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USDA and University of Georgia Break Ground on New Agriculture Research Facility in Tifton, Georgia

Dan February 21, 2024 Education, Georgia, Research, USDA-ARS

(USDA-ARS/TIFTON, Georgia, Feb. 21, 2024) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA/ARS) and the University of Georgia (UGA) College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) hosted a groundbreaking ceremony today for the new state-of-the-art research facility housing the Southeast Watershed Research Laboratory and the Crop Genetics and Breeding Research Unit. This new research facility will include a new 31,000 square foot building …

CRDF Board Passes Preliminary Budget and Funds Projects
During its April meeting, the Citrus Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) board of directors passed its preliminary budget for the next fiscal year. It allows $1.4 million in new project funding. “This amount should be enough to fund the projects the board wishes to fund from our primary request for proposals, which are aimed at […]
Where to Watch for Diaprepes Root Weevil
By Larry Duncan Prior to the introduction of citrus greening disease in Florida, certain conventions applied to the occurrence and impact of diaprepes root weevil in groves across the state. The abundance and damage potential of this major pest were greatest in some Flatwoods habitats, such as parts of the inland East Coast where newly […]