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The pond on the University of Georgia Westbrook Research Farm off Ellis Road in Griffin, Ga. CAES News
UGA Extension to host pond management workshop in Canton 08/18/15
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension will present a pond management workshop on Tuesday, Sept. 1, from 6-9 p.m. at the Cherokee County Bluffs business center in Canton, Georgia. UGA Extension aquaculturist Gary Burtle will lead the class, which will cover water quality and testing, lime-treating and fertilizing a pond, weed identification and control, and population assessment and management.
Teila and Walter Driggers gather collard greens on their farm in Collins, Georgia. As a farm wife, Teila helps her husband grow and sell their crops. An up-coming workshop for farm women is designed for for women just like Teila. CAES News
UGA Extension workshops hope to empower women in farming this September 08/18/15
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension will present two three-day workshops through Annie’s Project, a national education program, specifically geared toward women in farming.
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No heat relief projected until late this year, UGA expert says 08/13/15 Pam Knox
Those looking for relief from July’s unrelenting heat aren’t likely to find it anytime soon. Average temperatures during July were about 1 to 2 degrees above normal and are projected to be slightly warmer in August.
Calhoun County farmer Wesley Webb was the state's top peanut producer in yields per acre for 299 acres or less in 2014. CAES News
Georgia's top peanut farmers lean on Cooperative Extension advice for successful years 08/13/15 Clint Thompson
Each of Georgia’s top 10 peanut farmers relied on University of Georgia Cooperative Extension research to produce the highest yielding crops this year. These farmers were honored by the peanut industry this month for growing the year’s record-breaking crops.
With Grammy award-winning artist and Georgia 4-H alumna Jennifer Nettles as honorary chairperson and former state leader Roger C. 'Bo' Ryles receiving the Georgia 4-H Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2015 Georgia 4-H Gala was the organization's most successful event to date. CAES News
Georgia 4-H Foundation Gala breaks fundraising record 08/13/15 Josh Paine
With Grammy award-winning artist and Georgia 4-H alumna Jennifer Nettles as honorary chairperson and former state leader Roger C. ‘Bo’ Ryles receiving the Georgia 4-H Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2015 Georgia 4-H Gala was the organization’s most successful event to date.
Cook County ANR Agent Tucker Price holds up a watermelon plant infected with gummy stem blight disease. CAES News
Watermelon diseases a problem again for Georgia farmers 08/13/15 Clint Thompson
Disease in south Georgia’s watermelons was again a problem this year for farmers.
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Josef M. Broder named interim dean of UGA CAES 08/07/15 Sam Fahmy
University of Georgia Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Pamela Whitten has appointed a committee to begin a national search to fill the position of dean and director of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
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UGA Cooperative Extension well represented in MPPPM program on UGA Tifton Campus 08/06/15 Clint Thompson
Twelve University of Georgia Cooperative Extension agents are enrolled this semester at UGA Tifton as part of the Master of Plant Protection and Pest Management (MPPPM) program in the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. The agents work in counties in south Georgia.
Jonathan Page, an AmeriCorps service member working with Georgia 4-H, helps Barrow County 4-H'ers with a National Youth Science Day project. CAES News
Georgia 4-H getting some extra help this year, hoping to improve the lives of more children 08/06/15 Merritt Melancon
Georgia 4-H clubs in 32 counties across Georgia will get some extra help this year thanks to a $439,357 AmeriCorps State grant from the federal Corporation for National and Community Service and the Georgia Commission on Service and Volunteerism.