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April 29, 2003 - Farmweek #2643

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"Farm Family of the Week"

  Video VO/SOT Ford/File TONIGHT ON FARMWEEK
    Ford USDA SETS SIGN UP PERIODS FOR COTTONSEED, CRP AND WRP. Cottonseed assistance will run about $3 per bale ($8 per ton) and it will be shared by ginners with farmers (Sign-up runs May 2-23).

Conservation Reserve Program sign up will run from May 5-30 at Farm Service Agency offices.

Environmental Quality Incentives Program and Wetland Reserve Program sign-up takes place at local offices of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service. $59.5 million is available for technical and financial assistance. These are available to non-farm landowners.
2:10 Video Pkg Utley/Gair 2003 MSU COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE OPEN HOUSE - EM #12 - Appearing: Dawn Kocher - Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine student - Open House Chair. Joann Vicks - Biology Instructor - Mary Holmes College. Wayne Groce, DVM - Professor - Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
    Ford WEEKLY CROP REPORT - Cotton, soybean and corn planting and emergence are ahead of the five year average. Rice is running close to its five year average.
  Video VO Ford/File LUNDY INDUCTED NATIONAL 4-H HALL OF FAME - Francis Lundy of Jackson was inducted posthumously. The Neshoba County native served 20+ years on the 4-H Club Foundation of Mississippi (11 years as chairman). The Foundations holdings grew by more than $1 million during his tenure. Lundy and his wife established the Francis and Emma Nell Lundy Endowment for 4-H youth leadership. Lundy passed away in April 2001.
  Video Pkg Gair/Lack SOUTHERN GARDENING - White Landscapes - Appearing: Norman Winter - Horticulturist - Mississippi State University Extension Service
    Ford Contact Information:
South Mississippi Forage-Tested Bull Sale
Noon - Saturday, May 10
Livestock Producers Association #1 Sale Barn
Tylertown
40 sires, 18 months old average. Angus, Beefmaster, Brangus, Gelbveigh, Polled Hereford, Simbrah, and Simmental.
Telephone: (601) 876-4021

Livestock Producers Association Select Heifer Sale
(follows Bull Sale)
200 heifers from Angus bulls (includes 30 cow/calf pairs, 60 pregnant)
Telephone: (601) 876-3465
    Spann TRIVIA QUESTION - How much wood can one acre of healthy trees generate in a year? 5,600 pounds.
    Spann MARKETS INTRODUCTION
  Video SOT Spann/MTM SOYBEAN ANALYSIS - Bearish trend hits prices - Appearing: Sue Martin/Ag & Investment Services.
    Spann COTTON MARKET ANALYSIS - O.A. Cleveland of cottonexperts.com says historic price activity suggests prices should rise 200-300 points.
    Spann INCOME DOWN FROM MEAT ANIMALS - 2002 was down from 2001. Income from hogs and pigs declined 23% while cattle and calves declined 6%.
  Video SOT Spann/UTC MARKET INTERVIEW - Cattle - Feed lots are placing more cattle on feed. Appearing: John Anderson - Agricultural Economist - Mississippi State University Extension Service.
    Spann TRIVIA ANSWER
    Ford CALENDAR OF EVENTS
6:37 Video Feature Spann FARM FAMILY OF THE WEEK" - See or hear this feature - EM #23 - This segment appeared on WLBT, Channel 3, Jackson, from 1954-1961. The photographs and scripts are part of CHARM, the agricultural history collection at Mississippi State University. Appearing: Vernal King of Taylorsville - Appeared January 25, 1957. Jimmie Dick and Leta Carter of Rolling Fork - Appeared November 18, 1955. Wanda King Cheek, PhD of Starkville - Appeared January 25, 1957. Paul Houston Therrell, Jr. of Brandon - Appeared November 18, 1960. Edna Therrell of Kosciusko - Appeared November 18, 1960

Contact Information:
CHARM - Consortium for the History of Agricultural and Rural Mississippi - www.charm.msstate.edu
MSU Libraries, Box 5408
Mississippi State, MS 39762-5408
(662) 325-7661
Howard Langfitt WLBT "Farm Family of the Week" Collection
  Video VO Ford/File PREVIEW OF NEXT WEEK'S SHOW
Feature: Mississippi Alternative Energy Enterprise. Farm to School program buys Mississippi produce to feed to Mississippi school children. Sensory Laboratory dedicated at Mississippi State University.
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