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Stabilizing grasses 03/16/05
When University of Georgia researchers bred their latest turfgrass varieties, they had home lawns, athletic fields and pastures in mind. Now grasses they bred are also being used to prevent erosion and rebuild land after wildfires and hurricanes.
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Georgia hails agriculture 03/14/05
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has proclaimed March 21-25 the second annual “Georgia Agricultural Week” to bring awareness to the state’s No. 1 industry.
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Beetle searching 03/10/05
Joe McHugh stands in a murky creek examining a mossy log. In a bright orange mushroom, he finds what he's been hunting: a tiny beetle. It's not particularly striking, but he's never seen another just like it. He carefully places it into a vial of alcohol. McHugh's not a Boy Scout working on his insect study badge. He's the University of Georgia's coleopterist, a beetle specialist.
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Agrosecurity training 03/10/05
University of Georgia Extension Service county agents met in Tifton, Ga., March 7-8 to learn how to teach farmers, emergency workers, veterinarians and others how to respond to an incident that might jeopardize Georgia's food supply or farm economy.
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Perfect Easter eggs 03/10/05
Before food colors, paints or decals, the experts say, the real secrets to perfect Easter eggs are tiny holes, time and air.
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Corn vote 03/09/05
Georgia farmers will be voting by mail March 1-30 in a referendum on whether to continue the Georgia Commodity Commission for Corn and the checkoff that funds corn research, promotion and education in the state.
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Cable tie girdles 03/03/05
A University of Georgia researcher is using cable ties to help peach trees make sweeter, larger peaches. UGA stone-fruit horticulturist Kathy Taylor uses strips of plastic, like those used to bind computer cables, to control the sugar level in peach trees.
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The competition 03/03/05
Soils in Argentina and Brazil can grow good crops with little fertilizer. Both countries have fewer pest and disease problems. Farm laborers work cheap, and chemical costs are low. Brazil's growing season, too, is much longer than Georgia's.
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Feed fruit trees 03/02/05
It's best to fertilize fruit trees just before or while it's blooming in the spring. But if your trees have finished blooming and you haven't already done it, fertilize them now.
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Smart as a tree 03/02/05
Many people think humans are the most complex creatures on Earth. And we are complex. We carry around a huge amount of genetic matter that tells our bodies what to do and how to do it. But we don't even come close to a tree like the black mulberry.