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Vidalia Onions' Kin a Fascinating Family
Everyone knows about the Vidalia onions grown in southeast Georgia. They're among the best-known of a fascinating family of plants.
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New Gardening TV Show Just for Georgia
You watch an hour-long gardening show about growing lilacs, taking tedious notes all the way, so you can have the fragrant, flowering shrub in your yard.
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Georgia Farmers' Holiday Pecans in Short Supply
Pecan lovers face as dry a winter as the farmers faced this summer. The Georgia pecan crop is estimated at only 60 million pounds, down about 45 percent from last year.
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Keep a Garden Record Book -- Thomas Jefferson Did
I wish I could remember the name of that great tomato I planted two years ago. I tossed the seed pack, though, and can't find my order form."
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Risky Diet: Eating Raw Sprouts Can Cause Illness
Larry Beuchat rarely eats raw sprouts. And nothing he has seen in his lab encourages him to eat more. "There's certainly a risk," said Beuchat.
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Good Landscaping Reduces Water Pollution
Most of us don't think of soil as a pollutant. But it is. In fact, sediment deposited by storm runoff is a major source of surface water pollution.
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Butterfat Shortage Good News for Georgia Dairies
When shoppers reach for the butter for their holiday cooking this fall, they won't see any good news in the butterfat shortage that has sent prices soaring. But dairy farmers will, said a University of Georgia economist. "This is really having a positive effect on butterfat, and therefore milk, prices," said Bill Thomas.
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Hog Farmers' Woes Lead to Holiday Pork Bargains
The law of supply and demand will soon work in favor of pork lovers. A University of Georgia expert says an oversupply of hogs is bringing supermarket prices down and forcing Georgia farmers to sell their hogs at a loss. "This fall has been disastrous for hog farmers as prices for hogs are much weaker than has been expected," said John McKissick.
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New Markets Renew Hope for Canola in Georgia
It's planting season for Georgia canola growers. This year, the seeds have been planted for a better market for the emerging crop. "We haven't had commodity canola production in Georgia for two years," said Paul Raymer.

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