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UGA Sets Pesticide Applicator Recertification Classes for February
January 24, 2014 Event Pesticide Applicator Recertification Classes: Feb. 12, 2014 9:00 AM - Feb. 18, 2014 4:00 PM Certified pesticide applicators need recertification training and credits to keep their licenses up-to-date. To help provide this training, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension has planned pesticide applicator recertification classes in Savannah, Griffin and Cartersville this February. The Savannah class is...
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UGA Experts to Teach Pruning Principles in February Workshops
January 24, 2014 Event Pruning Principles Workshop: Feb. 21, 2014 9:00 AM - Feb. 28, 2014 3:00 PM Learn how to properly prune ornamentals at an upcoming University of Georgia course offered on its campus in Griffin, Ga. The one-day course will be offered Feb. 21 and Feb. 28 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the UGA Research and Education...
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Deadline for 2014 Flavor of Georgia Contest - Coming Up Soon - Feb. 7
January 24, 2014 By Merritt Melancon, University of Georgia Georgia entrepreneurs and chefs only have a few weeks left if they want to participate in the 2014 Flavor of Georgia Food Product Contest. The contest's organizers are still looking looking for great jams, confections, barbecue sauces, cheeses, popsicles, granolas, soups and any...
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Dedication of J. Phil Campbell Research and Education Center in Watkinsville
January 24, 2014 Legislators, UGA and Community Leaders Dedicate J. Phil Campbell Research and Education Center in Watkinsville By Merritt Melancon University of Georgia With the dedication of the J. Campbell Sr. Research and Education Center in Watkinsville, the University of Georgia is carrying on a legacy of agricultural and environmental research...
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Jumpstart Your Spring Garden by Starting Vegetable Seeds Indoors
January 24, 2014 By Mary Carol Sheffield, UGA Cooperative Extension Does winter weather have you anxious for spring? Are you ready to start digging in the dirt and growing tomatoes, peppers, squash and other warm season veggies? Even though we still have chilly days ahead, seasoned gardeners can plan now for their spring...
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Nighttime Spraying Best Time to Spray Peanuts for White Mold Disease
January 22, 2014 By Clint Thompson University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Most Georgia peanut farmers do not spray fungicides on their crop at night. But University of Georgia plant pathologists say nighttime is the best time to spray for white mold disease. "The key to treating white mold...
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Georgia Experienced its Third Wettest Year on Record
January 22, 2014 By Pam Knox from Growing Georgia With 65 inches of rain observed statewide, conditions in Georgia were much wetter than usual in 2013. The state as a whole received its third largest annual total precipitation since state records began in 1895. Rainfall in 2013 was almost 15 inches above the annual average calculated between 1901-2000....
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USDA: Crop Acreage has Shifted to Larger Farms
January 20, 2014 From Growing Georgia Researchers can track the shift of cropland into larger farms using a measure that splits the distribution of U.S. acreage so that half of all cropland is on farms larger than the midpoint and half is on smaller farms. Rather than reflecting an average farm, the...
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Deadline Approaching in Georgia for SBA Working Capital Loans
January 20, 2014 From Growing Georgia Press Release by Issuing Company The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes that Feb. 19 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans in Georgia as a...
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UGA Extension Ag Forecast to be Held Across Georgia Jan. 24-31
January 20, 2014 By Merrit Melancon at Growing Georgia Agricultural topics from the price of peanut butter to how Europe’s demand for wood pellets will impact Georgia’s lumber supply will be discussed at the 2014 Georgia Ag Forecast seminar series. Seminars will be held Jan. 24-31 in Macon, Athens,...