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| Wheat
Prices Move Up In Late 2006 |
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Farmers Smiling At Soybean
Market Prices |
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| Teaching
Children The Importance Of Giving |
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| Learning
About Animal Agriculture |
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| Helping
Young Hurricane Katrina Victims |
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| Wheat
Prices Move Up In Late 2006 |
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Georgia's wheat farmers are
thankful for higher market prices. |
2006 has been a tough year
for wheat farmers in the state. Below normal rainfall, and blistering
summer heat reduced yields. Dollars and budgets were also stretched
by soaring fuel prices, and other expenses. But farmers got
some end of the year good news regarding wheat market prices,
according to an agricultural economist with the University of
Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
"For wheat, prices are still quite attractive, in and around
the $4.00 range on cash contracts, while July futures have been
as high as $5.00 per bushel. These prices are the highest for
wheat since the 1997 crop year." That was Nathan Smith with
the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, who
adds market prices have gone up in response to a shorter supply
of hard winter wheat in the nation. Despite an increase in soft
winter wheat production in the state, university ag economists
expect wheat prices to remain good because of several problems
with soft winter wheat in the Mid-west and the plains. Wheat
farmers can also help 2007 get off to a positive start by forward
pricing part of next year's crop, so they can lock in these
good market prices. John Harrell, University of Georgia College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Farmers
Smiling At Soybean Market Prices |
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Santa is bringing soybean farmers
higher market prices this holiday season. |
Farmers have been giving
soybeans the cold shoulder in recent years. Acreage has gone
down, as growers planted other crops in hopes of making a profit.
But an agricultural economist with the University of Georgia's
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences says farmers
should see some higher market prices for soybeans, in time for
Christmas. "We are now in the $7.00 range and exports have been
increasing over last year. The fundamentals for soybeans are
not as good as the corn and wheat markets, but fear of losing
soybean acres to corn has helped prop up prices." That was Nathan
Smith with the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
who adds market prices for corn, wheat, and soybeans reach these
levels only ten to fifteen percent of the time. This means farmers
need to take advantage of these high prices now, by forward
pricing a portion of their 2007 soybean crop, so they can reap
higher paychecks next year. John Harrell, University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting
from Tifton. |
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| Teaching
Children The Importance Of Giving |
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It's important for children
to learn the true spirit of the holidays is giving. |
After Thanksgiving, many
children begin counting down the days until Christmas. They
also get busy making their list and checking it twice, before
they mail it off to the North Pole. But a state coordinator
with the University of Georgia's College of Family and Consumer
Sciences says the holidays can also be a time to teach children
the importance of giving. She adds this includes giving to the
community, as well as family members, because the needs of communities
are not restricted to November and December. "November and December,
just a couple of months out of the year. There are people in
need, people who need our care and our attention twelve months
out of the year. So by planting the seed during November and
December with our children and reminding ourselves during November
and December, so during the next ten months that we actively
engage in our communities." That was Sharon Gibson with the
College of Family and Consumer Sciences. Opportunities to give
are not limited to community soup kitchens. Churches, temples,
and other religious groups have a network for giving. For those
wanting to make a monetary contribution, look for bill funds,
which are set up to help people struggling to pay their bills.
John Harrell, University of Georgia College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Learning
About Animal Agriculture |
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Some first grade students in
South Georgia received a live, close-up learning experience
about animal agriculture. |
Most children are familiar
with cows, hogs, sheep, and horses that roam across farms. But
a lot of children don't know about the hard work involved. In
Tift County, about six-hundred first grade students took part
in the Animal Sciences Field Day, at the University of Georgia's
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Tifton Campus
this year. Joe West, a scientist with the University of Georgia's
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences says the
Field Day is not limited to dairy cows and milk. "Demonstrations
on dairy, on beef cattle, aquaculture, horses, and sheep. So
we try to give them just a snap shot of just how comprehensive
and interesting the animal industries are." Joe West with the
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sceinces. While at
the field day, the first graders take part in ten science based
demonstrations. Then they work on follow-up activities when
they return to the classroom. Teachers, school administrators,
and parents in Tift County say the Animal Sciences Field Day
is a tremendous success, because it helps teach students the
importance of the animal sciences at a young age. John Harrell,
University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Helping
Young Hurricane Katrina Victims |
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Two Southeast Georgia counties
are helping children in Mississippi, as they continue to pick
up the pieces left by Hurricane Katrina. |
Over one year after Hurricane
Katrina roared ashore, people along the Mississippi coast are
sill a long way from a normal lifestyle. In Pass Christian,
a community along the Mississippi Gulf coast, all the schools
and public library were destroyed. To help students in the Pass
Christian Middle School heal from the devastation, 4-H'ers in
Bacon and Appling Counties began a yearbook project. Ann Wildes,
a county extension agent in Bacon County says 4-H'ers collected
money, to help provide Middle School students in Pass Christian
a yearbook.. "Most of the kids in that school lost their homes,
lost everything. And they had this idea that if enough folks
were interested we could actually help provide them a yearbook
free of charge, sometimes we take for granted how much a class
ring or a yearbook could mean to a child when they've lost everything.
And from there we were able to help, along with the Appling
County Middle School, provide yearbooks free of charge for those
kids." Ann Wildes with the University of Georgia's College of
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Over one-thousand dollars
was collected by 4-H'ers in Bacon and Appling Counties, so Middle
School Students in Pass Christian, Mississippi could receive
a special, free 2006 yearbook John Harrell, University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting
from Tifton. |
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