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| Pigeon
Pea Feeding Studies For Beef Cattle |
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Eggs Safe From Asian Bird
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| Organizing
West Central Georgia Horse Club |
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| Reducing
Pollution From Poultry Litter Runoff |
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| Neutral
Winter Weather Predicted For Georgia |
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| Pigeon
Pea Feeding Studies For Beef Cattle |
1:24 |
College scientists are conducting
feeding studies to learn more about feeding pigeon peas to beef
cattle. |
The research involved creep
feeding to learn how cattle would react when eating pigeon peas.
Gary Hill, an animal scientist with the University of Georgia's
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences says during
the study, comparisons were made to other feed sources which
involved creep feeding. "In that study, we had a controlled
group that got no creep feed at all, a second group that were
creep fed oats, and a third group that was pre-fed pigeon peas
that had been coarsely ground." Gary Hill with the College of
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Results of the study
indicate calves that were creep fed with oats had thirty-one
percent higher weight gains, compared to calves that were not
creep fed. However, calves that were creep fed pigeon peas had
a forty-nine percent improvement in weight gain, when compared
to calves not creep fed. Despite the higher rate of weight gain,
there was no significant increase in body fat on the calves.
John Harrell, University of Georgia College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Eggs
Safe From Asian Bird Flu |
1:30 |
Don't let fear of Asian bird
flu scramble your desire for eggs. |
Asian bird flu cases continue
to be restricted to Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe. Despite
no cases in the United States, some people wonder if they should
stop eating eggs. Mike Lacy, a poultry scientist with the University
of Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
emphasizes eggs are safe to eat in Georgia and the United States.
"In addition eggs in U.S. supermarkets are washed and sanitized
before being sold. The viruses that we're talking about here,
the Asian bird flu virus is very fragile. Washing and sanitizing
would destroy them. And again proper cooking of eggs also destroys
any bacteria viruses that may be on the shell or in the eggs."
Mike Lacy with the College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences, who adds if the virus is discovered, the farm is immediately
quarantined. In fact if egg laying hens catch Asian bird flu,
they let producers know something is wrong, because one of the
first symptoms is they stop laying eggs. John Harrell, University
of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
reporting from Tifton. |
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| Organizing
West Central Georgia Horse Club |
1:26 |
A West Central Georgia county
is helping young people and horses, thanks to a special project. |
Despite it's rural surroundings,
Meriwether County did not have organized activities for young
people that wanted to work with horses. In September, 2004,
several volunteers developed a plan to organize a Horse Club,
for young people and 4-H'ers in Meriwether County. Celeste Garrett,
a county extension agent in Meriwether County says horse club
members got hands on learning about proper horse care. "One
of the main things was they started going to a lot of clinics.
They had clinics on cleaning horses teeth and taking care of
their hoofs and shearing. Then we had some that went to horse
school for the first time." That was Celeste Garrett with the
University of Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences, who adds members also rode horses on two trail rides
in Meriwether County. The club also adopted a horse that needed
a lot of care. Club members helped improve the health of the
horse, and later the horse helped lift the spirits of a young
person going through difficult times. John Harrell, University
of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
reporting from Tifton. |
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| Reducing
Pollution From Poultry Litter Runoff |
1:40 |
College scientists are working
to solve a problem that concerns the poultry industry in Georgia. |
Each year, the poultry
industry in Georgia generates about two million tons of broiler
litter. Most of this litter is applied to grasslands as fertilizer.
But there are fears runoff caused by rains and irrigation could
pollute surface waters with large amounts of phosphorous from
poultry litter. Since 2004, scientists with the University of
Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
have been conducting rainfall simulation studies, that involved
aeration treatments. "By making these slits or holes in the
ground by taking cores, you actually increase the infiltration.
So as a result you get less volume of runoff, and also you increase
the probability that the runoff will interact with the soil.
When the runoff water has contact with the soil, then you have
the potential to reduce the amount of phosphorous in the runoff
because the soil absorbs phosphorous." That was Miguel Cabrera
with the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Results showed that core aeration reduced losses of inorganic
phosphorous in surface runoff by sixty-two percent. These results
suggest that the use of core aeration could have a significant
impact on water quality, especially in the Southern Piedmont
region of Central Georgia. John Harrell, University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting
from Tifton. |
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| Neutral
Winter Weather Predicted For Georgia |
1:19 |
Temperatures may go on a roller
coaster ride in Georgia this winter, with a lot of ups and downs. |
Georgian's have experienced
a warmer than normal fall in 2005, as well as dry, with very
little rainfall. As winter and the end of the year approach,
many people are wondering if these above normal temperatures
will continue. Pam Knox the Assistant State Climatologist at
the University of Georgia says the weather pattern for the state
this winter should be neutral. When this happens, expect a lot
of temperature changes. "We'll get more periods with Northerly
winds, more periods with Southerly winds, in other words, more
day to day change in the weather than we might in a year when
El Nino is a factor. And that means we'll probably have some
good cold outbreaks this winter but it also means we should
also see some good warm days as well." Pam Knox with the College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. A neutral weather
pattern also means rainfall should be near normal in North and
Central Georgia, but the winter could be slightly drier than
normal in South Georgia. John Harrell, University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting
from Tifton. |
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