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cracked pecans CAES News
Pecan Production 10/30/13 Clint Thompson
Increased rainfall in the summer opened the door to disease and drastically lowered individual size and quantity of pecans produced in Georgia this year.
Calvin Perry, superintendent of the Stripling Irrigation Research Park, speaks to area 4-H students during 4H20 Camp this past summer. CAES News
Stripling Irrigation Research Park 10/22/13 Clint Thompson
The C.M. Stripling Irrigation Research Park has won a top award for its Smart Irrigation Month campaign this summer.
Cotton is harvested Nov, 1, 2005 at the Durden Farms Candler County near Metter, Ga. CAES News
Crop update 09/24/13 Robert C Kemerait Jr
Weather played a significant role in the types of diseases that have been found on Georgia crops this season. Rainfall delayed harvest in some cotton and soybean fields and brought diseases to peanuts, cotton and corn fields. Cooler temperatures, however, kept at least one peanut mold at bay.
UGA researchers and an Athens-based citizen scientist have identified the largest mushroom species in the Western Hemisphere growing in Athens. Macrocybe titans was previously only found in tropical and subtropical climates. CAES News
Giant Mushrooms 09/18/13 Merritt Melancon
With mushroom caps that can be as large as trashcan lids, the gigantic fungus Macrocybe titans looks like something from outer space, but it may be popping up soon in a lawn near you.
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Bat removal 08/28/13 Frank M. Watson
If you have bats in your belfry, or your attic, now is the time to remove them before they hibernate in your home for the winter.
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.
With many areas of the state received more than eight inches of rain during the month, July was another abnormally wet and cool month in Georgia. CAES News
July 2013 Climate 08/09/13 Pam Knox
With many areas of the state receiving more than eight inches of rain during the month, July was another abnormally wet and cool month in Georgia.
Mobile applications are a way for farmers to identify unwanted pests in their fields. CAES News
Smart phone apps 08/02/13 Clint Thompson
Is there an unwanted insect or plant on your farm or in your garden that you don’t recognize? The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has an app for that.
Target spot on cotton CAES News
Soggy fields 07/31/13 Robert C Kemerait Jr
Rain may be a good thing, but too much of a good thing can become a problem for Georgia farmers.