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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Pumpkin time 10/09/03
Plenty of good pumpkins should be available for Georgia shoppers this Halloween. And a few precautions can make sure that pretty pumpkin doesn't turn scary before its time.
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City surprise 10/09/03
Heard County Extension Coordinator Mike Isbell hates taking things back to the store, but he volunteered to take his daughter's dress back. And the trip provided a nice surprise.
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Pecan time 10/08/03
Earlier this year, Georgia appeared primed for a bumper pecan crop. But a soggy summer left the crop looking a little scabby and expectations dropped.
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Broilers to biotech 10/07/03
Chicken isn’t just for dinner anymore. As a new university textbook shows, biotechnology has taken this lowly bird from the cutting board to the cutting edge.
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Brooks Award winners 10/07/03
Four University of Georgia faculty members received the prestigious D.W. Brooks Awards for Excellence Oct. 6 in Athens, Ga. The $5,000 annual awards recognize UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences educators and researchers who excel in teaching, research, extension and public service extension programs.
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New urban ag leader 10/02/03
University of Georgia Professor Gil Landry has been named coordinator of the Georgia Center for Urban Agriculture. Located on the UGA campus in Griffin, Ga., the Center addresses issues related to agriculture in urban settings.
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Garden Exchange set 10/02/03
You may be tempted to thin your perennial plants this fall and throw the extras away. But don’t. Use them like currency and swap them with fellow gardeners at the first ever Garden Exchange.
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Weather rollercoaster 10/02/03
Weather this fall and winter should be very variable across Georgia and an early freeze and extreme cold weather is expected, according to the University of Georgia’s state climatologist.
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Weather-perfect leaves 10/02/03
Fall colors are expected to be spectacular this year as Georgia has experienced near ideal weather for a colorful fall.
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Beware of yellow jackets 10/01/03
When our neighbor's dog, Lucky, stumbled upon a yellow jacket nest in my liriope bed, she wasn't sure what had happened to her. But I knew. She'd found a yellow jacket nest belowground, as most nests are. They're most often found around rotten stumps or on the sides of terraces, gullies and ditches.