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Harley Shook of Gray is shown giving a presentation on film making at the 2013 Georgia 4-H State Congress. CAES News
State Congress 07/25/13 Sharon Dowdy
Forty-eight Georgia 4-H’ers earned the coveted title of Master 4-H’er this week at the 71st annual 4-H State Congress held July 23-26 at the Crowne Plaza Ravinia in Atlanta.
Hay bales outline a field in Butts County, Georgia. CAES News
Hay field day 07/24/13
The Middle Georgia Hay Field Day will be held on Aug. 6, 2013 at County Line Farm in Lamar County. Hosted by the Upson County and Lamar County Extension Offices, the field day will begin at 9 a.m. at the farm site located at 1693 Ramah Church Road in Culloden, Ga.
Rows of cotton at a farm on the University of Georgia Tifton Campus in 2013. CAES News
Rain soaking cotton fields 07/24/13 Clint Thompson
The deluge of rainfall this summer made a splash with some cotton farmers but created a tidal wave of challenges that some growers are still fighting.
Calvin Perry, superintendent of the Stripling Irrigation Research Park, speaks to area 4-H students during 4H20 Camp this past summer. CAES News
Irrigation research 07/23/13 Clint Thompson
The latest research on irrigation technology will be presented Aug. 1 at the University of Georgia’s Stripling Irrigation Research Park in Camilla, Ga.
A camper at the Joint Reserve Component Teen Leadership Summit rides the flying squirrel at Wahsega 4-H Center. CAES News
Military kids camp 07/18/13 Sharon Dowdy
Each summer, military youth from across the nation travel to north Georgia to attend the Joint Reserve Component Teen Leadership Summit, a Georgia 4-H camp designed especially for children of military reservists. Some 120 kids from 42 states attended the camp July 7-12 at the Wahsega 4-H Camp in Dahlonega, Ga.
The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and Georgia Southern University will host the 2013 International Agribusiness Conference and Expo on Sept. 25-26 in Savannah, Ga., and will provide participants with information on what markets are open to their products, how to export their goods and what exporting can do for their bottom lines CAES News
International Agribusiness Conference and Expo 07/18/13 Clint Thompson
While the Port of Savannah is already No. 2 in the nation for export tons, the Georgia Ports Authority hopes to double its capacity within the next decade. That’s good news for Georgia farmers.
Brown patch disease in fescue. CAES News
Brown patches 07/17/13 Paul Pugliese
If doughnut-shaped rings of dead grass are popping up in your lawn, it may be because the recent onslaught of rain created ideal conditions for brown patch disease.
Recent high school graduate Theresa Vencill counts beetle larvae in the laboratory of entomologist Nancy Hinkle on the University of Georgia campus in Athens. As a UGA Young Scholar, Vencill was responsible for testing the effectiveness of pesticides that may be used in poultry houses. CAES News
Young Scholars 2013 07/17/13 Merritt Melancon
More than 80 Georgia high school students gained real-world research experience this summer through the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences’ (CAES) Young Scholars program.
UGA CAES mascot Caesar with horse CAES News
Horse seminar 07/16/13
The University of Georgia student chapter of the American Association of Equine Practitioners will host its annual Horse Owner’s Seminar on Aug. 10.