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Ryan Crowe debones a chuck at the University of Georgia Meat Science Technology Center on the campus in Athens. Students learn all about meat processing, from harvest to the table, and the public can purchase high quality meats. CAES News
Students learn the process, public gets high quality products at UGA meat center 12/15/14 Matt Chambers
A fully functional harvesting and processing facility, the University of Georgia Meat Science Technology Center is used to facilitate teaching, research and outreach at the university while harvesting and processing 100-140 cattle, 240 hogs and 30 sheep annually.
Kavi, a 13-year-old male Sumatran tiger, traveled back to Zoo Atlanta in March 2014 after nearly two years at Smithsonian's National Zoological Park. ( CAES News
UGA researchers work to develop stem cell bank for Sumatran tiger, clouded leopard 12/03/14 Charlene Betourney
Less than four years ago, the University of Georgia's Franklin West, an assistant professor, and Steven Stice, director of the Regenerative Bioscience Center, contacted Zoo Atlanta about the possibility of producing a bank of stem cells from two species in danger of extinction: the Sumatran tiger and the clouded leopard.
Laura Perry Johnson is associate dean for Extension in the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. CAES News
Perry Johnson to head UGA Extension 11/24/14 J. Faith Peppers
J. Scott Angle, dean and director of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, announced today that Laura Perry Johnson will become the Associate Dean of Extension beginning Jan. 1, 2015.
Rows of forage sorghum regrowth after the first cutting. CAES News
UGA dairy scientist studying benefits of forage sorghum as supplemental feed for dairy cattle 11/19/14 Clint Thompson

University of Georgia researchers are researching drought-tolerant, alternative forages for the state’s dairy producers to help safeguard their feed supply and save money.

Pictured are dairy cattle on the UGA Tifton Campus. CAES News
Margin Protection Program educational session for dairymen slated 11/06/14
To help Georgia dairymen understand new regulations handed down by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), University of Georgia Extension has scheduled an educational session for Tuesday, Nov. 18, at the McGill Woodruff Agricultural Center in Washington, Ga.
Green acorns lie beneath a tree on the University of Georgia campus in Tifton, Ga. Many species of wildlife can eat acorns with no ill effects, but cows can contract acorn poisoning from eating too many - especially the green ones. CAES News
Lack of pasture grass may lead cattle to feed on dangerous green acorns 10/29/14 Frank M. Watson
Squirrels, birds and small wildlife are known to dine on acorns. Cows, on the other hand, can eat a few acorns, but too many can cause deadly acorn—or “Quercus”—poisoning.