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Nick T. Place named dean and director of UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
By Sam Fahmy for CAES News Nick T. Place, an academic leader with a record of applying research-based expertise to the needs of agricultural producers and communities, has been named dean of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and director
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UGA to begin new pecan variety trials in southeast Georgia
By Emily Cabrera for CAES News University of Georgia faculty will begin a series of pecan trials this winter to help identify better management practices for growers. New pecan trees will be planted at UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Vidalia Onion and Vegetable Research Center
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Cotton & Peanut Virtual Research Field Day
The Georgia Cotton Commission, Georgia Peanut Commission and the University of Georgia Extension Cotton and Peanut Teams, will co-sponsor a joint virtual research field day on Wednesday, September 9, 2020. PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR WEBNIAR REGISTRATION The virtual field day will start at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at noon. Recertification credits for
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UGA plant breeder Wayne Parrott honored by American Seed Trade Association
By Josh Paine for CAES News Along with grant applications, administrative duties, publishing and hands-on research duties, scientists in agricultural research have the monumental job of disseminating vital information to stakeholders, policymakers and the general public. During its annual meeting on June 16, the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) recognized Wayne
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UGA releases new muscadine variety, ‘RubyCrisp’
By Sadie Lackey for CAES News From late summer into fall, Southerners start looking for muscadines — a popular grape native to the Southeastern U.S. Selections run from the dark purple, thick-skinned traditional muscadine to a light golden-green variety. Soon, growers and consumers can add a new red variety
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Georgia Ag Forecast set for five locations in 2020
By Clint Thompson for CAES News Jeffrey Dorfman, the state fiscal economist for Georgia and a professor at the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES), will serve as the keynote speaker for four of the five locations during the 2020 Georgia Ag Forecast seminar
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UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences to host Global Food Security Summit on Nov. 8
By Merritt Melancon for CAES News For the past decade, demographers have predicted that the world would have to double its food supply by 2050 to feed the growing population. Progress is being made toward that goal, but scientists, farmers and policymakers still have a lot work to
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Farm tour highlights value of UGA to Georgia agriculture
By Clint Thompson for CAES News University of Georgia President Jere W. Morehead and Agriculture Commissioner of Georgia Gary Black were part of an annual farm tour that visited southeast Georgia on Wednesday, Oct. 2 to learn about the diverse makeup of the state’s agricultural industry.
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Midville field day set for August 14
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
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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