Nick Place

UGA Grand Farm is welcoming proposals from startups, corporations and industry leaders interested in exploring trials, demos and research partnerships at our working innovation farm in Perry, Georgia. 🔗 ugacaes.org/4rUVvry

It's official! Dean Place is the 2025 @sunbeltagexpo Cow Milking Champion! 🐮🏆 -- @GaDeptAg

Precision agriculture innovator Liang Dong is set to become the @universityofga's newest Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, effective Aug. 1, and will serve as associate director for research at the Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture.

The @Delta Air Lines Foundation has committed $5 million to our hospitality and food industry management program, the second-fastest growing undergraduate major at @universityofga with a 335% growth rate since 2019. 🔗 bit.ly/4lRGof1 -- @HfimUga

Wayne‑Sanderson Farms has committed $2M to UGA’s Poultry Science Building, naming the student lobby and helping create a space for collaboration, innovation, and student engagement in poultry science🐓 Learn more about this transformational gift: godaw.gs/ah8r50W8WZT

🌱 Innovation is taking root at UGA Grand Farm! At the groundbreaking of our 250-acre innovation farm in Perry, members of our Precision Horticulture Lab and partners across the country showed off the new technologies shaping the future of agriculture. 🔗 bit.ly/4k9QUxu

Congratulations, Class of 2025! 🎓 #UGAGrad

🔬 🌳 Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar Chair in Crop Genomics C. Robin Buell has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3ESvxS4 -- @theNASciences

Friday was a great day celebrating all of our work on UGA Grand Farm. So excited to continue this project to support our state's No. 1 industry with @TheGrandFarm!

🌾 Our 2025 annual report is officially live. Discover all the ways CAES is making an impact across Georgia and around the globe. 🔗 bit.ly/3Yhe5gA

By quantity of production, Georgia dominates the U.S. agriculture market. Ranking No. 1 in pecan production, No. 3 in blueberry production, and No. 8 in peach production, we're a national leader in agriculture and agricultural innovation. 🔗 bit.ly/4jWDEf6

It's Dawg Day of Giving here at @universityofga! Your gifts to the @UGA_CollegeofAg Dean's Promise Fund make it possible for students to learn outside the classroom through study abroad, internships, and research opportunities. Join me in supporting our students by giving TODAY!

UGA needs YOU! Dawg Day of Giving is a 24-hour challenge to support students, research, and programs. Every gift makes an impact, so give today at givingday.uga.edu.

“Year after year, the University of Georgia continues to attract incredibly talented students who arrive on campus ready to embrace their role as future leaders." - President Jere W. Morehead t.uga.edu/4ibWSgz

United States Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins recently visited Iron Horse Farm to hear from producers, agricultural leaders, and commodity representatives about the issues they're facing in agriculture today. We were glad to share how @UGA_CollegeofAg and @UGAExtension work hard every day to support Georgia agriculture!

Happy first day of spring, Bulldogs!

The U.S. Farm Bill affects everyone — not just farmers. UGA Extension agricultural economist and agricultural and applied economics faculty member Amanda Smith breaks down some of the most common questions on this complex legislation here: bit.ly/4kG03P6 -- #GaAgWeek2025

A record-breaking 173 products were entered into the 2025 Flavor of Georgia Food Product Contest, and first-round judges have selected 37 to advance. Check out all the Georgia-based food products headed towards the final round on April 17. 🔗 bit.ly/3RmQYwZ

Go Dawgs! UGA received nearly 48,000 total applications for the Class of 2029, an increase of almost 5,000 from last year and a new institutional record. More than 15,800 students were accepted for the upcoming fall semester. UGA accepted students from all 50 states plus Washington, D.C. Admitted students from Georgia represent 154 of the state’s 159 counties — six more than last year — highlighting the importance of UGA’s in-state recruiting efforts. The overall acceptance rate is currently a competitive 33%. t.uga.edu/4ibWSgz

Andres Villegas knows a thing or two about trees, and he wants you to know them as well! Throughout his career in the agriculture and forestry industry, Andres BSA ’98, has become an advocate and bridge builder connecting rural and urban communities through sustainable food and fiber products. t.uga.edu/3FjysCZ