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| Academy
Of The Environment Formed |
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Reducing The Chances Of
Getting Sick At School |
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| New
Technique Keeps Chickens From Overheating |
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| Root
Rot Problems In Plants And Shrubs |
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| Farmers
Square When Baling Hay |
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| Academy
Of The Environment Formed |
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An academy has been formed
at the University of Georgia to study and research important
issues concerning the environment. |
The Academy of the Environment
was launched at the university in the early two-thousands. The
academy brings together scientists and others to work on environmental
research, education, and outreach programs. Susan Varlamoff,
a program coordinator with the University of Georgia's College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences says the academy
could help the university lead the way in addressing and solving
important environmental challenges. "There are so many faculty,
we have almost three-hundred faculty signed up and we know we
can probably tap into about five-hundred faculty. That's enormous
and we feel that this possibly could be the greatest number
of faculty working on environmental issues at any university
in the country." Susan Varlamoff with the College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences. The main goal of the Academy of
the Environment is to become a model for other universities,
so they can be ready to deal with important environmental issues.
When a critical environmental issue comes up, the academy will
go to work collecting data from research, then get the information
out to the public. John Harrell, University of Georgia College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Reducing
The Chances Of Getting Sick At School |
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Parents will have to do their
part to keep germs and viruses away from their children at school. |
As children crowd the halls
and move into classrooms this new school year, germs and viruses
will also go back to school. And with each passing day, the
numbers of disease carrying germs increase rapidly. As their
numbers multiply, the chances of your children getting sick
increase. Diane Bales, a human development specialist with the
University of Georgia's College of Family and Consumer Sciences
says it appears some children are more likely to get bit by
a contagious bug at school. "Yeah, some children seem to be
more susceptible, some of it has to do with their immune system,
a lot of it has to do with how healthy they are, how well they
eat, how much exercise and sleep they get and some of it may
or may not just be what their tendencies that they're born with."
Diane Bales with the College of Family and Consumer Sciences,
who adds a healthy child starts with parents who help them build
healthy bodies at home. Illness prevention starts with good,
regular hand washing on the part of both adults and children
to cut down on the spread of germs. Good nutrition, regular
physical activity, and adequate rest are also important factors
that give a child's body a fighting chance when disease carrying
germs or viruses attack. John Harrell, University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting
from Tifton. |
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| New
Technique Keeps Chickens From Overheating |
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A lot of cool chickens don't
get overheated during the summer, thanks to college research. |
In past years, temperatures
in the upper nineties and over one-hundred degrees would kill
a lot of birds in poultry houses. During the eighties, scientists
with the University of Georgia's College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences began working with a new technique called
tunnel ventilation. "The biggest change in our houses has been
has been the implementation of our tunnel ventilation systems,
where we have large exhaust fans on one end and a nice wetted
pad on the opposite end of the house. And we pull the air down
the house very rapidly exchanging the air in about a minute
or less, and creating a nice cool breeze." That was Mike Czarick
with the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
who adds the cooling provided by tunnel ventilation can make
the temperature feel like it's in the mid to upper seventies
inside a poultry house. The new technology helps poultry producers
do a better job taking care of their birds during heat waves.
Consumers benefit because they get good quality chicken products
at a reasonable price when they go to the meat counter at supermarkets.
John Harrell, University of Georgia College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Root
Rot Problems In Plants And Shrubs |
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Many homeowners make their
plants sick by giving them too much of a good thing. |
Drought conditions across
the state have reduced disease problems in plants and shrubs.
But homeowners don't want to see their landscape gardens wilting
away in the drought. With most of the state under watering restrictions,
many people feel they must pour the water to their plants on
their days to water. But scientists with the University of Georgia's
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences say too much
water could cause the roots to rot. "One of the number one problems
is that they over-water, and because we have such a very, very
dry summer, and watering restrictions everywhere when they get
the chance to water they're going to soak those plants and that
gives the pathogens an opportunity to infect." That was Holly
Thornton with the College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences. To help local county agents or university scientists
identify a plant problem, take a close-up photograph of the
affected area of the plant. Then take a picture of the entire
plant. Take a final photograph of the plant within the entire
landscape. Place a sample in a sealable plastic bag with a dry
paper towel, and take it to your local county extension office
as early in the week as possible, so a positive diagnose can
be made as quickly as possible. John Harrell, University of
Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
reporting from Tifton. |
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| Farmers
Square When Baling Hay |
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When it comes to baling hay,
it's hip to be square in a Southeast Georgia county. |
Hay production has become
profitable for farmers in Atkinson County, due to the increase
demand from the livestock and horse industry. Beef cattle producers
prefer the large round bales while horse lovers prefer the small
square bales that weigh fifty pounds. Mark von Waldner, a county
extension agent in Atkinson County says the horse industry prefers
square hay bales for several reasons. "They want a good quality
hay bale and they want something they can handle. Some of the
horse people would probably like even a smaller bale but it's
not really economical. Fifty pounds, they like to feed it to
the horses and break it up, and the big bales are just too hard
to handle for the horse person." Mark von Waldner with the University
of Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Around thirty farmers from Atkinson and surrounding counties
took part in a quality hay production program and field day.
Producers were able to learn how to produce high quality hay,
and saw new hay baling equipment demonstrated. Since the field
day there has been an increase in newly planted acreage, soil
testing, and forage sampling. There was also an increase in
the purchase of new hay equipment, so farmers could put what
they learned to work. John Harrell, University of Georgia College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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