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Pictured are peanut burrower bugs. CAES News
Burrower bug 11/01/13 Clint Thompson
A silent peanut pest is eating away at profits and has Georgia producers concerned. The burrower bug can wreak havoc on a farmer’s peanuts without him even knowing.
Phillip Roberts, Extension entomologist with the University of Georgia Tifton Campus, searches a soybean plant at a field in Midville for kudzu bugs. CAES News
Kudzu Bug 10/04/13 Clint Thompson
Kudzu bugs may be native to Asia, but they’re a major problem in Georgia —particularly for soybean farmers.
Tim Brenneman, a plant pathologist with the University of Georgia Tifton Campus, discusses nematode damage on peanuts during the Georgia Peanut Tour on Wednesday at the Gibbs Farm in Tifton. CAES News
Georgia Peanut Tour 09/19/13 Clint Thompson
One of Georgia’s top agricultural commodities was showcased this week as part of an annual peanut tour throughout south Georgia.
Woolly hackberry aphid CAES News
Woolly Aphids 09/12/13 Paul Pugliese
An aphid pest that came to Georgia two decades ago has some homeowners seeing “snow” falling from their hackberry trees and cleaning sticky goo off their cars.
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
UGA Field Day 09/03/13 Clint Thompson
Cotton and peanut research will be showcased on the University of Georgia Tifton Campus on Wednesday, Sept. 11.
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.
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension horticulturist Bob Westerfield displays several pieces of lawn and garden equipment during a class on the UGA campus in Griffin, Georgia. CAES News
Small farmer workshop 08/13/13
A workshop for small-scale farmers and home gardeners interested in growing and marketing vegetables for profit is set for Sept. 20 on the University of Georgia campus in Griffin.
Spring is right around the corner, and so are spring flowers, summer vegetables and all the gardening these seasons bring. CAES News
Powdery mildew 08/07/13 Frank M. Watson
If the dogwood trees in your landscape are shedding their leaves, they may be suffering the side affects of powdery mildew.
A butterfly takes a break atop a Miss Huff Lantana bush. CAES News
Lantana lace bugs 08/06/13 William G. Tyson
The summer heat is making lantana lace bug populations boom and lantana flower blooms decline. If the pests set up residence on the popular landscape plant, they can cause plants to stop producing flowers.