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Members of Brian Schwartz's turfgrass team plant a bermudagrass variety trial by hand in 2012. CAES News
Annual turfgrass conference
The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has laid the framework for its annual turfgrass conference.
The bermudagrass stem maggot is having a major impact on forage production. CAES News
Bermudagrass stem maggot
A new invasive pest is having a major impact on bermudagrass hay production in south Georgia.
Kudzu bug CAES News
Kudzu bug control
Kudzu bugs have awakened from their winter slumber and can be found alighting on just about anything white or light-colored, from small cars to large trucks and homes to commercial buildings. University of Georgia experts say controlling this new pest isn’t as easy as spraying a pesticide.
University of Georgia peanut agronomist John Beasley examines soil temperature at one of his field plots. CAES News
Chilly temps can doom peanuts
Knowing when to plant may be one of the most important parts of successful peanut farming.
Large patch in centipedegrass CAES News
Centipedegrass green-up
Spring has arrived and plants are beginning to break dormancy, but your lawn may not be lush and green yet. Do not be impatient with your centipedegrass lawn and rush it to green-up.
Onlookers watch as an Air Robot 100B, an unmanned device, is demonstrated Thursday afternoon at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus Conference Center. The demonstration was part of a two-day AUVSI Atlanta Chapter Unmanned Systems in Agriculture Conference. The Air Robot 100B, which is equipped with a video camera, is controlled by David Price (with controller), a senior research technologist at Georgia Tech. It is is designed to aid the military, police or fire department, by reaching a certain height and looking down on something. CAES News
Agricultural technology
Remote-controlled helicopters, unmanned aircraft equipped with imaging sensors; welcome to the future of agriculture.
Beef cattle graze on a pasture on the Georgia Mountain Research and Education Center in Blairsville, Ga. CAES News
Beef cattle field day
Georgia cattle farmers will learn the latest research-based information at the annual University of Georgia Mountain Beef Cattle Field Day on April 17 in Blairsville, Ga.
Stink bugs can have a costly and harmful impact on cotton farmers. CAES News
Pests need to be managed
One of the toughest crop pests to stop in Georgia is also the most economically devastating — the stinkbug.
Pictured are peanuts being bred at a greenhouse on the Tifton Campus of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. CAES News
Genetics key in crop research
Between high volumes of irrigation and frequent pesticides use, farming peanuts can be a costly endeavor.
St. Augustinegrass seedheads CAES News
St. Augustinegrass
St. Augustinegrass has long been admired in the southern part of Georgia for its attractive blue-green color. It thrives there due to the warm weather and the sandy soils. Happily, many homeowners north of Atlanta are also discovering the grass.