Find out the latest about what we're doing here at Georgia Seed Development.
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2024 GSDC/GCIA Summer Internship
February 1, 2024 Please click here for the 2024 GSDC/GCIA information and application. ...
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6 peanut weed challenges to put on your radar
January 30, 2024 Southeast Farm Press For the most part, the 2023 Georgia peanut crop is in the warehouse. The UGA Peanut Team Captain, Dr. Scott Monfort, recently informed me that Georgia peanut growers harvested around 770,415 acres with a state average yield of 4,043 pounds per acre. In every year, peanut growers face numerous challenges...
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CAES researchers spearhead development of new soybean cyst nematode-resistant cultivars
December 6, 2023 From CAES Newswire Plant-parasitic nematodes cause billions of dollars in annual yield losses and represent a major impediment to meeting the challenge of feeding an ever-growing global population. One plant-parasitic nematode, the soybean cyst nematode (SCN), has been a long-standing focus of research and innovation in the Melissa G....
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Growing our gas: UGA moving biofuels closer to market
October 20, 2023 By Emily Halnon Associate Professor Ali Missaoui, one of several University of Georgia faculty associated with the Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, breeds switchgrass as a potential feedstock for biofuels at UGA’s Iron Horse Farm in Watkinsville. The switchgrass program is just...
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GEORGIA SEED DEVELOPMENT BOARD MEETING
October 13, 2023 GEORGIA SEED DEVELOPMENT BOARD MEETING The annual Georgia Seed Development Board meeting will be held in the GSDC conference room in Athens, GA beginning at 1:00PM on Wednesday, November 8, 2022. For any additional details or questions, please contact Mrs. Erin Montgomery for details (erin.montgomery@gsdc.com or 706-552-4525)....
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Georgia, the Blueberry State?
September 1, 2023 Jordan Powers, PR coordinator UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences jpowers@uga.edu Editor’s note: This is part one of a three-part series exploring Georgia’s blueberry boom. From bringing more than 50 varieties to market and ensuring plants will endure a changing climate...
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UGA Turf Team supports Mexico’s highest professional soccer leagues
July 19, 2023 UGA Turf Team supports Mexico's highest professional soccer leagues By Emily Cabrera, CAES Newswire Nicknamed "The Steel Giant," the BBVA Stadium in Monterrey, Mexico, will host matches for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Members of the UGA Turf Team have just wrapped up a turfgrass certification program to...
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Georgia Grown TV- The Georgia Peanut, Part 1
May 10, 2023 Georgia is the #1 producing state for peanuts in the United States...This episode introduces some of the farmers and behind-the-scenes workers who make it all possible. The link below will take you to Episode 1 https://youtu.be/n0vIeEo0ASk...
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GEORGIA SEED DEVELOPMENT BOARD MEETING
April 24, 2023 GEORGIA SEED DEVELOPMENT BOARD MEETING The Spring Georgia Seed Development Board meeting will be held at the Windsor Hotel in Plains, GA beginning at 8:00AM on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. For any additional details or questions, please contact Mrs. Erin Montgomery for details (erin.montgomery@gsdc.com or 706-552-4525)....
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Trees for the future: developing climate-adapted pecans
March 31, 2023 Trees for the future: developing climate-adapted pecans By Jordan Powers, for CAES Newswire [An orchard of pecan trees lines the frame with a cloudy sky in the background.] Wells’ earlier research with hedge pruning demonstrated that hedge-pruned trees are less water-stressed and potentially more efficient in their use...