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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Test Wells Regularly 11/11/96
Georgia is blessed with plenty of cool, clean groundwater. About 95 percent of rural Georgians depend on it to supply their drinking water and farm needs.
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New Mayhaw Cultivars 11/11/96
Drive through southwest Georgia and you'll see lots of signs advertising mayhaw jelly.
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Landscape Bugs in Winter 11/04/96
It's tough when things you count on turn out to be illusions. Here's one more: when summer's finally over, bugs won't bother your landscape anymore.
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Poultry Prices Likely to Fall 11/04/96
Farming is like a seesaw. You're going either up or down. And whichever you're doing, the person on the other end must do the opposite.
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Killing Deer in the Suburbs 11/04/96
A friend called recently to ask about deer repellents. Are there chemicals you can apply to stop deer from browsing plants? Some of his clients had poor results.
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Best, Worst Georgia Peanuts 11/04/96
This year's Georgia peanut harvest survived summer droughts and heavy rains at harvest time to produce some of the best of times and some of the worst for farmers. "Across the state, we are seeing everything from some of the best yields in years to some of the worst yields," said John Beasley.
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Cotton Crop Big 10/28/96
Not since 1918 has Georgia seen this much cotton in the fields. Experts with the University of Georgia Extension Service figure this year's Georgia harvest will top 2 million 480-pound bales.
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Corn Storage Peril 10/28/96
Georgia farmers finally have something to cheer about. They're harvesting a truly golden crop. "We're looking at a corn crop for '96 that's about half again as valuable as in '95," said George Shumaker.
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Seven Pruning Tips 10/28/96
Pruning is both the art and the science of cutting woody plants to produce desired results. That's a mouthful, I know. And it almost sounds as if I'm dodging the issue. But if you think of all the effects a gardener might seek from different plants by pruning them, then a good pruner is both an artist and a scientist.
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Hidden Cotton Crop 10/21/96
When Tropical Storm Josephine swept across Georgia, she blew some cotton right off the stalk. That's damage easily seen. But she also hurt the second cotton crop