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UGA turfgrass research field day just weeks away

July 22, 2016 From Georgia Faces EVENT DATE: Aug. 6, 2016 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Whether you're a homeowner, new landscape company owner or a veteran golf course superintendent, you'll find the latest research-based information on growing and maintaining turfgrass at the University of Georgia Turfgrass Research Field Day. Registration starts...
Sunbelt Field Day July 14

June 23, 2016 Brad Haire | Southeast Farm Press The farm economy is as volatile now as ever. There is neither time nor money to waste on unnecessary inputs. Sunbelt Ag Expo continues its mission to be a premiere location for on-farm research and a place that yields information farmers can use...
Appearance of flower blooms an encouraging sign for Georgia pecan growers

May 27, 2016 By Clint Thompson University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Seeing Georgia pecan trees covered in blooms this spring has University of Georgia Cooperative Extension pecan specialist Lenny Wells encouraged about this year’s crop. Although harvest time is still five months away, Wells and Georgia farmers...
UGA researching unique irrigation strategy to optimize water use on peanut farms

May 20, 2016 From Georgia Faces By Clint Thompson University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences The combination of soil moisture sensors and variable rate irrigation (VRI) may help some Georgia farmers increase their yields while decreasing their water usage, according to an ongoing study by University of Georgia precision agriculture...
UGA CAES Dean Sam Pardue visits with agriculture industry personnel during tour of south Georgia

April 21, 2016 From Georgia Faces By Clint Thompson University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (Dean Pardue speaks to agriculture leaders, including Kent Fountain, at Premium Peanut in Douglas, Ga. on Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Image credit: Clint Thompson/UGA.) Weeks of visits and tours across Georgia has University...
Annual Turfgrass Conference to be held in Tifton

April 8, 2016 From Georgia Faces By Kenzie Kesselring University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Sod farmers, landscape professionals and sports turf managers interested in learning more about the turfgrass industry’s latest innovations are invited to attend the 70th Annual Southeastern Turfgrass Conference. The conference...
The Pirating of Licensed and Certified Grasses

March 21, 2016 TPI, Turfgrass Producers International, recently published a wondeful piece by Jim Novak regarding the pirating of licensed and certified grasses. It was released in their January/February 2016 Turf News publication and in the January/February E-Newletter, which is linked below! Click here to view the TPI E-Newsletter!...
Shrewdly using fungicides and nematicides

March 10, 2016 From Southeastern Farm Press By Dr. Bob Kemerait University of Georgia Plant Pathologist Early in my career as an Extension specialist, I was asked by a county agent to visit a Mennonite farmer and to address an emerging problem in his corn crop. Upon arrival, I diagnosed...
Cool soils, not poor seed quality, likely the cause of poor peanut stands

February 24, 2016 From Georgia Faces By Clint Thompson University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences University of Georgia Cooperative Extension peanut agronomist Scott Monfort insists that poor peanut plant stands in Georgia may not necessarily be due to seed quality. Environmental conditions play a role, especially on peanuts planted in...
2016 Georgia Ag Forecast

February 5, 2016 Encouraging beef, peanut prices expected in 2016 From Georgia Faces Sharon Dowdy and Clint Thompson, University of Georgia, College of Agriculture and Environmental Science Georgia’s economy will be on the rise in 2016, fueled by population growth, resurgence of the housing market and major projects across the state,...

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