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| Children
Learn About Water Management |
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Good Cattle Market Prices
Should Continue |
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| Students
Improve Their Money Management |
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| New
Fungicide Helps Vegetable Growers |
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| County
Workers Learn Landscape Management Skills |
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| Children
Learn About Water Management |
1:34 |
Children in a Southeast Georgia
county are learning several wet lesson about the importance
of water. |
As the population grows,
more clean water will be needed for farms, factories, and homes.
Last summer, around twenty children in Bacon County, from grades
four through six, took part in a one-day class to learn about
this precious resource. Ann Wildes, a county extension agent
in Bacon County says a popular topic was learning how a tall
water tank operates. "Quite interested in that because that's
the type water we use hear in Bacon County. We get all our fresh
water from wells, deep wells here and the use of the water tower,
most of the children had seen them all their lives including
myself and really did not understand how they worked." Ann Wildes
with the University of Georgia's College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences. The children also learned about the
unique properties of water, and how to identify hazardous waste
in the home. The class also included a tour of the local waste-water
treatment plant. Plans are underway for another one-day class
for young children in Bacon County on proper water management
during the summer of 2005. John Harrell, University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting
from Tifton. |
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| Good
Cattle Market Prices Should Continue |
1:38 |
Good market prices for cattle
should continue into the summer. |
Prices have recovered nicely
after the report of a case of Mad Cow Disease caused them to
drop last winter. Curt Lacy, an agricultural economist with
the University of Georgia Extension Service says diets that
encourage people to eat a lot of beef have increased the demand
for beef products. "Yeah, demand for beef has really increased
in the last several years I believe since 1998, we've seen demand
increase almost twenty percent since 1998. A lot of this is
due to your low carbohydrate diets, specifically the Adkins
and South Beach diets and some of those others." Curt Lacy with
the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, who
adds prices are higher now than they were in the same month
last year. The university economist predicts these good prices
should continue the rest of this year well into 2005. Several
factors, including a disease outbreak in cattle, and a bad corn
crop could cause prices to drop. John Harrell, University of
Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
reporting from Tifton. |
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| Students
Improve Their Money Management |
1:27 |
A recent survey indicated
students are doing a better job managing their finances. |
This past April results
of a nationwide survey showed for the first time since the late
nineties, students are demonstrating a moderate gain of financial
management. Patrice Dollar, a family financial management specialist
with the University of Georgia Extension Service says this means
both parents and schools are doing a better job teaching students
the facts of financial management. "And we know that a combination
of both efforts should help students learn about financial management
that means parents and schools working together should be able
to help students learn about financial management by education."
Patrice Dollar with the College of Family and Consumer Sciences.
Despite the improved scores, the total mission is not accomplished.
The national average score was 53.3 percent, which means there's
still a long way to go before a passing grade of sixty percent
is reached. John Harrell, University of Georgia College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| New
Fungicide Helps Vegetable Growers |
1:30 |
Commercial vegetable growers
now have a fighting chance against a destructive disease. |
Farmers growing watermelons,
cucumbers, and cantaloupes have lost yields and money to the
disease gummy stem blight. Management options for this disease
include rotation, deep turning of the soil, proper irrigation
timing, and fungicide applications. Recently, scientists with
the University of Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences found a fungicide called pristine would fight back,
and hit the disease hard. "And in our trials here in Georgia
pristine significantly suppressed gummy stem blight compared
to all the labeled options that we have now, it's probably one
of the better materials we've tested so far." That was David
Langston with the College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences , who adds the new fungicide is on the market, but
supplies are limited. Most growers that have used pristine are
encouraged by the results, since it gives them a chance to land
a knockout punch to gummy stem blight. John Harrell, University
of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
reporting from Tifton. |
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| County
Workers Learn Landscape Management Skills |
1:27 |
A Northeast Georgia County
provides its workers basic skills many people overlook. |
County and city workers
in Rabun County did not have adequate training in landscape
management. So a class was developed for all government workers
in Rabun County, that covered all aspects of maintaining a landscape.
Jeff Aaron, a county extension agent in Rabun County says many
of the workers did not know how to prune shrubs properly. "Things
were kind of getting butchered up and not being cared for the
way they needed to folks were trying to control the size of
certain plants by pruning which is something that you can't
do, so we put together the class to help them understand the
different types of pruning techniques, how they can prune, and
when was the appropriate time to prune." Jeff Aaron with the
University of Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences. The training began two years ago, and now a training
session is held once a year during the winter months, so city
and county workers can do their part to keep the landscape in
Rabun County clean and beautiful. John Harrell, University of
Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
reporting from Tifton. |
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