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J. Scott Angle, dean and director, UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. CAES News
J. Scott Angle, dean and director, UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Flawed lists can steer students in the wrong direction
Media often publish lists – best dressed celebrities; top party schools, and bestselling books. A recent article distributed by Yahoo News detailed what the writer considered the Top 5 “useless” college degrees. Three of the majors on the list are only as useless as your next meal.
Steve Brown is the assistant dean for University of Georgia Cooperative Extension with the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. CAES News
Steve Brown is the assistant dean for University of Georgia Cooperative Extension with the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Agriculture gives Georgia's economy a leg up
In a year when Georgia’s economy struggled to get back on its feet, agriculture gave local communities a much-needed boost, according to a report released by the University of Georgia Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development.
UGA CAES horticulturist Allan Armitage CAES News
UGA CAES horticulturist Allan Armitage
Allan Armitage to lead virtual tour of Ireland gardens at State Botanical Garden
University of Georgia horticulturist Allan Armitage will speak about gardens around the world in a series of talks set to begin Jan. 24 at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia
Hay bales outline a field in Butts County, Georgia. CAES News
Hay bales outline a field in Butts County, Georgia.
UGA hosts Southeast Hay Convention
Whether you are new to hay production or an old hand at it, the University of Georgia’s Forage Team invites you to learn more about producing high-quality hay at the Fifth Annual Southeast Hay Convention. This year’s event will be held March 6-7 in Tifton, Ga., at the UGA-Tifton Campus Conference Center.
Soil sample bags await processing at the University of Georgia Soil Testing Laboratory in Athens, Ga. CAES News
Soil sample bags await processing at the University of Georgia Soil Testing Laboratory in Athens, Ga.
Test the soil in sleeping garden plots now
Backyard gardens have stopped producing, and everything has been bitten by a couple of hard, fall frosts. There’s not much to do in the garden this time of year, but you can get ahead of the game for next year’s vegetable garden by taking a soil sample now.
cracked pecans CAES News
cracked pecans
USDA funds UGA research on nutritional, health benefits of pecans
The pecan, a Georgia crop staple, packs a much higher antioxidant punch than its nut-cousin the almond. But what the little-known nut is high in is overshadowed by what it’s low in—research, marketing and consumer data.
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Dispose of excess and old chemicals safely
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Agent Frank Watson discusses the proper way to dispose of excess chemicals.
Bryan County Elementary School fifth-grader Dy'Amond McGhee wins a computer through the 4-H Need a Computer program. CAES News
Bryan County Elementary School fifth-grader Dy'Amond McGhee wins a computer through the 4-H Need a Computer program.
Georgia 4-H awards 34 free computers
Georgia 4-H’s Need a Computer program made 34 lucky students’ holidays brighter by awarding each of them a free personal computer.
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Annual J.W. Fanning Lecture slated at UGA
The University of Georgia will present the annual J.W. Fanning Lecture on Jan. 20, 2012. The lecture will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the Georgia Center for Continuing Education on the UGA campus in Athens, Ga.