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The Perfect Peanut
A great article by Mr. Charles Johnson featured in The Furrow. Click here to view the article from The Furrow!
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The Pirating of Licenesed and Certifed Grasses
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!
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Shrewdly using fungicides and nematicides
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
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Two UGA faculty members named National Academy of Inventors Fellows
An excerpt from "Two UGA faculty members named National Academy of Inventors Fellows" By Terry Hastings For the full article, please visit HERE Athens, Ga. - The National Academy of Inventors has named two University of Georgia faculty members to the 2015 class of NAI Fellows. David Chu, Distinguished
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Introduction of Soybeans into North America Historical Marker Erected
Introduction of Soybeans into North America Historical Marker Erected From Southeast AgNet by BrayAnna Bullard – January 11th, 2016 Saturday marked an exciting day for the American soybean industry. With research done by Dr. Ted Hymowitz and help from the Georgia Agricultural Commodity Commission for Soybeans, the Georgia/ Florida Soybean
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Excessive irrigation can lead to diseases, reduced yields in peanuts
From Georgia Faces By Clint Thompson University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Georgia peanut farmers can’t control rainfall or the recent deluge the state received over the last week. They can, however, control how much water they apply to their crops through irrigation. A University
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UGA CAES highlights outreach, importance of Georgia agriculture at Sunbelt Ag Expo
From Georgia Faces By Clint Thompson University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences’ outreach at the Sunbelt Agricultural Expo and the presence of university, college and UGA Cooperative Extension leaders at the event highlighted Georgia's importance,
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UGA Cooperative Extension pecan specialist Lenny Wells optimistic about this year’s crop
From Georgia Faces By Tatyana Phelps University of Georgia, Tifton Campus There will be between 110 and 120 million pounds of pecans harvested this season, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension pecan specialist Lenny Wells estimates, making this year’s Georgia pecan crop the best he’s seen in the last
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Georgia Peanut Farm Tour September 15-17, 2015
From Georgia Peanut Tour The twenty-ninth annual Georgia Peanut Tour will be held September 15-17, 2015, and located out of Southwest Georgia at theBest Western Rose City Conference Center Inn, Thomasville, Georgia. The tour brings the latest information on peanuts while giving a first-hand view of industry infrastructure from production
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UGA researching effectiveness of late-planted soybeans
From Georgia Faces By Clint Thompson University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (Soybeans grow on a plant at a UGA lab in Athens. October 2009 Image credit: April Sorrow/ UGA.) University of Georgia Cooperative Extension agronomist Jared Whitaker is researching ultra-late-planted soybeans, a potential solution for low soybean
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