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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Closer to Consumers. 11/28/01
Georgia farmers are facing a crisis. Crop prices are nearing some of the lowest levels ever as expenses keep climbing. Farmers are caught in a price squeeze they may not be able to overcome.
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Cotton Workshop. 11/27/01
The 1.66 million bales of cotton produced on Georgia farms last year were enough to make a pair of jeans and two T-shirts for every man, woman and child in the United States and Canada.
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Landmark Study. 11/26/01
University of Georgia researchers have completed the first comprehensive molecular map of the peanut plant. Like a roadmap, it will give scientists the directions they need to develop better varieties for farmers and better products for consumers.
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Holiday Employment. 11/21/01
Unemployment rates are likely to drop during the next few weeks. But don't get too jolly over the joyful jobless news.
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Facing Job Loss. 11/21/01
Thousands of Americans are facing either the reality or the threat of job loss. If you, or someone close to you, faces unemployment, this story offers some things to keep in mind.
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Days Without Rain. 11/21/01
The number of consecutive days with little or no rainfall is reaching record levels in Georgia. Preliminary analysis by the Office of the State Climatologists indicates that Columbus has broken its record of days with 0.01 inches or less of rain.
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Water Summit. 11/21/01
Explaining and understanding TMDLs will be the focus of the Upper Suwannee River Water Summit Dec. 10 in Tifton, Ga.
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Santa's Garden. 11/19/01
So you don't believe in the Jolly Fat Man. You'd better, because he's got all of the gardening gifts you've been wanting.
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Ant Senses. 11/16/01
University of Georgia scientists have discovered a protein in fire ants that may lead to a new way of using their own biology against them. The protein is linked to red imported fire ants' senses of smell and taste.
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Ladybug Trap. 11/15/01
Louis Tedders, a retired entomologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, knows all about ladybugs, including how to get them back outdoors where they belong.