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Farmers Must Add Value to Crops, Experts Say
The future of American agriculture is in jeopardy unless farmers have a way to add value to the crops they grow and bring consumers closer to the farm gate.
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Hip at 100, 4-H Celebrates Centennial
As the 4-H Club turns 100 this year, it's still going strong. It's stayed that way by keeping up with the times, adjusting its program areas to fit the changing interests of America's young people.
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National Events Mark 4-H Centennial
Over the next few months, the centennial of 4-H will be marked by many national events, including a proclamation signed by President George W. Bush and members of his Cabinet.
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Market Shift Threatens U.S. Cotton Growers
The worldwide demand for cotton shirts and breeches has never been better. The U.S. industry that turns cotton into products like these, however, is in major economic trouble. And their stress means U.S. growers are having to depend more than ever on foreign buyers.
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Gardeners Spread Christmas Year-round
You may not be intending to give that gardening friend anything for Christmas. But you can be sure that, in true gardener fashion, they will always give to you.
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Tree Farmer Cuts Away Pest Problem
Christmas tree growers go unnoticed 11 months of the year. But like other farmers, they work hard fighting diseases and insect pests year-round. Thanks to some on-farm research, they may not have to work so hard fighting one major pest.
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Give Your Garden the Gift of Compost
Many gardening activities are still a few months away. But some things need to be done before spring's sunny days arrive. Compost, an excellent amendment for garden soils, needs to be applied several weeks before seeding or transplanting.
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Study Finds Georgia Muscadines Chock-Full of Nutrients
UGA study helps Georgia muscadine growers sell their grapes to the supplement market.
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Growers' Muscadine Prices Mixed
It used to be a no-brainer. Commercial muscadine vineyards could get as much as 65 cents to 90 cents a pound for wholesale fresh-market grapes but only $180 to $200 a ton (9 cents to 10 cents a pound) for processing grapes.

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