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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Super Strawberries.
This is one of the best years ever for Georgia's pick-your-own strawberry growers. Cool, dry weather early in the season helped develop a big crop. Warm, sunny days now brings out pickers.
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Canning Memories.
"I started collecting years ago because each jar was unique. It had belonged to a lady who loved her family enough to spend hours sweating through a hot canning process so she might pick from that beautiful lineup of canned vegetables for their winter meals." (Wayne McLaurin)
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Cattle BMPs.
Various BMPs, or best management practices, can reduce potential pollution impacts of raising cattle. And producers can learn all about them in a two-day workshop May 24-25 near Redbud, Ga.
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Dry April.
Below-normal rain across most of Georgia during April aggravated the two-year drought. Most places had less than half of their normal rain during the month.
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Manure Tea?
Manure tea? No, it probably doesn't appeal to you. But as the next "Gardening in Georgia" shows May 4 and 6, your garden plants wouldn't be so quick to turn up their leafy noses.
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Steel Abelia.
If you live where drought and water restrictions put a damper on your landscape each year, Abelia may be the perfect plant for you. It grows fast, and it's insect-, disease- and drought-resistant.
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Vidalia Onions.
Most Vidalia onion varieties are coming out of the fields now. And so far, they're heading to the markets with palate-pleasing quality, say University of Georgia experts.
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Poultry Meet.
Georgia farmers are the nation's top poultry producers. Their yearly broiler and egg crops are valued at nearly $2.8 billion. With that much at stake, the need the wealth of information being offered in the Deep South Poultry Conference May 17 in Tifton, Ga.
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Saving Trees.
For a tree to survive a dry period, it needs about 2 gallons of water per day for every inch of trunk diameter (measured at 4.5 feet above the ground).
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Tree Survivors.
There is never the right amount of water for perfect tree growth. Most of the time, supplies are less than ideal, and trees are damaged. But they've found ways to survive.