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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Goat-A-Rama
If you want to know more about goats or the milk or meat they produce, you should attend the eleventh annual Goat-a-Rama at the Washington County Farm Bureau Ag Center in Tennille, Ga., April 12.
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Planting fever
Gardeners looking to add a dwarf cedar, a passionflower or other plants to their collections should stop by the annual University of Georgia Horticulture Club’s plant sale starting April 4 in Athens, Ga.
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Expanding the data
Monique Leclerc is testing a theory that could turn the science of carbon measuring on its ear. If her theory proves true, it could have far-reaching implications from Wall Street to the rain forests.
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Repot pot-bound
Spring is here. After months of being cooped up indoors, it’s finally time for gardeners to go dig in the dirt. But they shouldn’t pass by their pot-bound plants on the way, says a Georgia Master Gardener.
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Spring green-up
Warm-season turfgrasses such as Bermuda, centipede, zoysia and St. Augustine suffer some common problems with springtime green-up. Here are the ones we see most often.
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Monkey grass lawn
Dwarf mondo grass is a groundcover that can look like turfgrass without a lot of fuss.
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Turfgrass conference
Anyone interested in the latest turfgrass research, varieties or maintenance strategies should attend the 62nd annual Southeastern Turfgrass Conference May 5-6 on the University of Georgia Tifton, Ga., campus.
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Good stewards
For more than 40 years, Danny Hogan has cared for the land that has supported his family for four generations. For his efforts, Gov. Sonny Perdue gave Hogan the third annual Governor’s Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Award.
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Big grocery bills.
Americans are paying record prices to fuel their cars. They’re paying more to fuel themselves, too, according to the recently released U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic Consumer Price Index.
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Tasty state
Will Harris’s cowboy hat stands out in a room full of bareheaded people. His grass-fed beef stands out, too. The judges took a few juicy bites of his rib eye recipe and awarded him overall winner of the second annual Flavor of Georgia food products contest.