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Watson-Brown Foundation Junior Board of Trustees members Brett Chandler and Anna Avant (l-r) are shown presenting a check to Rock Eagle 4-H Center program specialist Jake Martin. Martin oversees the Scott Site at Rock Eagle which will benefit from the $7, 525 donation. CAES News
Renovation grant 08/26/13 Matt Hammons
Rock Eagle 4-H Center’s environmental education program has received a $7,525 grant from the Milledgeville Chapter of the Watson-Brown Foundation Junior Board of Trustees.
University of Georgia food scientist Walid Alali CAES News
Young Researcher Award 08/22/13 Sharon Dowdy
The International Association of Food Protection has recognized University of Georgia food scientist Walid Alali with the 2013 Larry Beuchat Young Researcher Award.
Close up of emerald ash borers in the Georgia Natural History Museum. CAES News
Emerald Ash Borers 08/22/13 Sandi Martin, Merritt Melancon
For years foresters and invasive insect experts have been on the lookout for the arrival of an unwelcome guest in Georgia. Now that it’s here, they hope the public will help restrict its spread within Georgia.
J. Scott Angle, dean and director, UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. CAES News
UGA Student Success 08/22/13 J. Scott Angle
Each year as a new group of freshmen shows up for the first day of class at the University of Georgia, I’m reminded of all the students who have crossed our path and now make up the rich fabric of our strong agricultural economy. Our graduates can be found in boardrooms and on ball fields, in legislatures and laboratories, classrooms, cow pastures and cotton fields all over the world.
Guy Collins, an Extension cotton agronomist with the University of Georgia-Tifton campus, talks about cotton to producers and consultants at the Southeast Georgia Research and Education Center Field Day in Midville on Aug. 14. CAES News
Midville field day 08/21/13 Clint Thompson
University of Georgia revealed its latest research on cotton, soybeans, corn and other southeast Georgia crops at the annual Southeast Georgia Research and Education Center Field Day held in Midville Aug. 14.
Will Ross, head grower at Evergreen Nursery in Statham, explains how a new automated micro-irrigation system developed by UGA researchers has helped him get these hostas — being grown for next spring — off to a good start. CAES News
Advanced Irrigation 08/20/13 Merritt Melancon
A team of University of Georgia researchers has been able to reduce container nurseries’ water usage by 70 percent, as a result of new breakthroughs in computer-linked soil moisture sensors.
Participants of the CAES Global Food and Trade Study Abroad program in China. Pictured at The National Tea Museum Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province China. L-R (Back Row), Christopher Cole Crawford, Dr. Glen Ames, Charnae Ross, Tea Professor from Tea Museum, Dr. Yao-wen Huang, David Rospond L-R (Front Row) Xiameng Wu, XX (student from Shanghai Ocean University), Grace Melo Guerrero and Lauren Hudson CAES News
China trade 08/19/13 Merritt Melancon
As one the United State’s largest trading partners, and a major consumer of Georgia agricultural products — like poultry and pecans — China is apt to play a major role in the future of food production. A group of University of Georgia students gained a better understanding of how the world's second largest economy ticks and the symbiosis of the U.S. and Chinese food industry during a study abroad there.
George Vellidis, a professor on the University of Georgia-Tifton campus, examines a soil moisture sensor. CAES News
Optimizing irrigation use 08/19/13 Clint Thompson
Soil moisture sensors are an efficient tool farmers use to optimize their irrigation water use.
Scott Angle, dean of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, speaks to members of the CAES Advisory Council and members of the Tifton community last week at the Tifton Campus Conference Center. CAES News
Optimism about CAES' future 08/16/13 Clint Thompson
The University of Georgia’s agricultural college is eyeing a more prosperous future.