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Georgia Peanut Commission Funding Drives UGA Extension, Research Efforts

May 6, 2014 By Georgia FACES University of Georgia peanut researchers have been granted $256,280 from the Georgia Peanut Commission to fund various peanut-related research projects in 2015. Peanuts are Georgia's second most valuable row crop, with farmers growing $891,855,186 worth in 2012. In addition to being a major economic driver throughout the Southeast, the...
UGA to Develop Best Practices Model for Georgia Food Hubs with SARE Grant

May 6, 2014 By Growing Georgia Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 In recent years, local food advocates have viewed food hubs — groups of farmers who pool their produce to fill large orders from institutions or larger retailers — as the bridge between local produce from small farms and the mainstream food markets. However, the...
UGA, IBM Work With Farmers On Water Conservation Project

May 2, 2014 By Georgia FACES Researchers in the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences are teaming up with IBM to work with farmers in Georgia’s Lower Flint River Basin to enhance water efficiency by up to 20 percent. The college and IBM are collaborating with the Flint River...
UGA Students Eat What They Grew

May 2, 2014 By Growing Georgia A group of horticulture students in an organic agriculture course at the University of Georgia got a chance to see their work travel from farm to fork last week when chefs cooked up their produce for an end-of-course celebration. The class – an advanced course in organic...
Georgia Peanut Commission Increases Research Funds

April 29, 2014 By Georgia Peanut Commission The Georgia Peanut Commission board of directors has approved $293,780 in new research project funding for the 2014-15 research budget year. This action was taken during the commission’s March board meeting. The research projects approved include 28 project proposals submitted from the University of Georgia...
UGA Awarded $1.4M to Study Critical Earth Zone in Sumter National Forest

April 9, 2014 By Sandi Martin Looking back, it's easy to see where farmers in the 1800s went wrong. Attempting to grow profits from a lush environment, landowners cleared entire forests in the South to make room for agricultural farmland. But primitive agricultural techniques scarred the landscape, and when the profits dried...
UGA Researching Ways to Control Pests that Damage Pecan Tree Roots

March 25, 2014 By Clint Thompson University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences A University of Georgia researcher is using two news traps and the beetle's sex drive to trap and control the pest that damages the roots of pecan trees. Prionus root borers, the larval stage of the...
Soybeans to Lead Growth in Global Bulk Agricultural Commodity Trade

March 7, 2014 By USDA Soybeans and soybean products-including soybeans, soybean meal, and soybean oil-is projected to lead the growth in world bulk agricultural commodity trade over the next decade (2014-2023). Trade in soybeans and soybean products has increased rapidly since the early 1990s, surpassing trade in wheat and coarse grains (corn, barley,...
National Corn Growers Assn Comments on New Census Data

March 4, 2014 Press release from the National Corn Growers Association From Growing Georgia The U.S. Department of Agriculture preliminary 2012 Census of Agriculture results, released Thursday, show an increase in the value of agricultural products sold in the United States totaling $394.6 billion in 2012, up 33 percent from 2007. While the number of farms and...
UGA Irrigation Specialist Ominous About Potential Water Restrictions in Future

March 4, 2014 By Clint Thompson University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences The University of Georgia's Extension irrigation specialist is ominous when discussing the future of irrigation and its impact on farmers statewide. Wesley Porter's job is to educate both Georgia and Alabama farmers on the best...

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