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A red maple tree blooms on the campus of the University of Georgia Mountain Research and Education Center in Blairsville, Ga. CAES News
Adding shade 11/01/12 Frank M. Watson
The glaring summer heat may have you convinced to add more shade to your landscape. Fall is the perfect time to plant trees to create that needed shade.
2012 World Food Prize Laureate and UGA CAES alumnus Daniel Hillel will deliver the 2012 DW Brooks Lecture on Nov. 8. CAES News
Daniel Hillel 10/15/12 Merritt Melancon
Daniel Hillel, the 2012 World Food Prize Laureate and a 1950 graduate of the University of Georgia, spent the better part of his career perfecting arid- land farming methods in Israel and sharing them with farmers across the Middle East, Africa and parts of Asia. On Nov. 8, Hillel will return to Athens to deliver the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences’ 2012 D.W. Brooks Lecture at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
Tax deadline is April 15. UGA Extension offers help to citizens filing returns. CAES News
Tax exemption workshop 10/10/12
Sweeping changes were approved in last year’s House Bill 386 that exempt inputs used in agricultural production from Georgia sales tax collections. For certified producers or farmers this means most of the items they buy to use in agricultural production will be sales tax exempt beginning in 2013.
A twig girdler chews on a branch. CAES News
Twig munchers 10/09/12 Jule-Lynne Macie
If something appears to be chewing off the ends of tree branches in your landscape, that something is most likely a twig girdler.
Locations of existing food hubs and projects or working groups that are trying to develop food hubs in Georgia as of October 2012. CAES News
Georgia's food hubs 10/05/12 Merritt Melancon
A survey of local food hubs in Georgia found that the state already has some working models for providing local produce for growing local markets.
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Conservation class 09/27/12
A classroom and field workshop focusing on how to develop a conservation reserve program plan is set for Oct. 23, 2012 on the University of Georgia campus in Tifton, Ga. The class is part of the Conservation Reserve Program Readiness Initiative (CRPRI) and is co-sponsored by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Jack Huang holds a jar of water for a research project on the UGA campus located in Griffin, GA. CAES News
Chemical cleanup 09/19/12 Sharon Dowdy
Perfluorinated chemicals keep eggs from sticking to frying pans, protect furniture from spills and help firefighters fight blazes, but studies now show that some of these chemicals—particularly the ones used to fight fires—are also toxic to laboratory animals in varying amounts.
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Agricultural leadership 09/13/12 Merritt Melancon
Organizers of the agricultural leadership program Advancing Georgia’s Leaders in Agriculture have chosen 22 professionals from across the state to participate in the program’s inaugural class.
Rows of cover crops being grown for research at UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences organic research and demonstration farm in Watkinsville. CAES News
Fall Cover Crops 08/30/12 Merritt Melancon
Cover crops may be your secret weapon to a better harvest next spring. Any gardener who was disappointed in their corn, tomato or squash harvests this summer might want to start planning for next summer’s crop now by thinking about planting cover crops.