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Peanut prices hold strong, 2012 acreage still question 01/12/12 Brad Haire
The peanut industry learned a lesson last year: Farmers don’t feel they have to drop peanut seed into the ground unless the price is right for their efforts. Georgia farmers last year planted the fewest peanuts in three decades. By harvest, this move pushed prices to more than $1,000 per ton, the highest in recent history. But that was last year. What about this one?
Franklin West is an assistant research scientist with the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. CAES News
UGA researcher named emerging scholar by Diverse magazine 01/12/12 J. Faith Peppers
Franklin West, a University of Georgia assistant professor of animal and dairy science in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, has been named one of the nation’s top scholars under 40 by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine.
U.S. currency and credit cards. CAES News
Set goals now to save money this year 01/05/12 Michael Rupured
Holiday spending excesses lead many people to resolve to handle money differently in the coming year. All too often, budgeting resolutions fall by the wayside before Groundhog Day. When curbing excess spending sounds like a painful exercise in self-denial, is it any wonder so many people fail to keep budgeting resolutions?
Mistletoe grows on a pear tree in Butts County, Ga. CAES News
Mistletoe may help sweethearts, but it hurts host trees 01/05/12 Paul Pugliese
Mistletoe is often used postmortem to lure unsuspecting sweethearts to a Christmastime kiss. For the other 364 days of the year, it is actually considered an infectious parasite that kills trees.
The 2012 Ag Forecast series will be held 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 23 in Macon, Jan. 24 in Tifton, Jan. 25 in Statesboro, Jan. 26 in Gainesville and Jan. 27 in Carrollton. CAES News
Ag Forecast events set across Georgia in January 01/05/12 Sharon Dowdy
Will it cost more to feed families in Georgia this year? Do farmers expect high yields? Will poultry still rule the roost in Georgia? These and many more agricultural questions will be answered at the sixth annual Ag Forecast Series set for the week of Jan. 23-27.
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UGA ag school develops 10-year plan 12/21/11 Sharon Dowdy
The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is currently planning its future, developing its official 10-year strategic plan. To get public input, the college has scheduled several regional meetings across the state.
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FACES delivers top news stories of 2011 12/21/11 Brad Haire
Another year quickly ends. And we thank you, our Georgia FACES subscribers, for allowing us to bring you the news to use about Georgia family, agricultural, consumer and environmental sciences. The news service for the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Georgia FACES generated more than 300 news items this year, releasing them across the state, region and nation.
Engraver beetles leave pin-sized holds in the bark of pine trees when they exit the tree. CAES News
Bark beetles attack drought-stressed pine trees 12/15/11 Jim F. Crawford
Pine bark beetles can be the death of pines in forests and home landscapes.
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Camellias store valuable, tasty cooking oil 12/15/11 Brad Haire
Camellias offer showy winter flowers in landscapes across the South. They have something more valuable, too: cooking oil. A University of Georgia plant breeder wants to make the ornamental plant into a viable commercial oil producer.