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March 2014 was drier than normal over most parts of the state. CAES News
March 2014 was drier than normal over most parts of the state.
Cooler, drier March may impact Georgia's spring planting season
March in Georgia was fairly calm, but colder than normal across the entire state with temperatures ranging from between 2 to 4 degrees below average.
CAES News
Race to save Georgia's massive hemlocks receives boost from Legacy Tree Project
Hulking above their neighbors in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia’s century-old hemlocks are giants. But the relatively scarce, trees are quickly being felled by the tiniest of insects — the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid.
UGA CAES students, from left; back, J. Thomas Golden, Michael Thompson, Sarah Brown, Tess Hammock and, front, Sarah Carnes and Mary Cromley will serve as UGA's Congressional Agriculture Fellows this summer. Once in Washington D.C., the students will attend agricultural committee hearings and conduct agricultural-related research, all while earning credit hours towards graduation. CAES News
UGA CAES students, from left; back, J. Thomas Golden, Michael Thompson, Sarah Brown, Tess Hammock and, front, Sarah Carnes and Mary Cromley will serve as UGA's Congressional Agriculture Fellows this summer. Once in Washington D.C., the students will attend agricultural committee hearings and conduct agricultural-related research, all while earning credit hours towards graduation.
UGA agriculture students will serve in Washington D.C. this summer
This summer, six University of Georgia students will learn the inner-workings of our nation's capital as they serve as UGA Congressional Agricultural Fellows in Washington, D.C.
Earthworms burrow through a compost pile in Butts County, Ga. CAES News
Earthworms burrow through a compost pile in Butts County, Ga.
Learn how to compost at Rock Eagle Saturday event
Learn the basics of composting on April 19 at Rock Eagle 4-H Center’s Saturday at the Rock event.
Fulton County Commission Chairman John Eaves presents a proclamation honoring UGA Extension's 100 years of service in Fulton County to County Extension Coordiantor Menia Chester, to his right; UGA Office of Environmental Sciences Director Susan Varlamoff, to her right, and the staff of the Fulton County UGA Extension Office. CAES News
Fulton County Commission Chairman John Eaves presents a proclamation honoring UGA Extension's 100 years of service in Fulton County to County Extension Coordiantor Menia Chester, to his right; UGA Office of Environmental Sciences Director Susan Varlamoff, to her right, and the staff of the Fulton County UGA Extension Office.
Fulton County commissioners recognize 100 years of service from UGA Extension
University of Georgia Extension has been a part of Fulton County since 1914, when farm fields were as common in the metro area as shopping centers are today.
CAES News
UGA awarded $1.4 million to study critical earth zone in Sumter National Forest
Looking back, it's easy to see where farmers in the 1800s went wrong. Attempting to grow profits from a lush environment, landowners cleared entire forests in the South to make room for agricultural farmland. But primitive agricultural techniques scarred the landscape, and when the profits dried up, they abandoned the barren land. Now University of Georgia researchers want to understand the ongoing repercussions of a bygone era.
CAES News
Farmer uses SARE grant to study winter cover crops
Wayne County farmer Jonny Harris noticed long ago that feeding winter cover crops to his cattle improves their diet, his fields and his bottom line. He wanted to show other southeastern Georgia farmers they can reap the same benefits, but he knew he needed more evidence than decades of personal experience.
UGA President Jere Morehead speaks to UGA faculty, staff and students during his visit to the UGA Tifton campus on Wednesday at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center. CAES News
UGA President Jere Morehead speaks to UGA faculty, staff and students during his visit to the UGA Tifton campus on Wednesday at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center.
UGA President Jere Morehead visits Tifton campus
University of Georgia President Jere Morehead visited UGA’s Tifton campus for the first time on Wednesday as part of his effort to learn more about the campus and the agriculture industry in Georgia.
A barrel racing competitor leans her horse into the turn during the Great Southland Stampede Rodeo. CAES News
A barrel racing competitor leans her horse into the turn during the Great Southland Stampede Rodeo.
UGA Block and Bridle Club celebrates 40 years of roping and riding at the Great Southland Stampede Rodeo
The University of Georgia's Block and Bridle Club is gearing up for the 40th annual Great Southland Stampede Rodeo, which will roll into Athens April 10-12 at the UGA Livestock Instructional Arena, 2600 South Milledge Ave.