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Palmar amaranth, also called pigweed, dominates a cotton research plot on the University of Georgia Tifton campus June 23, 2010. CAES News
Pigweed problem 07/01/10 Brad Haire
Several years ago, pigweed found the weakness and breached the defense that Georgia cotton growers used to control it. It now threatens to knock them out, or at least the ones who want to make money.
UGA poultry science professor Mark Compton teaches high school students how to tie a surgeon's knot. CAES News
Avian adventures 07/01/10 Stephanie Schupska
The chicken was out cold when Brooke Chrisley tied her first surgeon’s knot. Her fellow students occasionally gently pinched the bird’s toe to make sure it was still anesthetized.
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School shopping 06/17/10 April Reese Sorrow, Sharon Dowdy
Without a tax-free holiday for school shopping in 2010, it is more important than ever for parents to shop smart this year.
J. Scott Angle, dean and director of the University of Georgia College of Agriculture and Environmental Science. CAES News
New Farm Bill 05/27/10 J. Scott Angle
World population is swelling like a slow-moving tidal wave. In the past decade, the world’s population increased by almost 1 billion. Within the next four decades, experts expect the wave to grow by 50 percent, increasing to 9.4 billion people.
Local, state and national officials ceremonially broke ground May 3 at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus for the Agriculture Energy Innovation Center, which will be the centerpiece of an initiative to find ways to create energy-saving strategies or technologies that can be applied in a real-world way on a farm. CAES News
Energy innovations 05/06/10 Brad Haire
Farmers want to do things efficiently. It makes sound business sense. Ground was ceremonially broken in Tifton, Ga., May 3 for a center to help them produce and use energy more efficiently on the farm.
Steaks on the grill. CAES News
Meat Prices 04/29/10 April Reese Sorrow
In the past two years, consumers have witnessed record-high and rock-bottom food prices. Now, along with the economy, prices are picking up. Increases in demand are driving consumer meat prices higher.
GAEMN weather station on the Stripling Irrigation Park in Camilla, Ga. CAES News
Closing station would be detrimental 04/22/10 Sharon Dowdy
Farmers rely on the most up-to-date local weather information to make the best decisions on when to plant or make other decisions for their crops. Without that knowledge, they can lose money, says a University of Georgia economist.
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Go Green 04/22/10 April Reese Sorrow
Going green can do more than preserve the environment, says a University of Georgia financial expert. It can save you a lot of money, too.
Headshot of Jeff Dorfman....2004 CAES News
Rising from recession 04/14/10 Jeffrey H. Dorfman
The recession ended in spring/summer 2009, but who can tell? The U.S. government hasn’t officially declared the recession over, but graphs put out by the Federal Reserve Board clearly show the recession ended last summer. While the recession is almost surely over for economists, most people are sure they are still in it.