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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Wisely irrigate 07/01/04
Recent Georgia rains have cut down on one landscaping chore: irrigating the lawn. But when it's time to turn on your system again, experts urge you to use it wisely.
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Infrared cotton 07/01/04
Using a blimp fitted with cameras, University of Georgia researchers are working on a system cotton farmers can use to water their crops when they need it.
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Dooley professorship 07/01/04
The University of Georgia Athletic Association has announced a new professorship in horticulture that, if approved, will bear the name of outgoing athletic director Vince Dooley.
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Rural Georgia Conference 07/01/04
The 2004 Celebrating Rural Georgia Conference Aug. 16-18 in Dalton, Ga., will focus on "positioning rural Georgia to prosper in the global economy."
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Top 4-H Honor 06/29/04
Tom Rodgers, who led the Georgia 4-H program from 1978 to 1993, will be honored with the 4-H Lifetime Achievement Award during the Centennial Gala in Atlanta Aug. 14.
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Southern peas 06/24/04
You certainly don't want to start cool-season vegetables like cabbage, collards or lettuce yet. It's too hot. But southern peas can withstand the heat. After all, they are native to Africa.
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Good row crops 06/24/04
After a dry spring and planting time, Georgia’s peanut and cotton crops are benefitting from the wet start to summer caused by scattered but numerous showers across the state.
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Useful serpents 06/23/04
This is the time of year when Extension Offices around the state get calls about snakes. Snakes eat insects, fish, amphibians, birds, rodents, eggs and other reptiles. And many snakes eat nuisance animals, too.
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Wet berries 06/17/04
Recent rains across Georgia have the state's blueberry growers holding their breath as to whether they'll make a profit this year. The wetness causes the berries to split open, making them useless to growers and consumers.
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Tour trial gardens 06/17/04
See the newest plants for gardens and landscapes as you tour the University of Georgia gardens at the annual UGA Trial Gardens Open House July 10.