July
29, 2003 - Farmweek #2704
Feature - Red Deer |
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TONIGHT ON
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SOUTHERN
ETHANOL HOLDS FARMER MEETINGS - Company holds meetings in Verona
and Mayhew on July 16 and 17. It wants farmers to join cooperative and
commit to supplying corn to the firm's yet-to-be built ethanol plant.
Appearing: Sykes Sturdivant - Farmer-Investor - Southern
Ethanol Company, LLC - Glendora. Keith Parsons - Attoryney - Jackson.
Mike Ferree - Amory Project Manager - Southern Ethanol Company, LLC
Contact Information:
Southern Ethanol
Sykes Sturdivant, Glendora, MS
(662) 375-8865 |
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BOLL WEEVIL
MAINTENANCE REFERENDUMS START AUGUST 4 - Affects cotton farmers
in the north and central Mississippi Delta. Referendum runs from August
4-15. Votes counted August 22.
Contact Information:
Boll Weevil Eradication Referendum Meeting
Thursday, July 31, 6:30 p.m.
Twin County Conference
Center, Old Hwy 61, Greenville
(662) 325-2993 |
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PERSONAL
FINANCIAL LITERACY TEACHER TRAINING - EM #13 - First summer workshop
helped 150 school teachers to learn techniques to teach personal financial
literacy to young people.
Appearing: Susan Cosgrove - Extension Family Resource
Management - Mississippi State University. Dannette Blackwell - Business
Technology Teacher - Hattiesburg High School. Ellen Winton - Columbia
High School.
Contact Information:
Susan Cosgrove (601) 635-2268 |
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SOUTHERN
GARDENING - Azalea Lace Bug - Appearing: Norman Winter -
Horticulturist - Mississippi State University Extension Service |
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MARKETS INTRODUCTION |
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CATTLE ANALYSIS
- Beef demand remains usually high - Appearing: Doug Hjort/Hjort & Associates |
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USDA MONTHLY
CATFISH REPORT - June - Price paid to farmers dropped, but sales
increased. |
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MARKET INTERVIEW
- Dairy prices make a sharp pike upward. Appearing: Bill
Herndon - Agricultural Economist - Mississippi State University Extension
Service. |
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TRIVIA QUESTION
- When was the first agricultural survey? 1791. |
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PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT |
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USDA REPORT
CALENDAR |
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TYSON PROFITS
DOWN $28 MILLION - Company says it was due to higher grain prices
and the expense of a closing a plant in Maryland. |
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SOYBEAN ANALYSIS
- China still expected to be a large importer by ignoring its own rules
on buy GMO soybeans. |
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COTTON ANALYSIS
- Reuters reports China needs to continue importing cotton to meet domestic
demand. |
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COTTON ANALYSIS
- O.A. Cleveland
of cottonexperts.com says old crop cotton shipments are huge. |
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TRIVIA ANSWER |
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CALENDAR
OF EVENTS |
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RED DEER
- See or hear this story
- EM #23 - Ken Hootsell of Gluckstadt and David Sexton of Liberty believe
there is money to be made in raising these European elk.
Appearing: Ken Hootsell - Red Deer Producer - Gluckstadt.
David Sexton - Red Deer Producer - Liberty.
Contact Information:
Rocking "S Red Deer Farm
Liberty, Mississippi
(601) 249-2354
White Oak Red Deer Farm
Ken Hootsell, Gluckstadt, MS
(601) 940-5359
North American Deer Farmers Association
www.nadefa.org |
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PREVIEW OF
NEXT WEEK'S SHOW
Feature: Saving Small Family Farms. Southern Gardening: Salvias. |