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Continues On Agriculture Water Use |
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Dealing With Smelly Well
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| Associate
Dean For Research Named |
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| Mulching
Can Help Drought Stressed Plants And Shrubs |
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| Program
Could Help Keep Farm Children Safer |
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| Study
Continues On Agriculture Water use |
1:40 |
College scientists continue
to help coordinate a project that will soon identify all active
irrigation users in the state. |
In 2003, the Georgia General
Assembly passed legislation requiring all agricultural water
users to measure their water consumption. The Soil and Water
Conservation Commission was charged to develop a metering plan
and measure water annually on all farm users. Kerry Harrison,
an engineer with the University of Georgia's College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences says a map was created for each permit
that focuses on where water withdrawals occur. "Now we can actually
pinpoint where those withdrawals are with this information system
and have a better record of the vicinity or who is located next
to who. Also helps in case someone new comes in and wants to
add a withdrawal. You are able look very quickly on this imagery
and determine what's in the area and if this withdrawal will
affect or impact the existing withdrawals that are already there."
Kerry Harrison with the College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences. University scientists are working with Albany State
University mapping specialists to complete the withdrawal description.
Work is now focused on the installation of meters in time to
meet the 2009 deadline, which was stated in the 2003 legislation.
John Harrell, University of Georgia College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Dealing
With Smelly Well Water |
1:40 |
Private wells that raise a
stink can be fixed. |
Many people like a good,
cold drink of water from a private well, especially after working
up a sweat. But most people would rather go thirsty, then drink
water from a well with a rotten-egg smell. Jim Crawford, a county
extension agent in Jefferson County says the odor reminds a
lot of people of sulfur water, which was common years ago. He
adds the smelly water is the result of a buildup of bacteria.
"Well it's a bacteria buildup either in the pipes, in the casing,
in the tank somewhere between the water table and your tap there's
been a bacteria buildup and that's what's causing this odor."
Jim Crawford with the University of Georgia's College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences. If there is a rotten-egg smell from
well water, first check the well head, and find out if the water
is being contaminated from any sort of runoff. The most common
way to sanitize and get rid of that odor is a procedure called
shock chlorination. Just use household bleach from any grocery
store, or hardware store. But scented chlorine products should
not be used. Arrange for another source of drinking water while
the well water is being treated. Local county extension offices
have the latest information on dealing with odors from private
wells. John Harrell, University of Georgia College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Associate
Dean For Research Named |
1:40 |
The University of Georgia's
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has a new
associate dean. |
Dr. Bob Shulstad was officially
named associate dean for research in late October. Dr. Shulstad
has been on the University of Georgia faculty for twenty years.
For the past eighteen months he has served as interim associate
dean for research. Dr. Scott Angle, dean and director of the
University of Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences says the new associate dean will take charge of a winning
team. "We've got a great research program in the college. Nationally
the College of Agriculture at the University of Georgia is ranked
number four. We certainly expect to be able to move up in that
ranking over the next couple of years as well. At the University
of Georgia itself, just last year and this is probably for the
first time ever the College of Agriculture ranked number one
at Georgia." Dr. Scott Angle, dean and director of the University
of Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Besides the associate dean's responsibilities, Dr. Shulstad
will also be associate director of Georgia's agricultural experiment
stations. The college has agricultural and environmental research
programs at University of Georgia campuses in Athens, Griffin,
and Tifton and seven research-and-education centers across the
state. John Harrell, University of Georgia College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Mulching
Can Help Drought Stressed Plants And Shrubs |
1:37 |
During a drought mulching can
help landscape plants and shrubs hold their water a little longer. |
Watering restrictions continue
to tighten across the state. Some location now have a complete
ban on outdoor watering. Many people wonder how they will provide
water to thirsty landscape gardens. Bob Westerfield, a horticulturist
with the University of Georgia's College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences says a mulch has the potential to reduce
moisture stress in landscape plants and shrubs. "You know having
a good mulch mat down around our plants, our shrubs, our beds
is a great way to conserve what moisture we do have in the ground
and it acts almost like a blanket in shielding some of that
moisture from evaporating back up into the ground." Bob Westerfield
with the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
who adds some material that make good mulches include pine bark,
pine straw, and sheets of news papers. It's also important not
to apply too much mulching material around plants and shrubs.
The university scientist recommends two to four inches of pine
bark or pine straw on top of three or four news paper sheets
spread out evenly in a circular pattern. Back off about one
or two inches from the trunk of trees, and mulch out to the
outer edge of the foliage of the plant, tree, or shrub. John
Harrell, University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Program
Could Help Keep Farm Children Safer |
1:45 |
College scientists are looking
for farm families to participate in a project that could help
keep farm children safer. |
More than one-hundred children
are killed, and twenty-six-thousand seriously injured in farm
related accidents nationwide every year. Scientists with the
University of Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences will soon begin studying Georgia farm families to find
out the best ways to keep children that grow up on a farm safer.
"Program that we call "Ag Teen" which is really a new kind of
concept where we're trying to get the family involved teaching
their kids about safety on the farm and just have it where it's
easier for them to talk to them about it. The ideas is primarily
not just to transfer the knowledge about safety but to also
talk about the different change in the attitudes and the behavior
on the farm so that we actually do things safer." That was Glen
Raines with the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
The three-year project will begin in January, and targets children
and teens ages ten to nineteen. Scientists will study the safety
habits of Georgia farm families that grow peanuts and cotton.
The study will be used to develop educational programs to keep
all farm children safer in the future. For more information
about this study, or to participate, call toll-free 1-877-524-6264.
Or visit the web site www.agteen.com. John Harrell, University
of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
reporting from Tifton. |
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