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| Teaching
Young Children Money Management |
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Slight Increase In Food
Prices Predicted |
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| Acid
Rain Being Studied In Georgia |
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| Growing
Tomatoes In Gardens Harder |
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| South
Georgia County Fights Carrot Disease |
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| Teaching
Young Children Money Management |
1:30 |
Children need to be taught
the financial facts of life at an early age. |
Most young children believe
money grows on trees. When someone gives them money, it burns
a hole in their pockets, and they can't wait to spend it. Patrice
Dollar, a family financial management specialist with the University
of Georgia Extension Service says teaching kids the value of
money can be a difficult challenge. She adds an allowance can
be one of the best techniques for teaching young children about
money. "When you give them that allowance set some guidelines
some criteria in terms of what they should follow. A portion
should be set aside for savings, a portion set aside for sharing,
a portion set aside for spending so that they don't spend everything."
Patrice Dollar with the College of Family and Consumer Sciences,
who adds it's not too early to begin teaching some children
money management at the age of five The university specialist
goes on to say allowances should not be given based on good
grades and chores, since chores are their responsibility as
a member of the family, and they should know the importance
of making good grades. John Harrell, University of Georgia College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Slight
Increase In Food Prices Predicted |
1:40 |
Consumers should notice a slight
increase in food prices at grocery stores this year. |
The food price index showed
a three percent increase in food prices last year. John McKissick,
an agricultural economist with the University of Georgia Extension
Service says the food price increase should be about the same
in 2004. He adds the increased popularity of low carbohydrate
diets will have an effect on certain food prices. "Yeah the
Atkins diet, or the high protein diets have already had a tremendous
impact on meat prices for instance beef prices have been higher
then they would have otherwise been for the last several years,
primarily because of the popularity of the Atkins diet, or high
protein diets." John McKissick with the College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences. Since the demand for high-carbohydrate
foods such as pasta and breads is softer, prices for these foods
may drop slightly. If energy and fuel prices go up, so does
the inflation rate. But most experts figure food prices will
run slightly behind the overall rate of inflation in 2004. John
Harrell, University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Acid
Rain Being Studied In Georgia |
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College scientists have been
studying the rain that falls in Georgia. |
The site was set up during
the late seventies in Pike County, in North Central Georgia.
It is now part of a 250-site network run by the National Atmospheric
Deposition Program. Jerry Walker, a scientist with the University
of Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
says by measuring and analyzing the rain, we can determine its
long-term effects on agricultural crops, forests, and the environment.
He adds the research has allowed them to learn about the acid
content in the rain, as well as other compounds that fall with
the rain. "They've got a pretty good handle on not only just
the PH but other compounds that come down in the rain, for example
mercury. They know now pretty much what the mercury levels are
even in the Great Lakes." Jerry Walker with the College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences, who adds acid rain is not a major
problem in Georgia. Walker goes on to say acid rain is worse
in the Northeast and Midwest, because of the emission of gasses
from power plants that burn coal for fuel. John Harrell, University
of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
reporting from Tifton. |
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| Growing
Tomatoes In Gardens Harder |
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Gardeners that like to grow
tomatoes will find the growing tougher. |
The tomato spotted wilt
virus, which has hit peanuts and tobacco hard the last several
years, is now making it harder to grow those red, juicy tomatoes
in home gardens. Terry Kelly, a horticulturist with the University
of Georgia Extension Service says the virus has the potential
to completely wipe out tomatoes in a garden. "It wasn't nearly
as much of a problem last year as it has been in some of the
previous years. But in recent years often times gardeners have
lost their entire tomato crop to tomato spotted wilt virus."
Terry Kelley with the College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences. Garden tomatoes can still be grown in Georgia, but
it will require some changes. The university scientist says
the best way to control tomato spotted wilt virus is to grow
resistant varieties. A few of these varieties are now on the
market, but the resistant seedlings may be hard to find at local
garden centers. John Harrell, University of Georgia College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton.
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| Soth
Georgia County Fights Carrot Disease |
1:33 |
A South Georgia county is
conducting tests in a carrot field to solve a serious disease
problem. |
For the past several years,
farmers in Echols County have expressed an interest in growing
carrots. However, losses from a fungal pathogen called alternaria
discouraged growers from growing carrots. Russ Hamlin, a county
extension agent in Echols County says the disease causes a lot
of problems in a carrot field. "Because it burns back the foliage
of the carrot, it keeps the mechanical equipment from being
able to pick the carrots out of the ground, so yeah, it's a
devastating disease." Russ Hamlin with the College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences. Results from on-farm test plot research
in Echols County found two fungicides could be combined to land
a one-two punch to alternaria. Using the knowledge gained from
this study in South Georgia may save up to $200,000 a year on
future carrot crops. John Harrell, University of Georgia College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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