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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Southern admissions
South Georgia students now have a closer-to-home gateway to the University of Georgia with the Jan. 31 opening of the new UGA Tifton, Ga., outreach office.
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Prime pine time
Don't wait any longer to plant pine trees in Georgia. Experts say newly planted pine seedlings have the best survival chances they've had in years. But the opportunity is fading fast.
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Coping with cold
Many years ago, back when we had "real" winters and Mike Isbell was a kid in north Georgia and it seemed to snow every year -- now, that was cold. And we didn't worry about outdoor plants freezing. Now we do.
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Tornadoes and fly balls
When University of Georgia meteorologist John Knox set out to write an introductory textbook on meteorology, he wanted it to be as compelling as the first thunderstorm he remembers during a baseball game in Birmingham, Ala., when he was 4 years old.
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Award winners
Don Bower was named a Walter B. Hill Distinguished Public Service and Outreach Fellow, heading the list of six University of Georgia faculty members honored Jan. 29 by the UGA Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach.
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Pick-your-own berries
In those old cotton fields back home, many Georgia farmers are considering growing something else. For some, it might be strawberries. Greg Fonsah thinks the future is bright for strawberries in Georgia.
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Too extreme
In late January, Old Man Winter took a bite out of the state as the coldest weather of the year hurt some farm crops but helped another, University of Georgia experts say.
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Nutritional baby food
University of Georgia food scientists and their colleagues at the University of Ghana, Legon have developed infant foods that are being used to improve the nutritional status of malnourished children in some communities in Ghana.
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Landscapers' profits
Landscape managers have to be good at their work. But to secure clients and get the best profit they can get from their work, they really have to be good at job bidding. And estimating cost is a critical part of the process.
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Biosymposia
Fossil fuels are old stuff. The thinking now is on converting renewable resources into usable fuels and energy. And back-to-back symposiums at the University of Georgia Feb. 18-20 show how serious the biofuel thinking has become.