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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Blairsville Seminar. 03/28/01
As garden club events go, it can hardly get any better than the Southern Appalachian Landscape Seminar. Growing more popular every year since its 1982 start, the event this year is expected to pack the Haralson Memorial Civic Center in Blairsville April 26.
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Sweet Fruits. 03/27/01
Things wouldn't be quite so sweet for shoppers and home fruit growers today without the Georgia legislature's farsighted action in the 1940s.
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Peachy Outlook. 03/23/01
Not since the early 1990s have Georgians had such promise for an abundant crop of sweet Georgia peaches. University of Georgia experts say this may indeed be a very good year.
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'Goat-a-Rama.' 03/23/01
A whole lot of goat producers will be extremely interested in what Chris Ferland has to say in the fifth annual Goat-a-Rama April 7 in Tennille, Ga.
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Fighting Aflatoxin. 03/22/01
Researchers at the Georgia Envirotron in Griffin, Ga., say the unique facility is helping them fight a costly foe of the peanut industry.
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Leaves of Change. 03/21/01
With the coming of spring, Georgia tobacco farmers are preparing to plant the state's third most valuable crop. But it won't be business as usual. Experts say ongoing changes will continue to affect farmers and the rural economies that surround them.
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Bigger Peaches. 03/21/01
Left to its own course, a peach tree will bear many more fruits than it can grow to adequate size if they all make it through the late frosts. But proper hand-thinning or judicious pruning can lead to an optimal backyard peach crop.
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Catfish Festival. 03/21/01
The Catfish Festival and Trade Show will bring a day of fun, fins and fenders to Wrightsville, Ga., April 7.
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Tour UGA Grounds. 03/21/01
The University of Georgia grounds and horticulture departments will lead a walking and bus tour of the campus grounds on May 18, including a behind-the-scenes view of grounds department.
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TAG Workshop. 03/15/01
The TAG Workshop for Small and Beginning Farmers March 22 at Fort Valley State University offers timely information that can make a big difference on small farms.