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Beginning Farmers Can Find Business Planning Help Through UGA Extension

February 5, 2014 Event Press Release from UGA Starting a Small Farm Business Workshop: Feb. 11, 2014 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM A green thumb and hard work may be the keys to getting a small farm started, but it takes more to make that farm a successful business. University of Georgia Extension, Georgia Organics and the...
Estate Planning Important to the Future of the Farm

January 24, 2014 By Allison Floyd from Growing Georgia Some top agronomists and economists will sweep through Georgia beginning today to give farmers details about the future of products special to their part of the state – from peaches to peanuts to poultry. But all producers share one economic reality: Planning for...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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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