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Pot of pansies on display at the Home Depot store in Griffin, Ga. CAES News
Pansy planting
Planting pansies is one of the easiest ways to add color to your landscape. There are several things to do to keep them looking bold and beautiful throughout the fall and winter months.
There were almost 800,000 acres of peanuts grown in Georgia in 2015. CAES News
Peanut Production
Georgia peanut farmers enjoyed a record-breaking crop in 2012. A repeat this year, however, is unlikely according to University of Georgia Extension peanut agronomist John Beasley
The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and Georgia Southern University will host the 2013 International Agribusiness Conference and Expo on Sept. 25-26 in Savannah, Ga., and will provide participants with information on what markets are open to their products, how to export their goods and what exporting can do for their bottom lines CAES News
International Agribusiness Conference and Expo
Gov. Nathan Deal will address the importance of international trade to the economic well-being of the state at the inaugural International Agribusiness Conference and Expo on Wednesday, Sept. 25-26, at 3:30 p.m
The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and Georgia Southern University will host the 2013 International Agribusiness Conference and Expo on Sept. 25-26 in Savannah, Ga., and will provide participants with information on what markets are open to their products, how to export their goods and what exporting can do for their bottom lines CAES News
International Agribusiness Conference and Expo
Gov. Nathan Deal will address the importance of international trade to the economic well-being of the state at the inaugural International Agribusiness Conference and Expo on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 3:30 p.m.
University of Georgia President Jere Morehead, left, and Terry England, chairman of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, examine some plants during their tour of the Lewis Taylor Farms in Tifton on Wednesday. CAES News
President Morehead Tour
University of Georgia President Jere Morehead assumed his presidential post on July 1. Long before, however, President Morehead expressed a desire to learn more about agriculture, the state’s No. 1 industry.
An unmanned aerial vehicle system is demonstrated at the Sunbelt Expo in Moultrie on Sept. 4. CAES News
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Unmanned aerial vehicles could soon be a soaring success for Georgia farmers.
Associate Dean for Academics Josef Broder stands with CAES Agricultural D.C. Fellows Valerie Noles, Rebecca Rykard, Heather Hatzenbuhler, William Moses and Lee Lister at the capital during summer 2013. CAES News
D.C. Fellows
With immigration reform, the farm bill and student loan negotiations making headlines this summer, the six University of Georgia students who spent the summer in Washington as College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences D.C. Ag Fellows were extremely busy.
Participants of the CAES Global Food and Trade Study Abroad program in China. 

Pictured at The National Tea Museum Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province China.

L-R (Back Row), Christopher Cole Crawford, Dr. Glen Ames, Charnae Ross, Tea Professor from Tea Museum, Dr. Yao-wen Huang, David Rospond

L-R (Front Row) Xiameng Wu, XX (student from Shanghai Ocean University), Grace Melo Guerrero and Lauren Hudson CAES News
China trade
As one the United State’s largest trading partners, and a major consumer of Georgia agricultural products — like poultry and pecans — China is apt to play a major role in the future of food production. A group of University of Georgia students gained a better understanding of how the world's second largest economy ticks and the symbiosis of the U.S. and Chinese food industry during a study abroad there.
The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and Georgia Southern University will host the 2013 International Agribusiness Conference and Expo on Sept. 25-26 in Savannah, Ga., and will provide participants with information on what markets are open to their products, how to export their goods and what exporting can do for their bottom lines CAES News
International Agribusiness Conference and Expo
While the Port of Savannah is already No. 2 in the nation for export tons, the Georgia Ports Authority hopes to double its capacity within the next decade. That’s good news for Georgia farmers.
The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and Georgia Southern University will host the 2013 International Agribusiness Conference and Expo on Sept. 25-26 in Savannah, Ga., and will provide participants with information on what markets are open to their products, how to export their goods and what exporting can do for their bottom lines CAES News
International Agribusiness Conference and Expo
With agricultural products being among the state’s top exports, University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and the Georgia Southern University Division of Continuing Education are teaming up to help farmers and businesses learn how to capitalize on the growing export market.