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Judges in the preliminary round of the University of Georgia's Flavor of Georgia Food Product Development Contest have chosen 33 products from around Georgia to compete in the final round of the competition. CAES News
Georgia’s top food product contest ready for another year of delicious food and friendly competition
University of Georgia Flavor of Georgia Food Product Contest registration opens Nov. 1.
Uprooted pecan tree in Tift County due to Hurricane Michael.

10-11-18 CAES News
Important agriculture disaster assistance meeting to be held at UGA-Tifton
Hurricane Michael caused more than $2 billion losses to Georgia agriculture, the state's No. 1 industry.
Johnson Collins, of Jasper, Georgia, spent 12 weeks this summer working in the office of Sen. Johnny Isakson as part of the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Congressional Agricultural Fellowship program. CAES News
UGA student Johnson Collins's time in the U.S. capital helped chart her path ahead
UGA Tifton campus senior learns about life and legislation during her 12 weeks in D.C.
Corn is harvested on the UGA Tifton Campus on August 11, 2016. CAES News
Some Georgia farmers harvesting corn later this year
Rainy spring delayed planting and growth of corn crop for Georgia producers.
Aspiring grape grower Rachel Crow and wine science aficionado Joe Adams examine grape vines at Stonepile Vineyards in Clarkesville, Georgia, during the inaugural UGA Cooperative Extension Viticulture Team Vineyard Tour. CAES News
Georgia vineyards prepare for wine grape harvest next month
Georgia wine growers open up their vineyards for early August farm tour.
Greg Fonsah (left), University of Georgia Tifton campus professor, will lead Auxence Muhigwa Akonkwa, a Fellow visiting UGA-Tifton from the Democratic Republic of Congo, in banana research. Akonkwa is taking part in Fonsah's research through the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders program. CAES News
UGA-Tifton hosts young Mandela Washington Fellow from Democratic Republic of Congo
While at UGA-Tifton, Auxence Muhigwa Akonkwa will participate in UGA Professor Greg Fonsah's banana research, attend field days, and develop business plans and economic analyses.