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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Ever-growing commodity
After growing up on a farm where he was taught to kill grass, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue says he's had to learn to embrace events that encourage people to grow and maintain grasses.
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UGA Microgin
The most modern small-scale reproduction of a commercial cotton gin in the world is ready for researchers to use to help improve the quality of Georgia cotton.
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Ag innovation center
Gov. Sonny Perdue announced here today the creation of the state's third center for innovation, one that will take advantage of the area's strong agricultural research base.
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Organic peanuts
Growing organic peanuts in Georgia offers opportunities and challenges. Interested? Learn more about it in a free forum Aug. 21 at the National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory in Tifton, Ga.
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Sonograming cows
Ultrasound isn't limited to helping parents decide whether to buy pink or blue baby clothes. Now it's helping cattlemen provide better steaks. It's giving them a virtual look at beef cuts long before their animals head for the stockyard.
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Top faculty advisor
Rob Shewfelt, a professor with the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, has earned national recognition as an academic advisor.
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Fertilize fruit plants
While you're enjoying this summer's backyard fruits, don't forget next year's harvest, which "depends greatly on the plants' health this year," says UGA horticulturist Gerard Krewer.
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UGA Prez goes south
The University of Georgia is committed to agriculture and to economic and academic development of rural Georgia, says UGA President Michael F. Adams.
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Search committee
A 23-member committee has been formed to conduct a national search for the next dean and director of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
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Garden double
It's midsummer in Georgia right now. Georgia gardeners generally plant summer vegetable crops in March and April and wind them up about this time of year. But we can grow two summer crops in Georgia.