Virginia Tech Reports
VTRs are a package of several stories (university-related and extension-oriented) distributed to television stations and syndicators around the state free of charge.
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VTR's #91 (November 2005)
- ANIMAL ID PROGRAM - “SAFETrak”
LATELY, IT SEEMS WE’VE GONE FROM ASKING, “WHERE’S THE BEEF?” TO ASKING “WHERE DOES THE BEEF COME FROM?” - AND THE SAME QUESTION GOES FOR ALL OF OUR LIVESTOCK. THROUGH THE ANIMAL I-D PROGRAM, SPECIALISTS, VETERINARIANS, AND PRODUCERS INTEND TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
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Small (4.6 MB) | Medium (6.1 MB) | Large (9.2 MB) - APPALACHIAN LEGACY - FROM THE "HILLS OF HOME"
SOMETIMES THE MOST UNIQUE TREASURES CAN BE FOUND IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD. DICKENSON COUNTY, IN FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, IS TURNING ITS LOCAL ASSETS INTO MARKETABLE PRODUCTS, AND THE DEMAND FOR THEM IS GROWING.
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Small (4.6 MB) | Medium (6.0 MB) | Large (9.4 MB) - INTERNATIONAL TEAMWORK FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS
VIRGININA TECH ENGINEERING STUDENTS ARE TRAVELING ACROSS MULTIPLE TIME ZONES EACH WEEK TO COLLABORATE WITH STUDENTS FROM OTHER UNIVERSITIES, BUT THEY’RE NOT RACKING UP FREQUENT FLYER MILES. THEY’RE DOING IT FROM A SPECIALLY DESIGNED CLASSROOM IN RANDOLPH HALL ON CAMPUS IN BLACKSBURG.
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Small (3 MB) | Medium (3.8 MB) | Large (6.1 MB) - GRAZING CATTLE ON RECLAIMED MINE LAND
LIFE IN FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA HAS ITS UPS AND DOWNS, LITERALLY - FROM THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS WITH THE CLOSING OF THE COAL MINES, TO THE UP AND DOWN TOPOGRAPHY OF THE LAND ITSELF. BUT ONE CATTLE PRODUCER HAS FOUND AN UPSIDE TO THE AFTERMATH OF SURFACE MINING, AND THINGS FOR HIM ARE ON THE UPSWING.
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Small (4.1 MB) | Medium (5.3 MB); | Large (7.9 MB)