University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Faculty, researchers and students at CAES work and study in dozens of locations globally, collaborating with experts at leading academic and research institutions. To see where we are working and how our work is shaping the world, visit our interactive map.

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College News

DW Brooks Award of Excellence winners Marc van Iersel, Vincent J. Dooley Professor of Horticulture; Lori Purcell Bledsoe, Georgia 4-H program development coordinator for Northeast Georgia and Alfredo Alfredo Martinez-Espinoza, professor of plant pathology, are congratulated by CAES Dean and Director Sam Pardue. CAES News
DW Brooks Award of Excellence winners Marc van Iersel, Vincent J. Dooley Professor of Horticulture; Lori Purcell Bledsoe, Georgia 4-H program development coordinator for Northeast Georgia and Alfredo Alfredo Martinez-Espinoza, professor of plant pathology, are congratulated by CAES Dean and Director Sam Pardue.
CAES celebrates solutions for feeding the planet and the leaders who are making those solutions reality
The students and faculty of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences came together Nov. 12 to celebrate the progress that agriculture has made in the past 50 years and the promise of innovations to come.
UGA's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is part of a collaborative effort to develop a smartphone irrigation app for pecans. CAES News
UGA's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is part of a collaborative effort to develop a smartphone irrigation app for pecans.
UGA developing smart irrigation app for pecan farmers
The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is part of a collaborative effort to develop a smart irrigation application for pecan farmers on smartphone devices.
University of Georgia Regents' Professor Michael R. Strand has received one of the highest honors a scientist can receive — election to the National Academy of Sciences. CAES News
University of Georgia Regents' Professor Michael R. Strand has received one of the highest honors a scientist can receive — election to the National Academy of Sciences.
Entomologist Michael Strand named inaugural H.M. Pulliam Chair in the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Professor Michael Strand has dedicated his career to unlocking the power of basic science to improve agriculture, and that dedication has earned him the recognition of the state’s agricultural community.
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Upcoming Events

Join us for this FREE event that allows high school and potential college transfer students interested in science, technology, animals, and more for a day with UGA Department of Poultry Science faculty as they showcase their specialty in the poultry science and avian biology industries through various sessions.
Nov 15
9:15AM - 3:30PM Poultry Science Open House UGA Poultry Research Center, Athens, GA
The 35th annual J.W. Fanning Lecture will take place on Jan. 28, 2020. We are honored to have Robert Johansson, Chief Economist at the United States Department of Agriculture, as our guest speaker this year. More information will be forthcoming as the date approaches.
Jan 28
10:00AM - 1:30PM J.W. Fanning Lecture Holiday Inn Downtown Athens, Athens, GA
Hosted by UGA Block and Bridle club. 
Apr 16
04/16 8:00PM - 04/18 10:00PM The 46th Great Southland Stampede Rodeo UGA Livestock Arena, Athens
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Our Impact
Find out how we are making a difference locally, nationally and across the world.
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Leaders in plant breeding
The UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is ranked No. 2 among U.S. colleges with agricultural and horticultural plant breeding degrees ("Best Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Colleges of 2017," Universities.com), and is among the most efficient in the nation in capitalizing on faculty research, primarily through our work with peanuts. In our laboratories, internationally known scientists produce cultivars that people are growing, and we have more varieties in the field than any other university in the country. Plus, we provide the basic science that helps plant breeders around the world develop better, more adaptable, advanced plant varieties. We have mapped the genome of wild peanut, domestic peanut, sorghum, sunflower, canola and corn, which provides the tools for plant breeders and geneticists worldwide to help improve food security and sustainability.
Plant breeding research Impact reports

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

By the Numbers

$73.7 Billion

in output from agriculture contributed to Georgia's $1 trillion economy

$144.4 Million

boost to Georgia's economy from agricultural research at the University of Georgia.

Agricultural research is foundational in the land-grant university mission – education for everyone, research for scientifically-based decisions and extension outreach to help ensure best practices are being used. (Statistics from the 2019 Ag Snapshot and CAES Impact Statements)