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Midville field day set for August 14
July 30, 2019 By Clint Thompson for CAES News The University of Georgia Southeast Georgia Research and Education Center (SREC) in Midville, Georgia, will host its annual field day on Wednesday, Aug. 14. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. and tours of the 719-acre center are set to begin at 9:30 a...
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Muscadine conference set for July 9 at UGA
June 24, 2019 By Sharon Dowdy for CAES News Producers and those interested in muscadine grape production are invited to the University of Georgia Summer Muscadine Conference on Tuesday, July 9, at the university’s South Milledge Greenhouse Complex on Milledge Avenue in Athens. Presentations will be made by UGA...
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UGA Extension irrigation workshops will cover new technology
March 5, 2019 By Clint Thompson for CAES News University of Georgia Cooperative Extension will host two free workshops in March to show Georgia and Florida cotton and peanut growers how to increase yield and profitability through technology-driven irrigation tools. Attendees will learn about how to use irrigation scheduling techniques...
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UGA-bred blueberry plants now grow across the globe
January 9, 2019 By Sharon Dowdy for CAES News Visit the CAES article on their site for an Interactive Map A tried and true Georgia “boy,” University of Georgia blueberry breeder Scott NeSmith takes pride in creating new blueberry varieties for farmers in Georgia and across the Southeast. Now he...
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GSDC Annual Board Meeting Notice
November 8, 2018 NOTICE: The Georgia Seed Development Commission's annual Board Meeting will take place on November 14, 2018 at 1:00 PM. The meeting will be held in the GSDC Conference room in Athens, Georgia....
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Georgia peanuts infrastructure significantly impacted by Hurricane Michael
October 23, 2018 By Clint Thompson for CAES News Georgia peanut farmers, still reeling from the effects of Hurricane Michael on October 10-11, are facing uncertainty about when and where to unload their crop after harvest. The hurricane dealt a devastating blow to local buying points and peanut shellers in...
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UGA President Jere Morehead learns more about state’s top industry during annual farm tour
September 28, 2018 By Clint Thompson for CAES News University of Georgia President Jere W. Morehead traveled to South Georgia Sept. 25 to learn more about Georgia's top industry - agriculture - during his annual Farm Tour. The tour's stops highlighted the diversity of the agriculture industry, ranging from...
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Scientists share findings at UGA Turfgrass Research Field Day
September 7, 2018 By Cristina deRevere for CAES News The University of Georgia Turfgrass Research Field Day, held Aug. 9 on the UGA Griffin campus, attracted 800 attendees from Georgia, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The field day provided research-based information about the production and management of turfgrass from UGA entomologists, plant...
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The Science of Growing Peanuts
July 20, 2018 Farmers and Consumers Market Bulletin By Amy Carter, amy.carter@agr.georgia.gov Life offers few guarantees outside of death and taxes, but peanut growers throughout the Southeast get a fair measure of assurance that the seeds they sow will sprout and grow as expected. Months before farmers start...
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Growing Careers by Merritt Melacon
June 29, 2018 From Southscapes Magazine By Merritt Melacon Ornamental horticulture generates jobs for rural Georgians When public officials start to talk about economic development in rural areas, the conversation often centers around bringing call centers, distribution centers and manufacturing to those areas. But sometimes the businesses with the most local economic impact...