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The eye of a deer fly. CAES News
Stay safe from stings during outdoor activities this spring 04/07/11 April Reese Sorrow
People swarm outdoors in the spring to garden, grill out or have fun in the sun. But this can become prime times and places for insect attacks, says a University of Georgia bug expert.
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Farmers face dwindling supply of important farm chemical 03/31/11 Brad Haire
U.S. farmers and farm experts knew they’d soon lose a popular chemical used to control major crop pests. But the end has come sooner than they expected.
UGA Griffin campus research technician Sherrie Stevens counts leaf miner damage on Gerbera daisies in a greenhouse in Upson County, Ga. CAES News
Insect mines its way through Gerbera daisies, grower profits 03/31/11 Sharon Dowdy
University of Georgia scientists are counting on a tiny wasp to save the popular Gerbera daisy from being destroyed by an insect that finds its leaves tasty.
Guest speakers, like Marvin Ellison, executive vice-president for Home Depot, share their stories with the Empowering Young Entrepreneurs Leadership Academy at South Cobb High School, organized by Kimberly Taylor. CAES News
Young entrepreneurs gain upper hand from Extension 03/31/11 April Reese Sorrow
Kimberly Taylor believes students shouldn’t have to work for other people. They can use their skills to create their own businesses and opportunities to employ others.
Rodeo referees wait for the next event to begin at the Great Southland Stampede Rodeo. CAES News
UGA students 'tough enough' to tackle 37th annual rodeo 03/31/11 Stephanie Schupska
Whether you’re tough enough to wear pink, have children who love baby animals or want to holler for calf ropers and bull riders, the University of Georgia’s Block and Bridle Club is gearing up for you. The 37th annual Great Southland Stampede Rodeo rolls into Athens, Ga., April 14-16.
Wayne Parrott, a crop and soil sciences professor at the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, checks out the growth of a few of his soybean plants. CAES News
New UGA research aimed at crop-claiming soybean fungus 03/31/11 Stephanie Schupska
Soybeans are critical to the U.S. economy. But the third largest crop in the nation has an enemy eating away at it, a fungus in the same family as the one that caused the infamous Irish Potato Famine.
Beef cattle graze on a pasture on the Georgia Mountain Research and Education Center in Blairsville, Ga. CAES News
UGA Beef Cattle Field Day set for Blairsville 03/31/11 Sharon Dowdy
Georgia cattle farmers, both large and small scale, will learn useful research-based information at the annual University of Georgia Mountain Beef Cattle Field Day April 20 in Blairsville, Ga.
A carpenter bee prepares to build its nests in a tree. CAES News
Carpenter bees work on wooden structures 03/30/11 Wade Hutcheson
As enthusiastic, bored children, we would try to hit them with baseball bats. A tennis racket would have been a better choice, but there were no tennis courts on our farm. Nonetheless, carpenter bees were a lot of fun for growing boys.
Most Georgia farmers plant more than one crop during a season, usually managing a combination of peanuts, cotton, corn or soybeans. Across the board, they are looking at record or record-tying yields in 2009. CAES News
Georgia peanut assessment vote deadline is April 15 03/28/11
Georgia peanut producers have until April 15 to vote and return their ballots in a referendum to increase their assessment by $1 per ton of peanuts they sell. The assessment funds Georgia Peanut Commission’s promotion, research, education and communication programs.