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Jim and Barbara Andrews, center with red ribbons, helped to break ground on the Andrews Visitor and Education Center at the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens at the Historic Bamboo Farm in Savannah on Nov. 24, 2013. The center, which was funded with a gift from the Andrews, will serve as center of learning and social activity as the garden undergoes major renovations over the next several years. CAES News
Georgia Coastal Botanical Garden 12/16/13 Merritt Melancon
For 100 years, a 50-acre, bamboo-studded tract of U.S. Highway 17 outside of Savannah has been attracting plant enthusiasts, scientists and day-trippers to the southeast corner of Georgia.
The right rake, shovel or trimmer will make your favorite gardener's work easier. CAES News
Gardeners Gift Guide 2013 12/13/13 Mary Carol Sheffield, Merritt Melancon
Gardeners are easy to please. Give them a sunny afternoon in the garden and a wheelbarrow of good compost, and they are set. Unfortunately, their easy-to-please nature sometimes make them awfully hard to shop for at the holidays. While it’s impossible to gift wrap compost, University of Georgia Extension’s gardening community has a few good gift suggestions for green-thumbed Georgians.
Cotton is dumped into a trailer at the Gibbs Farm in Tifton on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013. CAES News
Cotton Defoliation 12/12/13 Clint Thompson
Georgia cotton farmers who were kept out of their fields by wet conditions are now waiting for their late planted crop to mature. University of Georgia cotton expert Guy Collins estimates 30 percent of the crop still needs to be harvested.
Farmer Walter Driggers of Collins, Ga., displays a bunch of collard greens grown on his farm. CAES News
Feeding the Nation 12/12/13 Paul Pugliese
In the near future, there will be a major shift in American agriculture as family farms are passed on to the next generation. Jobs in agriculture are waiting to be filled by young people. The average age of the American farmer is 58-years-old. Nationally, the fastest-growing group of farmers and ranchers is the segment over 65.
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Farm Gate Value 12/12/13 Merritt Melancon
The overall value of Georgia’s agricultural commodities increased by $931.2 million, 7.2 percent, in 2012 to $13.99 billion.
A diseased leaf on a tree at the University of Georgia's Southeast Research and Education Center in Midville, Ga. CAES News
Chocolate Leaves 12/10/13 Sharon Dowdy
Using leaves from landscape plants to mold chocolate leaves for your holiday desserts may awe guests, but University of Georgia food safety specialists say it isn’t worth the health risks.
November 2013 Weather Summary - Top chart, observed precipitation - (on high resolution image) Bottom chart, departure from normal precipitation. CAES News
November Climate Summary 12/05/13 Pam Knox
With record-breaking low and high temperatures, November’s climate report may offer a fair preview of this winter’s projected, erratic weather patterns.
There were almost 800,000 acres of peanuts grown in Georgia in 2015. CAES News
Ag Forecast: Peanuts 12/04/13 Clint Thompson
Georgia’s peanut crop this year may not compare to 2012, but it’s still proving to be a good year. Some 430,000 acres were grown at what University of Georgia experts predict to be close to 4,000 pounds per acre.
Fresh vegetables grown organically by an Elijay, Ga., farmer CAES News
Frozen Nutrients 12/03/13 Merritt Melancon
A recent University of Georgia study of Americans’ groceries showed that fresh may not always be the best choice — at least not in terms of delivering the vitamins and minerals that families expect from their veggies.
University of Georgia professor Michael Wetzstein has been awarded the National Teaching Award for Food and Agriculture Science by the Association of Public Land-grant Universities. CAES News
APLU Recognition 11/27/13 Merritt Melancon
University of Georgia professor Michael Wetzstein has been awarded the National Teaching Award for Food and Agriculture Science by the Association of Public Land-grant Universities.