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December 17, 2002 - Farmweek #2624 Feature: Sweet Potato Capitol - Vardaman |
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| Video VO/SOT | Ford/File | TONIGHT ON FARMWEEK | |
| Ford | MS FARM PRODUCTION VALUE DROPS ALMOST 7% IN 2002 - More... $4.5 B - dn 7% By Crop (compared with 2001) 1. Poultry - $1.4 B - down 17% 2. Forestry - $1.06 B - down 1% 3. Cotton - $432 M - down 2% 4. Soybeans - $261 M - up 59% 5. Catfish - $241 M - down 7% 6. Cattle/calves - $194 M - down 8% 7. Corn - $157 M - up 57% 8. Milk - $65 M - down 19% 9. Rice - $63 M - down 22% 10. Hogs - $44 M - down 31% 2002 Federal Farm Payments - $415 M - down 20% |
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| 1:43 | Video Pkg | Spann/Spann | DAIRY INDUSTRY IN TROUBLE - EM #22 - Poor fall grazing conditions due to rain and low prices cap a hard year for dairy producers. From the Mississippi-Louisiana Dairy Management Conference. Appearing: Wesley Farmer - Dairy Specialist - Mississippi State University Extension Service. Philip Roberts - Dairy Producer - Mount Hermon, Louisiana. Bill Herndon - Interim Head - Ag. Economics - Mississippi State University. |
| Video VO/SOT | Ford/Ford | USDA INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING AT THE VALLEY - The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture held the second in a national series of briefings to informed under served customers, women and minorities about USDA programs that might benefit them. Location: Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena. Appearing: Lou Gallegos - Assistant Secretary for Administration - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Rep. Bennie Thompson - 2nd District (D) - Mississippi. | |
| 2:04 | Video Pkg | Utley/Utley | 2002 MISSISSIPPI FARM BUREAU FEDERATION ANNUAL MEETING - EM #11 - Appearing: Mike Pepper - Director of Govt. Relations - MS Farm Bureau Federation. John Mark Branning - Vote Delegate - Neshoba County. |
| 1:43 | Video Pkg | Gair/Lack | SOUTHERN GARDENING - New Plants for 2003 - Appearing: Norman Winter - Horticulturist - Mississippi State University Extension Service |
| Spann | TRIVIA QUESTION - What is Mississippi's most important timber product? Pine saw logs. | ||
| Spann | MARKETS INTRODUCTION | ||
| Spann | CATTLE ANALYSIS - Strong upward trend in market. Producers urged to protect price gains with options. | ||
| Spann | U.S. SHARE OF SOUTH KOREAN BEEF MARKET INCREASES 7% - Gain attributed to U.S. Meat Export Federation opening Meat Education and Research Center in Seoul. | ||
| Spann | COTTON ANALYSIS - O.A. Cleveland of cottonexperts.com says support is firming up under the December 2003 contract. The upward side of trading range, however, is only 53-cents per pound. | ||
| Spann | NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL CALLS ON CHINA TO ABIDE BY WTO COMMITMENTS - NCC President Kenneth Hood says U.S. Trade Representative indicates China blocking cotton imports. | ||
| Spann | COTTONSEED QUALITY VERY POOR IN SOME AREAS - Wet harvesting conditions have greatly diminished its value. | ||
| Video SOT | Spann/MTM | CORN ANALYSIS - Reductions in poultry production at cutting demand - Appearing: John Roach/Roach Ag Marketing. | |
| Spann | SOYBEAN ANALYSIS - U.S. soybean prices trending lower on good weather in Brazil's soybean region. | ||
| Spann | WHEAT BEING IMPORTED INTO U.S. - Feed quality coming in from Britain and milling quality from France. | ||
| Spann | TRIVIA ANSWER | ||
| Ford | CALENDAR OF EVENTS | ||
| 6:16 | Video Feature | Utley/Lack | THE SWEET POTATO CAPITOL - See and hear the story - EM #11 - Mississippi's sweet potato producers in the Vardaman area support each other. The crop is part of the history and culture of the region. Appearing: Bill Burdine, PhD - Area Agronomist - Mississippi State University Extension Service. Benny Graves - Secretary/Treasurer - MS Sweet Potato Council. Bobby Whitt - C&W Farms - Vardaman. P.K. Edmondson - Edmondson Farms - Vardaman. James Casey - Mayor of Vardaman. Daphna Cook - Sweet Potato Sweets. Randle Wright - N&W Farms - Vardaman. Contact Information: Sweet Potato Sweets (662) 682-9647 (800) 770-5035 www.sweetpotatosweets.com |
| Video VO | Ford/File | PREVIEW OF NEXT WEEK'S SHOW Feature: Hallmark Flowers, Southaven, MS |
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