Farmweek Television Show Script
Script from the February 3, 2012 show
FARMWEEK IS A PRODUCTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION SERVICE.
CLOSED CAPTIONING BY MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY TELEVISION CENTER
>> FORD -
TODAY ON FARMWEEK...
SOME MISSISSIPPI WATER WELLS GET INSPECTED WITH A TV-CAMERA..
>> SPANN -
“ARBOR DAY” IS NEXT WEEK AND WE’LL DEMONSTRATE TO HOW PLANT TREES SO THEY WILL THRIVE.
>> FORD -
IN SOUTHERN GARDENING...
GROW SOME “MICRO-GREENS” TO AVOID “CABIN FEVER.”
>> SPANN -
IN THE MARKETS...
RECENT CUTBACKS BY THE POULTRY INDUSTRY RESULT IN LESS CHICKEN IN STORAGE.
WHILE THE CORN TRADE IS FORECAST TO HAVE A MILDLY BEARISH YEAR AHEAD.
>> FORD -
IN THE FEATURE SEGMENT....
VISIT THE “GOING-OUT-OF-BUSINESS” SALE OF A FARM EQUIPMENT WHICH HAD ITEMS DATING BACK TO THE 1800'S.
YOU COULD EVEN GET OIL FOR YOUR “MODEL T.”
>> JUDD GRAFE, GRAFE AUCTION COMPANY: “MANY OF THESE PARTS ARE NOT ONLY COLLECTOR VALUE, BUT THERE’S STILL UTILITY VALUE.
SO WE HAVE AMISH HERE FROM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE COME HERE BECAUSE IT’S SUCH A WONDERFUL OFFERING OF PARTS AND IMPLEMENTS THAT THEY STILL USE AS A UTILITY PIECE, BUT YOU CAN’T FIND THEM NEW ANYMORE.”
(MUSIC)
>>> CONFINEMENT
>> SPANN -
GOOD DAY EVERYONE, I’M LEIGHTON SPANN
>> ARTIS -
AND I’M ARTIS FORD
WELCOME TO FARMWEEK.
>> SPANN -
THERE’S BEEN SOME MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN HOW ANIMALS RAISED IN CONFINEMENT MAY BE TREATED IN THE FUTURE.
>> FORD -
LEIGHTON,
IT CONCERNS U.S. EGG AND PORK PRODUCTION.
ONE MOVE IS BEING MADE BY A LARGE PRIVATE COMPANY....WHILE THE OTHER IS BEING PUT BEFORE THE CONGRESS.
>>>> SS IN
THE AUSTIN DAILY HERALD REPORTS “HORMEL FOODS” WILL START THIS YEAR TO PHASE OUT THE USE OF “SOW GESTATION CRATES” BY THE YEAR 2017.
THE COMPANY HAS THE CRATES AT THREE- FARMS LOCATED IN ARIZONA, COLORADO AND WYOMING.
GESTATION CRATES ALLOW THE SOW TO STAND UP AND LAY DOWN, BUT NOT TO TURN AROUND.
THESE CRATES ARE PRESENTLY BANNED IN SEVEN-STATES.
>>>> CHANGE SS
LAST WEEK, LEGISLATION WAS INTRODUCED IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT WOULD DRAMATICALLY CHANGE THE WAY EGGS ARE PRODUCED IN AMERICA.
AFTER A PHASE-IN PERIOD, THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION WOULD DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF CAGE SPACE PER BIRD AND PROVIDE PERCHES, NESTING BOXES AND SCRATCHING AREAS.
EGGS COULD ALSO BE LABELED AS TO HOW THEY WERE GROWN.
>>>> CHANGE SS
A SINGLE FEDERAL STANDARD IS BEING SUPPORTED BY THE UNITED EGG PRODUCERS WHOSE MEMBERS REPORTEDLY OWN 95% OF THE NATIONS EGG-LAYING HENS.
THIS WOULD AVOID A PATCHWORK OF DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS BEING MANDATED BY INDIVIDUAL STATES.
>>>> WATER WELLS
>> SPANN -
THE MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION SERVICE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY INSPECTED SOME MISSISSIPPI WATER WELLS RECENTLY AND TOOK WATER SAMPLES.
THEIR WORK IS PART OF THE “SOUTHERN REGIONAL WATER PROGRAM.”
IT’S INSPECTING RURAL WATER WELLS AND SEEING HOW THEY AFFECT GROUNDWATER QUALITY.
THE GOAL IS TO BETTER EDUCATE WELL OWNERS, WELL DRILLERS AND HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ABOUT WHAT KINDS OF WATER WELLS PERFORM THE BEST.
FARMWEEK’S AMY TAYLOR REPORTS.
>>>> TAKE PKG
>> REPORTER: AMY TAYLOR.
PRIVATE WATER WELL OWNERS CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT COMES OUT OF THE FAUCET, BECAUSE OF A PROJECT THAT GOES BENEATH THE SURFACE.
A CAMERA IS LOWERED INTO THE WELL THAT RECORDS INFORMATION ABOUT WELL DEPTH, WATER DEPTH, AND ANY OBJECTS INSIDE.
AMY SCHMIDT, MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION SERVICE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, SAYS A VARIETY OF CONTAMINANTS CAN AFFECT YOUR HEALTH.
>> AMY SCHMIDT, PH.D., EXTENSION ASST. PROFESSOR, MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
"WHAT CAN MAKE YOU SICK FROM YOUR WELL ARE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T SEE IN YOUR WATER.
SO YOUR WATER WILL LOOK CLEAR AND CLEAN, BUT YOU COULD HAVE NITRATES, UH YOU COULD HAVE UM BACTERIAL UM, COULD HAVE BACTERIA IN THE WATER AND THAT WOULD COME FROM AN ANIMAL OR SOMETHING THAT GOT IN THERE AND WOULD CONTAMINATE IT.
THERE MIGHT BE DEBRIS OR MATERIAL DOWN IN THE WELL THAT COULD CAUSE BIOLOGICAL OR MICROBIAL ISSUES, BACTERIAL PROBLEMS.
THERE COULD BE PROBLEMS WITH THE WELL CASING THAT WOULD ALLOW SHALLOW SURFACE WATER, SHALLOW GROUND WATER TO GET INTO THE WELL THAT HASN'T PERCOLATED THROUGH THE SOIL AND BEEN CLEANED LIKE DEEP GROUND WATER WOULD BE."
>> REPORTER: SCHMIDT SAYS MISSISSIPPI IS ONE OF THIRTEEN STATES INVOLVED IN THE DRINKING WATER AND RURAL URBAN INTERFACE PROJECT. GLYNN BECK, HYDROGEOLOGIST FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT, EXPLAINS THE LONG-TERM GOAL FOR THE PROJECT.
>> GLYNN BECK, HYDROGEOLOGIST , UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
"THE GOAL IS TO CREATE EDUCATION MATERIALS FOR WELL OWNERS, EXTENSION PERSONNEL, AND EVEN WELL DRILLERS THAT CAN BE USED TO EDUCATE PEOPLE WHO DEAL WITH WELLS ON A DAILY BASIS.
THAT EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL COULD RANGE FROM WELL-MAINTENANCE MATERIAL, HOW TO MAINTAIN YOUR WELL TO HAVE GOOD WATER QUALITY, CONSTRUCTION ISSUES, IF YOU HAVE CRACKED CASING, OR IF A PUMP GOES OUT, WHO DO YOU NEED TO CALL TO GET THE PUMP REPAIRED, UM, THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES."
>> REPORTER: BECK SAYS THE PROJECT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL WATER PROGRAM, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP OF USDA AND LAND GRANT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
FROM STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, I'M AMY TAYLOR, REPORTING.
>>> ARBOR DAY 2009
>> FORD -
JUST AS THE CLIMATE VARIES ACROSS AMERICA, THE DAY “ARBOR DAY” OCCURS VARIES ACCORDING TO YOUR LOCATION.
THE SECOND FRIDAY IN FEBRUARY IS "ARBOR DAY" IN MISSISSIPPI...
THAT’S THIS COMING FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH.
ARBOR DAY OCCURS IN THE WINTER BECAUSE WINTER IS THE BEST TIME TO PLANT MOST TREES.
NEXT, AREA FORESTER JOHN KUSHLA WITH THE MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION SERVICE GIVES US SOME PLANTING ADVICE AND SOME TREE SUGGESTIONS.
>>>> TAKE PKG
>> REPORTER: ARTIS FORD
EXTENSION AREA FORESTER JOHN KUSHLA SAYS WINTER IS GREAT TIME TO PLANT TREES SINCE IT WILL ALLOW THEM TO GET OFF TO A GREAT START BEFORE THE GRUELING HOT, DRY DAYS OF SUMMER.
SEEDLINGS ARE USUALLY AVAILABLE THREE WAYS....BARE ROOT, POTTED AND "BALL-AND-BURLAP."
>> JOSH KUSHLA, EXTENSION AREA FORESTER, MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY.
IF IT'S POTTED MATERIAL, FROM OCTOBER TO ABOUT MAY.
IF ITS' BARE ROOT MATERIAL, YOU'RE PLANTING BETWEEN DECEMBER THROUGH MID MARCH.
WHEN IT COMES TO PLANTING BARE ROOT STOCK, DIG A HOLE BIG ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE THE ROOTS WITHOUT BENDING THEM.
YOU ALSO WANT TO MAKE YOU DON'T PLANT IT TOO DEEP.
>> KUSHLA
AND, IN TERMS OF PLANTING DEPTH, YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR THIS PORTION WHERE THE STEM JOINS THE ROOT.
THIS IS THE ROOT COLLAR AND THIS IS WHERE THE GROUND LEVEL SHOULD BE ULTIMATELY SET.
>> REPORTER: WITH POTTED OR BALL AND BURLAP STOCKS YOU DIG THE HOLE 2-3 TIMES AS WIDE AS THE POT OR BALL.
>> KUSHLA - YOU WANT TO LIFT THE PLANT OUT...
I LIKE TO SHAKE OFF GENTLY THE PLANTING MEDIUM THAT IS THERE SO THAT THE ROOTS WILL MAKE CONTACT WITH AS MUCH OF THE NATIVE SOIL AS POSSIBLE.
>> REPORTER: AFTER BACK WILLING WITH SOIL YOU DUG UP, WATER THE LOOSE SOIL SO IT WILL COME IN CONTACT THE ROOTS.
ADD MORE SOIL UNTIL IT MATCHES THE ORIGINAL GROUND LEVEL THE SEEDLING GREW IN.
TOP IT OFF WITH SOME MULCH.
>> KUSHLA YOU WANT TO COVER THE PLANT WITH ABOUT 2-4 INCHES OF MULCH, PINE STRAW, CYPRESS BARK ARE VERY GOOD.
I AVOID USING WOOD CHIPS BECAUSE THEY ATTACK WOOD BORING INSECTS.
>> REPORTER: KUSHLA SAYS WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO PLANT MAY BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN HOW YOU PLANT IT.
>> KUSHLA: SOIL CONDITIONS, WE WANT TO CONSIDER WHAT THE CHEMISTRY IS, THE SOIL PH, THE ACIDITY OR ALKALINITY OF THE SOIL.
WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF TEXTURE IT IS, WHETHER IT'S SANDY OR HAS A LOT OF CLAY,
WE ALSO WANT TO KNOW HOW WELL WATER DRAINS THROUGH THAT SOIL, WHETHER IT STAYS WET OR WHETHER IT DRIES OUT
>> REPORTER: FOR EXAMPLE, THE LACE BARK ELM, TOLERATES A WIDE RANGE SOIL PH MEANING IT CAN BE PLANTED IN THE ALKALINE PRAIRIE SOILS OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND MORE ACIDIC RED CLAY SOILS.
IT CAN GROW TO 50-TO-60 FEET TALL.
THE SHUMARD OAK ALSO TOLERATES A WIDE CHANGE OF SOIL PH AND SOIL CONDITIONS.
IT CAN GROW UP TO 70-FEET TALL.
IN WETTER SITES, THE RIVER BIRCH OR THE BALD CYPRESS ARE A GOOD CHOICE.
THIS LIVE OAK ON THE OTHER HAND, PERFORMS BEST IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI, BUT IT WILL TOLERATE MORE ALKALINE SOILS.
LIVE OAK CROWNS ARE VERY WIDE BRINGING UP THE POINT THAT YOU MUST PLANT IT WHERE TREE WILL HAVE ENOUGH ROOM WHEN IT MATURES.
>> KUSHLA: IF YOU HAVE AN OBSTRUCTION OVERHEAD, LIKE A POWER LINE, EVEN YOUR SMALL TREES YOU WANT TO AVOID PLANTING.
YOU WANT TO STICK WITH SHRUB MATERIAL IN THAT SITUATION.
IF YOU'RE PLANTING A TREE NEAR A STRUCTURE, YOU NEED TO NOT ONLY CONSIDER HOW TALL THE TREE IS GOING TO GROW, BUT ALSO HOW WIDE ITS CROWN IS GOING TO SPREAD.
>> REPORTER: KUSHLA SAYS YOU SHOULD ALSO MAKE THE TREE IS PLANTED TO SO ITS ROOTS WON'T EVENTUALLY BUCKLE DRIVEWAYS, SIDEWALKS OR BUILDING FOUNDATIONS.
>>>> TAG: ARBOR DAY
>> FORD -
YOU GET TREES FOR PLANTING FROM COMMERCIAL NURSERIES, BUT NEXT FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, A LOT OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS AND COUNTY OFFICES OF THE MISSISSIPPI FORESTRY COMMISSION WILL BE GIVING OUT TREES FOR FREE.
CALL THEM TO FIND OUT WHERE.
>> SGTV / MICRO GREENS
>> FORD -
DOES "CABIN FEVER" AFFECT YOU EACH WINTER?
IN THIS WEEK'S SOUTHERN GARDENING SEGMENT, EXTENSION HORTICULTURIST DR. GARY BACHMAN SHOWS US HOW INDOOR GARDENING WITH “MICROGREENS” CAN RELIEVE THE SYMPTOMS.
>>>> TAKE PKG
>> HORTICULTURIST GARY BACHMAN, MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION SERVICE.
HAVE YOU BEEN BORED, RESTLESS, OR EVEN IRRITABLE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET INTO THE GARDEN THIS WINTER?
WELL MY FRIEND YOU HAVE CABIN FEVER.
CABIN FEVER IS ALSO CALLED SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER BECAUSE OF THE SHORT AND CLOUDY DAYS OF WINTER, AND CAN IMPACT MANY GARDENERS DURING THE WINTER MONTHS.
AND FOR THE ACTIVE GARDENER IT ONLY GETS WORSE WHEN ALL THOSE CATALOGS START ARRIVING.
BUT THERE IS A SIMPLE CURE UNTIL SPRING ARRIVES.
YOU NEED TO GROW AN INDOOR MICROGREENS GARDEN.
MICROGREENS ARE COLORFUL, NUTRITIOUS, AND A DELICIOUS WAY TO BRIGHTEN ANY WINTER MOOD.
ARUGULA, ASIAN GREENS BOK CHOI OR KINKOH, OR SPICY MESCLUN MIX ARE GOOD EASY TO GROW CHOICES.
AND LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL THESE RED BEETS ARE.
GROWING MICROGREENS IS EASY AND ONLY REQUIRES A SMALL SPACE ON A WINDOW SILL, OR UNDER A LIGHT.
AND ANY SIZE CONTAINER WILL DO.
BEDDING PLANT TRAYS OF REPURPOSED PLASTIC CLAM SHELLS ARE GOOD GROWING CONTAINERS.
SPRINKLE SEEDS OF YOUR FAVORITE GREENS ON THE SURFACE OF MOISTENED GROWING MIX.
GENTLY TAMP AND COVER.
AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS, THE SEEDS WILL BE GERMINATING.
AFTER SEVEN DAYS THE GREENS WILL BE READY TO START HARVESTING.
SOWING SEEDS WEEKLY CAN ENSURE A STEADY SUPPLY OF MICROGREENS, KEEPING YOU CABIN FEVER FREE.
MICROGREENS ARE SOMETIMES CALLED VEGETABLE CONFETTI AND CAN BE USED AS A DECORATIVE ADDITION TO DINNER.
OR WHEN BLENDED TOGETHER, THEY CAN BE A COLORFUL SALAD.
SO IF YOU ARE EXHIBITING ANY OF THE SYMPTOMS OF CABIN FEVER TRY GROWING SOME OF THESE FRESH MICROGREENS INDOORS.
YOU'LL SCRATCH THAT GARDENING ITCH AS WELL HAVE SOME TASTY SALADS.
I'M GARY BACHMAN FOR SOUTHERN GARDENING.
>>> TOSS VO
>> FORD -
GARY SAYS GROWING TRY "GIANT RED MUSTARD" AND RADISH FOR MICROGREENS WITH A SPICY FLAVOR.
>>> VO / SMS
>> FORD -
IN THE FEATURE SEGMENT....
A FARM SUPPLY AND IMPLEMENT DEALER IN IOWA SOLD OUT LAST FALL.
PEOPLE CAME FROM ACROSS THE NATION TO SCOOP UP SOME OF THE ANTIQUES FOR SALE FROM THE 137 YEAR OLD BUSINESS
>>> L.S./INTRO/”BULLETS”
(AF) TIME FOR THE MARKETS WITH LEIGHTON.
A MEAT PACKING FACILITY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI IS CLOSING.
(LS) OVER 150 PEOPLE WILL BE OUT OF WORK IN LESS THAN 2 MONTHS.
>>>TAKE GRAPHICS
ALSO THIS WEEK...
U.S. CHICKEN STOCKS ARE WAY DOWN...
CATTLE PRICES MAY INCREASE...
WHILE THE CORN SECTOR IS DESCRIBED AS PACING ITSELF AS FEBRUARY BEGINS.
>>> L.S./MKT. INTVW.
THE LATEST COLD STORAGE REPORT GIVES TESTIMONY TO ACTION TAKEN BY THE CHICKEN INDUSTRY LAST YEAR.
SUPPLIES OF POULTRY ARE WAY DOWN IN THE U.S.
EXTENSION AG ECONOMIST JOHN MICHAEL RILEY DISCUSSED THIS INFORMATION ON WEDNESDAY AS WELL AS THE OUTLOOK FOR CHICKEN AS 2012 PROGRESSES.
>>>TAKE VIDEO
>>>LEIGHTON SPANN REPORTER
JOHN MICHAEL, LAST YEAR’S PRODUCTION CUTS BY THE POULTRY COMPANIES ARE BEING REFLECTED NOW IN A NEW COLD STORAGE REPORT?
>>>JOHN MICHAEL RILEY, PH.D.
EXTENSION AG ECONOMIST
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
“THAT’S CORRECT.
LAST WEEK WE GOT A COLD STORAGE REPORT OUT THAT SAID POULTRY SUPPLIES WERE DOWN 16 PERCENT FROM WHERE THEY WERE AT THE YEAR PREVIOUS.
THAT’S A PRETTY DEEP CUT FOR AN INDUSTRY THAT DOES MAINTAIN A PRETTY STEADY SUPPLY.
THE INDUSTRY WAS EXPERIENCING A LOT OF NEGATIVE NEWS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN TERMS OF JUST HIGH FEED PRICES, LACKLUSTER ECONOMY, LOW OUTPUT PRICES.
ALL OF THAT CULMINATED TO A LESS THAN DESIRABLE YEAR FOR THE INDUSTRY.
AND WE REALLY STARTED TO SEE THIS TAKE PLACE PROBABLY ABOUT THE TURN OF THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, FROM MAY UNTIL OCTOBER, EGG SETS AND CHICKS PLACED IN HOUSES WAS DOWN ABOUT 11 PERCENT.
AND SO WE, THAT, THIS, THIS OVERALL ASPECT WAS REALLY CAUSING THE INDUSTRY TO PULL BACK.
WE HEARD A LOT OF NEWS OF POULTRY INDUSTRIES, POULTRY COMPANIES GOING BANKRUPT.
SO OVERALL 2011 WAS PROBABLY A YEAR THE INDUSTRY WOULD PROBABLY PREFER TO FORGET.”
>>>LEIGHTON SPANN REPORTER
BECAUSE BASICALLY WHEN IT COSTS MORE TO PRODUCE CHICKEN AND SALES ARE WEAKER OR DOWN, YOU CAN DO NOTHING BUT CUT PRODUCTION IF YOU STAY IN BUSINESS?
>>>JOHN MICHAEL RILEY, PH.D.
EXTENSION AG ECONOMIST
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
“THE MARKET FORCES WERE AT HAND THERE AND THEY HAD TO PULL BACK. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT, WELL, 2 THINGS.
YOU KNOW POULTRY IS THE GO-TO PROTEIN IN A DOWN ECONOMY BECAUSE IT’S A LOW-COST PROTEIN. AND ALSO IT IS AN INDUSTRY THAT CAN TURN AROUND PRETTY QUICK.
IT’S A SHORT PRODUCTION TIME.
SO THEY SAW THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL AND THEY DID REACT AND STARTED PULLING BACK ON PRODUCTION.
AND A RESULT OF THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE PAST, YOU KNOW THE LAST 2 OR 3 MONTHS OF 2011, OUTPUT PRICES DID PICK UP JUST A NOTCH, UP ABOUT 4 PERCENT FROM MONTH OVER MONTH.”
>>>LEIGHTON SPANN REPORTER
AND YOU DID SAY THAT REPORTS NOW INDICATE THAT SETS ARE PICKING BACK UP, SO APPARENTLY WE HAVE KIND OF SEEN THE WORST OF THIS, THE BOTTOM HAS BEEN REACHED AND WE’RE COMING BACK OUT OF IT?
>>>JOHN MICHAEL RILEY, PH.D.
EXTENSION AG ECONOMIST
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
“WE HATE TO SAY WE’VE SEEN THE WORST OF IT, BUT BASED ON WHAT WE’RE SEEING THE BOTTOM HAS BEEN REACHED FOR THE PRESENT TIME, AND EGG SETS AND EGG CHICKS PLACED ARE COMING BACK UP.”
>>>LEIGHTON SPANN REPORTER
AND BRIEFLY, FEED GRAIN PRICES, WHAT’S THE OUTLOOK THAT THE INDUSTRY IS GOING TO DEAL WITH THERE ?
>>>JOHN MICHAEL RILEY, PH.D.
EXTENSION AG ECONOMIST
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
“IT’S STILL LOOKING LIKE THOSE ARE GOING TO BE PRETTY STRONG.
PRICES ARE GOING TO BE UP PRETTY HIGH COMPARED TO NORMAL LEVELS.”
>>> L.S./FW_CATTLE ANALY.
GROWTH IN EXPORTS IS ONE REASON THERE IS A LOT OF OPTIMISM IN THE BEEF SECTOR AT THE MOMENT.
AT THE CATTLE INDUSTRY CONVENTION IN NASHVILLE THIS WEEK, IT WAS STANDING ROOM ONLY FOR A SESSION FOR PRODUCERS ON PROFITING DURING VOLATILE TIMES.
ANALYST TOM PFITZENMAIER SHARED HIS THOUGHTS RECENTLY ON WHETHER THE CURRENT PRICE PICTURE IS SUSTAINABLE ON “MARKET TO MARKET”.
>>>TAKE VIDEO
>>>TOMM PFITZENMAIER
SUMMIT COMMODITIES
“IF WE WERE JUST LEFT TO THE DOMESTIC BEEF MARKET, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THESE KIND OF PRICES, BUT THE EXPORTS HAVE ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN.
WE'VE GOTTEN THE DOMESTIC PRICES UP TO THE POINT --WE'RE RIGHT UP TO THAT POINT WHERE EVERY TIME WE'VE HIT IT IN THE PAST, IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM BECAUSE RETAILERS CAN MOVE THE BEEF, AND WE'RE GOING TO FACE THAT AGAIN SOON OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO AND REALLY SEE IF THEY CAN DO IT, BUT THE PACKERS HAVE BID UP -- REALLY BID UP FOR CATTLE, IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THEY ARE IN THE RED THIS WEEK, MORE TRYING TO PRESERVE THEIR MARKET SHARE AS MUCH AS ANYTHING.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE IF THAT GIVES OR PROPELS US UP.
YOU KNOW, THE WAY THE CHARTS ARE SETTING UP, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SEE ANOTHER 5-$6 PUT ON THIS CATTLE MARKET HERE CHART WISE.”
>>> L.S./TRIVIA QUESTION
AS FARMWEEK CONTINUES, LET’S LOOK AT A TRIVIA QUESTION ABOUT THE CATTLE MARKET.
>>>TAKE GRAPHICS
WHAT COUNTRY IS THE SECOND LARGEST IMPORTER OF U.S. BEEF ?
IS IT...
SOUTH KOREA ?
MEXICO ?
AUSTRALIA ?
OR CANADA ?
I’LL TELL YOU IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES...
>>> MPB BREAK
>> FORD - WE’RE GOING TO PAUSE FOR A SHORT BREAK ON FARMWEEK---
COMING UP, WE’LL LOOK AT THE CALENDAR AND THE SECOND PART OF THE MARKETS.
LEIGHTON SPANN REPORTS “SARA LEE” IS SET TO CLOSE ANOTHER MISSISSIPPI PLANT.
CORN PRICES ARE SET TO TAKE A BEARISH TONE.
>>>> VO
IN THE FEATURE SEGMENT TODAY—
YOU’LL GO TO IOWA WHERE A 137-YEAR-OLD FARM SUPPLY DEALER SELLS OUT AND YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED AT WHAT WAS SOLD.
>>>> OUT
>>> CALENDAR
>> FORD
BEFORE WE GET BACK TO THE MARKETS, LET’S LOOK AT THE FARMWEEK CALENDAR....
>>>> CHANGE SS
“ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER” IS THE METHOD USED TO DELIVER THE “SNAP PROGRAM” FORMERLY KNOWN AS “FOOD STAMPS.”
MISSISSIPPI FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GROWERS INTERESTED IN BEING ABLE TO ACCEPT E-B-T ARE INVITED TO A WORKSHOP ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH.
IT WILL BE HELD IN THE FORESTRY BUILDING AT THE MISSISSIPPI AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY MUSEUM IN JACKSON.
THERE IS SOME PAPERWORK YOU NEED TO BRING.
WE’LL HAVE A LINK TO THE INFORMATION ON THE FARMWEEK CALENDAR.
>>>> CHANGE SS
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY’S “NORTH MISSISSIPPI RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER” WILL HOST ITS ANNUAL “PRODUCER ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING” ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH.
THE LOCATION IS THE MAGNOLIA CONFERENCE CENTER.
THAT’S ADJACENT TO THE LEE COUNTY AGRI-CENTER AT VERONA..
IT RUNS FROM 9 A.M. TO 2 P.M..
LUNCH IS INCLUDED.
15 BREAK OUT SESSIONS ON VARIOUS COMMODITIES INCLUDING FRUITS AND NUTS WILL BE HELD.
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO HAVE INPUT ON THE CENTER’S RESEARCH.
>>>> CHANGE SS
>> FORD -
GO TO OUR FARMWEEK WEB SITE AT FARMWEEK.MSUCARES.COM FOR INFORMATION ON THESE AND OTHER EVENTS.
NOW, LET’S CHECK OUT THIS WEEK’S “FARMWEEK SNAPSHOT....”
>>>> OUT
>>> L.S./MEAT PROCESSOR
A SARA LEE PLANT THAT’S BEEN OPERATING IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI FOR 15 YEARS IS CLOSING BY MARCH 30TH.
THE FACILITY IN SHANNON JUST SOUTH OF TUPELO PRODUCED BRYAN SMOKIES COCKTAIL SAUSAGES.
155 PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS AS SARA LEE CONTINUES IT’S EFFORTS TO, QUOTE, “CONSOLIDATE RESOURCES AND SIMPLIFY OPERATIONS.”
THE PROCESSING OF BRYAN SMOKIES IS BEING MOVED TO EXISTING SARA LEE PLANTS IN KENTUCKY AND MISSOURI.
>>> L.S./FW_CORN ANALY.
ACCORDING TO THE U-S-D-A’S LATEST U.S. EXPORT SALES REPORT, CORN EXPORTS WERE DOWN 29 PERCENT FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK, AND 11 PERCENT OFF THE 4-WEEK AVERAGE.
ANALYST SUE MARTIN RECENTLY DISCUSSED HOW SHE THINKS THE CORN MARKET IS SHAPING UP FOR THIS YEAR.
>>>TAKE VIDEO
>>>SUE MARTIN
AG & INVESTMENT SERVICES
“WE'RE IN A YEAR -- I LOOK AT THE YEAR 2012 AS A YEAR THAT'S MILDLY BEARISH; LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. SOME PEOPLE MAY BE MORE RAMPANTLY BEARISH, BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT A YEAR WHERE WE ARE IN NEGATIVE TREND, BUT WE'RE NOT READY FOR THAT DUMP AND DIVE TYPE THING. I THINK THAT WE HAVE A MARKET THAT IS PACING HIMSELF.
YOU'VE HAD THE HIGHEST BASIS LEVEL FOR A MONTH OF JANUARY IN TEN YEARS.
I THINK THAT FARMERS ARE PROBABLY HOLDING AT LEAST 50 PERCENT OF THE CROP IN THEIR BINS.
THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN SELLING ANYTHING NOW UNTIL SUMMER.
THEY WANT TO SEE WHAT THE WEATHER IS LIKE.”
>>> L.S./TRIVIA ANSWER
JUST AHEAD OF THE FEATURE STORY, HERE’S OUR TRIVIA QUIZ ANSWER FOR THE WEEK.
>>>TAKE GRAPHICS
“D” IS THE CORRECT CHOICE.
CANADA IS THE SECOND LARGEST IMPORTER OF U.S. BEEF.
>>> AUCTION
>> FORD -
IN TODAY'S FEATURE STORY SEGMENT, I HAD PLANNED TO BRING YOU A NEW STORY LOOK BACK AT 2011 IN MISSISSIPPI AGRICULTURE.
DUE TO SOME COMPUTER PROBLEMS, THAT WON’T HAPPEN TODAY, BUT IT WILL BE HERE IN TWO WEEKS.
SO INSTEAD, WE OFFER THIS STORY FROM IOWA ABOUT FARM SUPPLY AND IMPLEMENT DEALER THAT SOLD OUT LAST FALL AFTER 137-YEARS IN BUSINESS.
THE AUCTION ATTRACTED PEOPLE FROM MANY STATES BECAUSE THE INVENTORY INCLUDED MANY ITEMS CONSIDERED ANTIQUES TODAY
MARKET TO MARKET’S LAUREL BOWER BURGMAIER REPORTS.
>>>> TAKE PKG
(AUCTIONEER YELLING)
REPORTER: LAUREL BOWER BURGMAIER.
VIRTUALLY AN ENTIRE IOWA TOWN WENT ON THE AUCTION BLOCK THIS FALL. TOUTED AS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ANTIQUE AUCTIONS IN THE WORLD, THE SALE INCLUDED SEVEN ACRES OF LAND AND 16 BUILDINGS CONTAINING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ITEMS.
THE TINY TOWN OF SCOTCH GROVE WAS BUSTLING WHEN TREASURE SEEKERS AND REMINISCING LOCALS DESCENDED UPON IT FOR AN ENORMOUS AUCTION.
>> AUCTIONEER YELLING: $30,000!
>> REPORTER: ITEMS UP FOR BID WERE FROM THE BALSTER’S IMPLEMENT AND PARTS COMPANY.
FOR 137 YEARS, THE BALSTER FAMILY HAD A VARIETY OF ENTERPRISES IN SCOTCH GROVE, INCLUDING A GAS STATION, LUMBER YARD, IMPLEMENT DEALERSHIP AND GROCERY STORE.
LOCALS USED TO SAY, “IF YOU CAN’T FIND IT, GO TO BALSTER’S.”
95-YEAR OLD VERNON HELGENS LIVES ON A FARM NEAR SCOTCH GROVE.
HE WORKED FOR THE BALSTERS IN THE 1930S.
VERNON HELGENS, SCOTCH GROVE, IOWA:” THE BALSTER FAMILY WAS AHEAD OF THEIR TIME.
YOU WOULD GO OVER THERE AND THEY HAD HOT RUNNING WATER AND THEY HAD HOT WATER RADIATORS TO HEAT THEIR HOUSE.
BUT, THEY WERE AHEAD OF THEIR TIME.
THEY WERE PEOPLE OF KNOWLEDGE. PEOPLE OF AMBITION.
PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO MAKE THINGS WORK, YOU KNOW.”
>> DAVID BALSTER, MONTICELLO, IOWA: “WE CERTAINLY FELT LIKE WE HAD A ROLE TO PLAY AS FAR AS THE BUSINESS WE WERE IN WITH FARM IMPLEMENTS AND HARD TO FIND PARTS AS IT CAME TO BE LATER TO BE.
BUT, WE JUST TRIED TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC AND HAD A LONGER REACH BECAUSE WE SOLD TO EVERY STATE IN THE UNITED STATES.
WE HAD ANYTHING THAT BASICALLY A PERSON WOULD NEED FOR FARM AND HOME.”
>> REPORTER: DAVID BALSTER AND HIS SISTER SUSAN ZAZAS REPRESENT THE FIFTH GENERATION OF BALSTERS.
THEIR GREAT, GREAT GRANDFATHER AREND BALSTER SR. CAME TO AMERICA FROM GERMANY WITH HIS PARENTS IN THE MID-1850S, AND HE SET UP A BLACKSMITH SHOP NEAR SCOTCH GROVE IN 1874.
HIS SON JOHN, OR J.C., BALSTER OPENED MORE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA IN 1912, BUT HE DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT SHORTLY AFTER, LEAVING HIS SON AREND BALSTER JR. TO TAKE OVER AT THE AGE OF 19.
>> DAVID BALSTER, MONTICELLO, IOWA: “ SO WE WENT BACK THREE CENTURIES WORTH – 1800S, 1900S AND 2000S.
AND I THINK THE THING THAT I THINK THE FAMILY AND SUSAN AND I DEFINITELY HAVE APPRECIATED IS AT LEAST FOR A MOMENT THIS WEEK, PEOPLE GOT TO APPRECIATE THAT HISTORY.”
>> REPORTER: DAVID AND SUSAN SAY THE BUSINESS MEANT EVERYTHING TO THEIR DAD LES WHO RAN BALSTER’S IMPLEMENTS AND PARTS COMPANY WITH HIS FATHER AREND JR. AND THEN ON HIS OWN FOR 69 YEARS.
AFTER HE PASSED AWAY IN 2009, THE FAMILY DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO END THE BUSINESS AND CALLED IN AN AUCTION COMPANY TO STAGE A ONCE IN A LIFETIME SALE.
GRAFE AUCTION COMPANY, BASED IN MINNESOTA, WAS THE LEAD AUCTIONEER FOR THE BALSTER SALE.
WHEN THE AUCTION CREW ARRIVED SEVEN WEEKS BEFORE THE SALE, THE BALSTER BUILDINGS WERE BURSTING AT THE SEAMS.
WORKERS STRUGGLED TO WALK BETWEEN STACKS AND STACKS OF MERCHANDISE.
THEY FOUND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF RETAIL, WHOLESALE AND SERVICE ITEMS ON THE SHELVES AND FLOOR –MANY STILL IN THEIR ORIGINAL PACKAGING AND DISPLAYS.
>> JUDD GRAFE, GRAFE AUCTION COMPANY: “MANY OF THESE PARTS ARE NOT ONLY COLLECTOR VALUE, BUT THERE’S STILL UTILITY VALUE.
SO WE HAVE AMISH HERE FROM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE COME HERE BECAUSE IT’S SUCH A WONDERFUL OFFERING OF PARTS AND IMPLEMENTS THAT THEY STILL USE AS A UTILITY PIECE, BUT YOU CAN’T FIND THEM NEW ANYMORE.”
>> REPORTER: ITEMS SOLD INCLUDED VINTAGE SIGNS FROM THE 1920S, SICKLES AND SHOVELS FROM THE 1940S, AND UNOPENED CANS OF OIL FOR MODEL T’S THAT BROUGHT $1,800 A PIECE.
>> CURT MONTGOMERY, LISBON, IOWA: "THESE ARE CROSSBUCK SAWS, FIVE FOOT SIX AND FIVE FOOTERS.
YOU’LL NEVER SEE ANYTHING LIKE THIS AGAIN, ANY KIND OF SALE LIKE THIS AGAIN.
SO, IT’S PRETTY NEAT TO BE A PART OF IT.”
>> AL OBERBROECKLING, MONTICELLO, IOWA: “I GOT THESE WOODEN BEARINGS FOR AN OLD, LIKE THE PULL-BEHIND HORSE DISK.
>> REPORTER: GRAFE AUCTION COMPANY SAID IT RECEIVED E-MAILS AND PHONE CALLS FROM INTERESTED PARTIES ALL OVER THE WORLD.
EVEN THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE CALLED ABOUT THE BALSTER’S SALE.
WHILE SEEING THEIR FAMILY’S BUSINESS COME TO AN END IS BITTERSWEET FOR THE BALSTERS, THEY FIND SOLACE IN THE LEGACY THEIR FATHER AND GENERATIONS BEFORE HIM ESTABLISHED AS THE MAIN PROPRIETORS OF SCOTCH GROVE, IOWA.
>> DAVID BALSTER, MONTICELLO, IOWA: “ON THE CORE OF IT, HE WOULD BE HAPPY WITH WHAT’S HAPPENED, JUST FOR THE RECOGNITION AND THE FACT THAT PEOPLE CARED.”
>>>> SS IN
>> FORD -
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>> PAD / PROMO
>> FORD -
WE'RE AT THE END OF FARMWEEK FOR THIS WEEK...
ON OUR NEXT SHOW...
THE “MISSISSIPPI TREE FARMER OF THE YEAR.”
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>> SPANN -
THE 4-H YOUTH PROGRAM HELPED CHARLES DISMUKES OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI DECIDE ON A CAREER EARLY IN LIFE.
DISMUKES TREE FARM PROJECT PROMPTED HIM TO GO TO COLLEGE TO BECOME A FORESTER AND EVENTUALLY START HIS OWN TIMBER-BUYING BUSINESS.
>> FORD -
IN SOUTHERN GARDENING...
“BUMBLEBEES...”
FIND OUT HOW TO ATTRACT THESE AERIAL ACROBATS TO YOUR LANDSCAPE.
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>> FORD - FOR THE REST OF THE FARMWEEK CREW, I'M ARTIS FORD.
>> SPANN -
AND I’M LEIGHTON SPANN...
THANKS FOR WATCHING AND WE’LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.