News Stories - Page 651

News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Beef war
High demand for summer beef raises retail prices. But this year, prices are noticeably higher than normal.
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The scorpion myth
Large frontal pinchers, six pairs of eyes, eight legs, a tail tipped with a venomous stinger -- sounds like a nightmare. But it's really just a "harmless" scorpion.
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Water logged lawns
The abundance of rain in Georgia is, for the most part, a blessing. Your turf grass may not agree. Compacted soil and diseases are the result.
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Strange critter
It was one of the strangest animals Mike Isbell had ever seen. He didn't know what to call it except a worm. But it was unlike any worm he'd seen before. For many, many years, he hadn't seen another or thought of it again, until now.
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When it rains, it pours
If Salmonella were a good thing, Georgia would have bragging rights. The number of cases reported in the state is much higher than the national average.
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Expanding in Africa
For students in Tunisia, a university education doesn't cost a dime -- or rather, a dinar. From first grade through college, education is free in the small, north African country, thanks to an expansive education reform begun in 1988.
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Subterranean immigrants
Exotic fish bait likes what man does to the land. But at what cost?
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Helping Hispanic teens
UGA web designer Jesus Mata knows his family isn't a typical Hispanic family in Georgia. That's one reason he volunteers with a new program that urges Hispanic students to stay in high school and enroll in college.
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Early garden
So you didn't get your garden planted this spring because the ground was so wet, huh? And you still want to plant a garden. Well, plant a fall garden.
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A sweet event
Mark your calendar: Aug. 5, Tifton, Ga. You'll get to see (and taste) the best of Georgia's sweet muscadines.