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Small tomatoes growing on vine CAES News
Small tomatoes growing on vine
Tomato sequencing project sheds light on its origins
Researchers in the University of Georgia Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory recently helped finish the decade-long process of sequencing the tomato genome.
A magnified photograph of the cat flea, the most common flea pest for dogs and cats in North America. Courtesy of Nancy Hinkle, UGA Department of Entomology CAES News
A magnified photograph of the cat flea, the most common flea pest for dogs and cats in North America. Courtesy of Nancy Hinkle, UGA Department of Entomology
To control fleas, treat indoors and outdoors
Summertime is the primetime for picking watermelons, swimming in the lake and scratching fleas.
Lawn being fertilized CAES News
Lawn being fertilized
Water your lawn wisely this summer
A beautiful lawn needs water. However, with another dry summer looming, that water may be in short supply — whether it comes from the sky or the sprinkler.
Suspected 2,4-D herbicide damage on tomato. CAES News
Suspected 2,4-D herbicide damage on tomato.
Gardeners often unaware of exposing tomatoes to herbicides
Home gardeners often inadvertently and unknowingly damage their vegetables with herbicides.
Third grade students climb on a parked tractor at Oconee County Ag Awareness Day on May 4, 2012 CAES News
Third grade students climb on a parked tractor at Oconee County Ag Awareness Day on May 4, 2012
Research aims to prevent farm youth injuries
The biggest threat to the health and safety of most children and adolescents is a motor vehicle accident. But the one million American children and teens living or working on farms in the U.S. face an additional danger—the tractors in their own backyards.
Fresh vegetables at a vendor stand at the Athens Farmers Market in Athens, Ga. CAES News
Fresh vegetables at a vendor stand at the Athens Farmers Market in Athens, Ga.
UGA provides training to help ensure safety at the farmers market
Buying locally grown produce at the farmers market is a great way to ensure your family is getting the freshest food possible, but it doesn’t guarantee that the produce is safer. Just like any food, locally grown food must be handled safely on the farm and in the markets to make sure it is safe when it lands on the diner table.
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Controlling moles: remove their food source or get a dog
Do you have mysterious tunnels running through your lawn or flowerbeds? If so, a mole has likely invaded your yard, and you are not alone.
Fifty-five animal and dairy science graduate students and animal-breeding professionals gathered in at UGA's Athens campus for three weeks in May to study with UGA Animal and Dairy Science professor Ignacy MIsztal. CAES News
Fifty-five animal and dairy science graduate students and animal-breeding professionals gathered in at UGA's Athens campus for three weeks in May to study with UGA Animal and Dairy Science professor Ignacy MIsztal.
UGA faculty training a new generation of international livestock matchmakers
University of Georgia animal and dairy scientist Ignacy Misztal develops software programs to help cattlemen select more productive cow couplings. His unique bovine matchmaking skills have earned him an international fan base of animal breeders and researchers.
Kudzu flower CAES News
Kudzu flower
One man's weed is another man's flower
Ralph Waldo Emerson defined a weed as “a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.” To a serious gardener, a weed can be nothing less than the bane of his or her existence. University of Georgia Cooperative Extension horticulturist Bob Westerfield says the best way to control weeds is to get to them early.

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