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TAP Program 04/09/09
Elbert and Putnam counties will participate in a ground breaking program for high-risk students. What is learned will benefit the entire state, say specialists with the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension.
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Insect spitting 04/09/09
David Friedman sent a cricket flying 31.55 feet – with his mouth. Now the University of Georgia junior from St. Simons holds the unofficial state record for cricket spitting.
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March weather recap 04/08/09
While temperatures were near normal for March in Georgia, rainfall was well above normal, according to data collected by the National Weather Service. Precipitation was below normal only along the state’s northern and southern borders and east-central area.
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Georgia Drought Free 04/03/09
All of Georgia except the Lanier and Hartwell basins are now out of drought. Several days of heavy rain across the southern two-thirds of the state have alleviated the remaining drought conditions in south Georgia.
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Top turf 04/02/09
If you’ve recently walked on a golf course, athletic field or newly established landscape any where in the world, chances are you stepped on a Tif variety turfgrass developed at the University of Georgia.
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Gardening in Georgia 04/02/09
As the last frost date nears, it’s almost time to plant tomatoes. On the April 11 episode of “Gardening in Georgia with Walter Reeves,” host Walter Reeves visits Bonnie Plant Farms to see how millions of tomato plants are started each spring.
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Wine and dine 04/02/09
Georgia’s wine industry is growing fast, tripling its acreage in just the past five years. To provide the industry with the research and outreach it needs, the University of Georgia is expanding programs in viticulture and enology and establishing a new professorship.
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Chicken feed add-ins 04/02/09
In recent years, poultry farmers and the U.S. ethanol industry have been in an economic fight over corn, which is used to feed flocks and make biofuel. But there could be a viable solution. Biofuel leftovers can be turned into chicken feed.
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Georgia drought 03/30/09
An unusually wet March has brought major drought relief to north Georgia. Only the Lake Lanier and Lake Hartwell basins are now in drought. The remainder of north Georgia is drought-free.
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Stem cell workshop 03/26/09
The second Spinal Cord Workshop will be held on Saturday, April 4 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Ga.