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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Preserve Wood Siding 02/05/96
The appeal of natural wood siding is hard to deny. Its beauty has highlighted many a new home.
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Farmers Face Decision 02/05/96
For the past 10 years, farmers raised trees instead of annual row crops on almost 2 percent of Georgia's 37 million acres as a part of the Conservation Reserve Program.
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Forecast in '96 Food Prices 02/05/96
While farmers wait to learn what and how much they can plant under whatever programs Washington finally adopts, some consumers worry. How will the drawn-out farm bill battle affect their grocery bills? "We don't see the delayed farm bill as having a significant effect on grocery prices in 1996," said Bill Thomas.
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A Dieters Dream? 02/05/96
They've finally done it: fat-free fat. With the Food and Drug Administration's Jan. 24 approval of olestra, a fat substitute developed by Procter & Gamble, for use in certain snack foods, the door has been opened to what some dieters may call the impossible dream.
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Wild Radish Troublesome 01/29/96
Wild radish may sound like a variety food in a rabbit's diet, but it's a real pain in Georgia wheat fields. "We're seeing wild radish as the No. 1 problem in small grains this year," said Greg MacDonald.
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Herbal Remedies 01/29/96
What could be safer than natural herbal remedies to soothe your body and ease your mind? In some cases, these natural, over-the-counter cures could be deadly, said Connie Crawley.
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Future Farm Bill Caught in Budget Crunch 01/29/96
While Washington fights the battle of the budget, a farm bill that will lead the nation's agriculture into the next century is caught in the crunch.
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Feeder in the Wild Garden 01/29/96
I have a special persimmon tree in my garden. An old Japanese variety called Jiro, it holds its fruit well into the winter and is a favorite food of our mockingbird.
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Bug-Killing Winter 01/22/96
The unusually cold late-fall and early-winter weather figures to kill off a lot of overwintering insects.
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Conservation-Use Tables 01/22/96
Farmers, foresters, county government officials and tree harvesters involved with the Conservation-Use Land Valuation Program should keep an eye on the calendar.