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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Centennial Highlights. 12/13/01
Over the next few months, the centennial of 4-H will be marked by many national events, including a proclamation signed by President George W. Bush and members of his Cabinet.
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Cotton Markets. 12/13/01
The worldwide demand for cotton shirts and breeches has never been better. The U.S. industry that turns cotton into products like these, however, is in major economic trouble. And their stress means U.S. growers are having to depend more than ever on foreign buyers.
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Giving Gardeners. 12/11/01
You may not be intending to give that gardening friend anything for Christmas. But you can be sure that, in true gardener fashion, they will always give to you.
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Christmas Tree Pest. 12/11/01
Christmas tree growers go unnoticed 11 months of the year. But like other farmers, they work hard fighting diseases and insect pests year-round. Thanks to some on-farm research, they may not have to work so hard fighting one major pest.
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Garden Gift. 12/06/01
Many gardening activities are still a few months away. But some things need to be done before spring's sunny days arrive. Compost, an excellent amendment for garden soils, needs to be applied several weeks before seeding or transplanting.
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Good Grapes. 12/05/01
UGA study helps Georgia muscadine growers sell their grapes to the supplement market.
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Grape Prices. 12/05/01
It used to be a no-brainer. Commercial muscadine vineyards could get as much as 65 cents to 90 cents a pound for wholesale fresh-market grapes but only $180 to $200 a ton (9 cents to 10 cents a pound) for processing grapes.
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Got GERD? 12/04/01
GERD may be a funny-sounding name, but millions of Americans aren't laughing. Gastroesophageal reflux disease can cause the mother of all heartburns and an array of other symptoms.
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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.