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Green pecans grow on a tree in South Georgia. CAES News
Dry orchards
Drought continues to suppress Georgia agriculture, particularly in southwest Georgia, the hub of the state’s pecan production. It could turn what was expected to be an “on” year into an “off” one for pecan growers.
"Your Southern Garden" host Walter Reeves. CAES News
Your Southern Garden
Learn about pond care, agave pups and creating planting plans on "Your Southern Garden" with Walter Reeves July 2 at noon and 6:30 p.m. on Georgia Public Broadcasting.
Lice shampoo, combs CAES News
Lice Treatment
Drop the chemicals and grab the metal comb: A little elbow grease is the best way to get rid of head lice, says University of Georgia insect expert Paul Guillebeau.
Mitchell County farmer Kyle Pollock, left, and Mitchell County UGA Cooperative Extension agent Rad Yager, right, look over one of Pollock's cotton fields wiped out by the extreme drought that has covered the area for more than two months. CAES News
No rain
The cotton seedling tried. But after sending its root more than five inches deep into the parched dirt, searching for moisture, it gave up and died.
"Your Southern Garden" host Walter Reeves. CAES News
Your Southern Garden
Learn two methods of plant propagation on "Your Southern Garden" with Walter Reeves June 25 at noon and 6:30 p.m. on Georgia Public Broadcasting.
Joel Cooper, a resident at the Atlanta Mission, installs pepper plants in the mission's garden. CAES News
Growing skills and vegetables
Looking over the tomato, okra, cucumber, squash and pepper plants, Joel Cooper is proud. The 46-year-old recovering addict is happy, too, to get his life back on track and for the opportunity to help others like him eat and live a little better. Cooper, and the other men who rely on the Atlanta Mission for food, will soon be eating fresh produce they’ve grown at the place they call their temporary home.
Steve Stice and Franklin West with the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences stand with their pigs in Athens in April of 2010. CAES News
Disease-resistant chickens
A team of researchers from the University of Georgia and the U.S. Department of Agriculture is working to develop a new technology to breed chickens resistant to Newcastle Virus.
Visitor observes new plant varieties at the UGA Trial Gardens 2009 Open House. CAES News
UGA Trial Gardens
Shasta daisies, lilies, cornflowers, cosmos, geraniums and petunias are among the beauties blooming now. View the best summer has to offer at the University of Georgia Trial Gardens open house June 25 from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m.
A bee collects pollen from a tomatillo flower in a garden in Butts Co., Ga. CAES News
Don't kill the bees
On a recent visit to the Sawnee Mountain Preserve in Cumming, Ga., I was shocked to find many dead bees in the preserve’s observation hive.
Keith Delaplane looks into the top of an open bee hive at the UGA apiary in Athens, Ga. CAES News
Honeybee money
Millions of bees die each year due to a phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder. Scientists believe a combination of factors contribute to CCD, including pesticides, environmental and nutritional stresses and pathogens.