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Young, immature pecan trees are seen at the Ponder Farm on the UGA Tifton Campus on Jan. 5, 2016. CAES News
UGA research trials show that added nitrogen is not required for first-year pecan trees
Pecan specialist debunks theory of first-year pecan trees needing excess nitrogen.
CAES News
Demand for agriculture graduates on the rise across the nation, USDA reports
The number of jobs in the food and fiber industry outweigh the number of ag graduates.
Purdue University Dean of Agriculture Jay T. Akridge,
chairman of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities' Commission on Food, Environment, and Renewable Resources Policy, congratulates CAES Professor Terence Centner along with CAES Interim Dean Josef Broder at the APLU annual meeting in November. CAES News
University of Georgia Agricultural Economics Professor Recognized by the APLU for Excellence in Teaching
Professor Terence Centner honored by Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.
The 2016 Ag Forecast sessions will be held on Thursday, Jan. 21, at the Carroll County Ag Center in Carrollton; Friday, Jan. 22, at Unicoi State Park in Cleveland; Monday, Jan. 25, at the Cloud Livestock Facility in Bainbridge; Tuesday, Jan. 26, at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center in Tifton; Wednesday, Jan. 27, at the Blueberry Warehouse in Alma; and Friday, Jan. 29, at the Georgia Farm Bureau Building in Macon. CAES News
UGA Ag Forecast series to be held across Georgia Jan. 21-29
Registration now open for UGA Ag Forecast in Carrollton, Cleveland, Bainbridge, Tifton, Alma and Macon.
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Flavor of Georgia to host 10th annual celebration of Georgia's tastiest food products
Registration is now open for UGA's 2016 Flavor of Georgia Food Product Contest.
Walter Ondicho Moturi, Emmanuellah Lekete, Marina Aferiba Tandoh and Yamin Kabir are studying in the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and College of Family and Consumer Sciences as part of the Borlaug Higher Education for Agricultural Research and Development fellowship program. CAES News
Borlaug Higher Education for Agricultural Research and Development fellows pursue Norman Borlaug's legacy at UGA
International agricultural scientists come to UGA to help advance food security around the world.