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| Taking
The Bumps Out Of Air Travel |
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Helping The Turf Industry
Manage Water More Efficiently |
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| Meat
Price Increase Should Be Mild This Summer |
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| South
Georgia Vegetable Grower Honored |
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| Appreciation
Gift Ideas For Teachers |
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| Taking
The Bumps Out Of Air Travel |
1:36 |
College scientists are conducting
research that could help make air travel less bumpy. |
Many people that have flown
commercially have had their nerves shaken after encountering
clear air turbulence. Scientists with the University of Georgia's
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences say clear
air turbulence can occur miles from the nearest thunderstorm
or mountains under clear skies. Getting an accurate forecast
of this type turbulence has been a challenge for aviation weather
officials. For the past several years, university scientists
have been taking part in an international research project to
upgrade and make forecasting clear air turbulence more accurate.
"Because it's in clear air you can't see it, it can be completely
invisible. So what you need is a way to have a forecast for
it that's based on the computer models that forecast for the
atmosphere. And so that's what we've done, we've developed a
theory that gives you a kind of a consistent way of predicting
in advance where these areas of bumpiness can happen." That
was John Knox with the College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences. This research holds out hope for significantly improving
the ability of meteorologists to forecast clear air turbulence,
which could lead to a reduction in damage and injuries caused
by this turbulence that suddenly appears out of the blue. John
Harrell, University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Helping
The Turf Industry Manage Water More Efficiently |
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College scientists are helping
Georgia's turf industry put every drop of water to good use. |
Georgia's landscape and
turfgrass businesses have been hit with a lot of blame and accusations
regarding the state's shrinking water supplies. With water conservation
now a hot issue in Georgia and the Southeast, scientists with
the University of Georgia' College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences put together a new resource on how to conserve water.
The "Best Management Practices" book covers several important
turfgrass water issues. "It's broken down into components where
you look at the design of the landscape and where you look at
the different kinds of plant materials and how to water them
and position them in the right place. It also talks about emerging
technologies that give us better efficiency with our irrigation
systems, if you want to upgrade your system to have it perform
better." That was Rose Mary Seymour with the College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences, who adds Best Management Practices
are the best means to address water conservation on a long-run
basis. Adoption of a Best Management Practices approach has
the potential to transcend the golf courses and move into other
segments of the turfgrass industry, further improving water
conservation in Georgia and the Southeast. John Harrell, University
o f Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
reporting from Tifton. |
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| Meat
Price Increase Should Be Mild This Summer |
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Summer meat prices should not
burn a hole in consumers pocketbooks. |
As the summer grilling season
begins, many people are wondering if rising food prices will
burn more dollars at the meat counter. John McKissick, an agricultural
economist with the University of Georgia's College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences says meat lovers should not see a
drastic increase in meat prices during the summer and early
fall. "Meat's a relatively good buy as compared to other food
items this summer because we're into the production from decisions
that were made basically last year or over the last number of
years. So right now we have relatively good supplies of all
those meats essentially because we're living off of decisions
made last year and not decisions made right now which is based
on real high input costs like feed prices." John McKissick with
the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Since
feed prices are also going up, livestock producers are starting
to cut production. This should have little effect on beef prices
at the meat counter this summer. But the production cut will
create a tighter meat supply later this year. So be ready to
pay more for those favorite meat products around Thanksgiving
and Christmas. John Harrell, University of Georgia College of
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| South
Georgia Vegetable Grower Honored |
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A South Georgia vegetable farmer
was recently honored by the University of Georgia. |
Bill Brim of Tift County
was given the University of Georgia College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences Medallion of Honor. The medallion
was awarded at graduation ceremonies on the University campus
in early May. Brim co-owns Lewis Taylor Farms along with Ed
Walker in Tift County. The farm currently producers more than
eighty-five million vegetable transplants, and fifteen million
pine seedlings annually. Dr. Joe West, the assistant dean of
the University of Georgia's Tifton campus says the vegetable
grower is not afraid to work with new and innovative technology.
"And he's always looking for that edge that helps him to be
more efficient, to be more competitive, to be a better producer
of agricultural products, so he is an early adopter of a lot
of technologies and he knows how to use it." Dr. Joe West with
the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, who
adds Brim sets the standards and leads by example for others
in the industry. In 2002 the Tift County farm was the first
in Georgia to become Good Agriculture Practice certified. This
U.S. Department of Agriculture program verifies that the practices
on the farm minimize microbial contamination. John Harrell,
University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences, reporting from Tifton |
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| Appreciation
Gift Ideas For Teachers |
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Make sure a gift that says
thank you to teachers is useful and personal. |
Many teachers get mugged
at the end of a school year with gifts, as a way for students
to show their appreciation. One of the most popular gifts teachers
receive are coffee mugs. But a coordinator for school relations
with the University of Georgia says coffee mugs are nice, but
there are other unique gifts students can give. She adds personal
gifts are the best. "It means a lot more when the teacher has
put all the effort and her life into trying to help these students
to get something that they realize they understand her a little
bet better and know her interests, that means more." That was
Judy Ashley with the College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences, who adds gifts don't have to be expensive. Many can
be created by the student. Instead of giving coffee mugs, consider
a gift card to a coffee shop, restaurant, or salon. Tickets
to special events are excellent gift ideas for teachers. Many
teachers are on tight budgets when it comes to supplies. To
help ease this burden, a gift card to an area teachers supply
store would reduce the chances of running short on chalk, paper,
hand sanitizers, and stickers. John Harrell, University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting
from Tifton. |
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