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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Make Money Work
You can go through your entire life convinced you don't have the time, knowledge or money to invest. But you'd be wrong.
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Drinking Water Week
May 4-10 is Drinking Water Week. And Georgians have plenty to celebrate. "Each year we run 3,000 to 5,000 water samples through our labs from both private wells and municipal systems," said Tony Tyson.
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Storms Buoy Farmers
As the sun peeked through the clouds after late-April storms swept through Georgia, farmers who rely on rainfall to water their crops could see a ray of hope. "The rains couldn't have come at a better time for peanut growers," said John Beasley.
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Avoid Hitchhiking Aphids
Those landscape plants may be just what you wanted, but before you take them home, check them closely anyway. You may find some unwanted hitchhikers.
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Make Trees of Shrubs
It is not unusual for some landscape shrubs to outgrow their allocated area. So we're faced with a problem. Solutions to the overgrown-shrub dilemma include moving, replacing and reinventing. The latter refers to changing a plant from the shrub form to a tree form.
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Don't Burn Plants
When the bright summer sun peeks through and sunbathers take to the beaches, skin gets burned. Plants are a bit like that, too.
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Get Kids out of House
Get them out of the house," said Diane Davies, a 4-H environmental education specialist with the University of Georgia Extension Service.
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Veggies Prevent Cancer
Your mother told you to eat all your veggies. She was giving you better advice than she knew. "A recent study showed that lycopene intake, almost entirely from tomato-based foods, was related to a lower risk of prostate cancer," said Gail Hanula.
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Sweet and Sour Pork
An animal disease half a world away is already showing its effects to Georgia hog farmers. "There's a great potential for U.S. pork exports to increase dramatically because of the Taiwan health problems," said John McKissick.
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Landscape Spring Cleaning
As we begin to leave the cold behind, many of us focus on warm-weather hobbies such as fishing, golf or picnics. Don't just rush into your favorite pastime, though. A little attention to your landscape now will make it look its best this summer.