March 30, 2004 - Farmweek #2739
Mississippi Biodiesel |
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TONIGHT ON FARMWEEK |
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PROSPECTIVE PLANTINGS REPORT ON WEDNESDAY - Market observers predicting record soybean acreage of 74.445 million acres. Corn may hit a 19 year high of 80.29 million acres. Cotton is predicted to be 12,000 acres to 13.502 million acres. |
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COGONGRASS TRAINING - EM #15 - Cogongrass Task Force conducts several training sessions help people to identify and control this invasive weed.
Appearing: Benny Graves/MS Dept. Of Agriculture and Commerce/Bureau of Plant Industry. Randy Browning/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/MS Fish and Wildlife Foundation. John Byrd, Ph.D./Mississippi State University Extension Service. |
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WEST TENNESSEE COTTON FARMERS APPROVE MAINTENANCE REFERENDUM - $12.25 per acre, per year, for ten years. |
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SOUTHERN GARDENING - Landscape Rocks - Video - Print - Appearing: Norman Winter - Horticulturist - Mississippi State University Extension Service |
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MARKETS INTRODUCTION |
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2003 GOOD TO BEEF PRODUCERS |
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BEEF PRICES REBOUND TO YEAR-AGO LEVELS - Slaughter steer prices average more than $81/cwt. during first quarter. |
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U.S. COMMERCE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT MADE A DECISION ON WHETHER TO INVESTIGATE IF CANADA VIOLATED INTERNATIONAL TRADE RULES WITH ITS HOG EXPORTS TO THE U.S. |
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EGG MARKET VERY GOOD IN 2003 - Appearing: John Anderson, Ph.D./Agricultural Economist/Mississippi State University Extension Service. |
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TRIVIA QUESTION - What is the best-selling ice cream flavor in the United States? Vanilla. |
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BREAK PREVIEW |
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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT - April 2-3 CVM Open House |
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USDA REPORT CALENDAR |
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TRACTOR DEMAND SOARING - Higher steel prices will impact irrigation equipment makers more than farm machinery manufacturers. |
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COTTON ANALYSIS - Prices under pressure - Appearing: Alan Brugler / Brugler Marketing and Management, LLC. |
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SOYBEAN ANALYSIS - Beans drop back some, but May futures closed above $10 on Monday. Plantings report is predicted to be friendly to prices. |
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TRIVIA ANSWER |
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS |
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BIODIESEL - See and hear this story - Mississippi company is producing biodiesel and it is increasing its production. This story originally appeared November 6, 2003, on Mississippi Roads on Mississippi Public Broadcasting. The story is copyrighted 2003 by MPB.
Appearing: Bill Webster/Biodiesel Producer. Bob Glenn/Biodiesel Producer. Sumech Arora/Mississippi Development Authority. Lester Spell, D.V.M./Commissioner of Agriculture/MS Dept. of Agriculture. Joshua Tickell/Author/Biodiesel Producer.
Contact Information:
Biodiesel Fuels of Mississippi
(601) 938-8125
National Biodiesel Board
(573) 635-3893
www.biodiesel.org |
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PREVIEW OF NEXT WEEK'S SHOW
Southern Gardening: "Mini Charm Tomatoes. |