CCD. CAES News
Researchers honing in on bee colony collapse disorder 02/10/11 April Reese Sorrow
Nearly 30 percent of all honeybees literally disappeared last winter, fleeing their hives never to return. Researchers have studied colony collapse disorder since it was identified in 2006. They are now uncovering answers to this problem.