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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Preventing Peanut Virus 01/20/97
It's a virus, it's incurable and it has cost Georgia peanut farmers more than $50 million in just the past two years.
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Warming up Blueberries 01/20/97
Georgia's unpredictable winters and late freezes can prove deadly to blueberries and the more than 200 Georgia farmers who depend on them.
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Planting in Dead of Winter 01/20/97
If you just can't wait to plant that special landscape tree, why wait? In Georgia, the dead of winter isn't all that dead.
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Promising Canola Crop 01/20/97
In the height of today's health consciousness, Americans have discovered an alternative low-fat cooking oil -- canola.
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Wacky Winter Weather 01/13/97
Snow the week of Christmas followed by 14 days of warm weather has confused native plants. When temperatures hit 70 and hold, they think it's spring.
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Georgia Chickens Gaining 01/13/97
In 1995, Georgia became the first state in history to produce more than 5 billion pounds of chicken in one year. "That's a lot of meat," said Stan Savage.
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World Welcomes 4-H'ers 01/13/97
Virtual reality has its appeal. But nothing takes the place of being there. Just ask those who dreamed of the Olympics and finally came to Atlanta last summer. Doing beats dreaming any day.
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Tree-safe Tree Houses 01/13/97
There's an attraction between trees and children. A tree's constant motion, even in still air, and its great size and reach make it fascinating. At some time in your life you've imagined, or maybe even built, a tree house.
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Cost of Farming Rising 01/06/97
Georgia farmers would love to see their cost of doing business go down a little. They'd be happy even to see these costs stay the same for a year. But they shouldn't count on it.
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Cattle Consuming Cotton 01/06/97
They aren't calico cows, and it's not cotton candy. But many Georgia cattle are grazing cotton fields, quietly munching leftovers. With the market situation and low calf prices, we're looking for ways to cut our production costs," said Robert Stewart.