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August
5, 2003 - Farmweek #2705 - Feature - Family Farm Foods of Mississippi Blackwater Farms |
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| Video VO/SOT | Ford/File | TONIGHT ON FARMWEEK | |
| Ford | $34 MILLION FOR CATFISH FEED ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - Federal program will give credits that farmers can use at feed mills. Details of how and when it will be distributed are still being worked out. | ||
| 2:30 | Video Pkg | Spann/Ford | MISSISSIPPI
4-H COOPERATIVE TOUR - EM #23 - Annual tour is designed to teach
4-H'ers about how cooperatives operate and why they are an important form
of business in the state. Appearing: Charles Kimble - Staplcotn. Chip Upchurch - Cotton Services Coordinator - Staplcotn. Gene Heard - Agriliance. Ivory Johnson 4-H Cooperative Tour Attendee - Hollandale. Harvey Gordon - 4-H Youth Development - Mississippi State University Extension Service. Rebecca Oakes - Student Cooperative Manager - Kosciusko. |
| Ford | BOLL WEEVIL
VOTE IS UNDERWAY - Blake Layton of Mississippi State University
Extension Service says boll weevils could infest the area again in
2-3 years if the area does not enter the maintenance phase of the
eradication program. It could cost farmers $24-$54 per acre, per year
to control them on their own. The vote in the north and central Mississippi
Delta will end Friday, August 15. Two hurdles must be cleared for
the referendums to pass, 50% of the voters must vote and 2/3rds must
vote yes. Contact Information: (662) 325-2993 |
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| 2:00 | Video Pkg | Gair/Lack | SOUTHERN
GARDENING - Salvia - Appearing: Norman Winter - Horticulturist - Mississippi State University Extension Service |
| Ford | TOSS - 1,300th Farmweek show | ||
| Spann | TRIVIA QUESTION - What county in Mississippi harvested the most cotton acres in 2002? Coahoma, almost 123,000 acres. | ||
| Spann | MARKETS INTRODUCTION | ||
| 1:36 | Video SOT | Spann/MTM | COTTON ANALYSIS
- Bad break for cotton as crop conditions remained unchanged and more
textile mill closings were announced. The U.S. textile industry is one-half
the size it was five years ago Appearing: Tomm Pfitzenmaier - Summit Commodities. |
| Video SOT | Spann/UTC | MARKET INTERVIEW
- A big 2003 corn crop has some advising to sell it at harvest. Appearing: Jim Quinn - Market Information Specialist - Mississippi State University Extension Service and Mississippi Farm Bureau. |
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| Spann | POULTRY QUARANTINE EASED - Exotic Newcastle Disease (END) quarantine is lifted in Arizona, Nevada and Texas. The quarantine area in California was reduced. END does not affect humans, but it is most infectious disease of poultry. | ||
| Spann | CATTLE ANALYSIS - Declining inventories boost prices, but the market may be overbought and due for a corrections. The fundamentals, however, remain strong. | ||
| Spann | JAPAN RAISES BEEF TARIFF FROM 38.5% TO 50% - Japan says it'`s needed to help its producers recover from a surge in beef imports. U.S. beef industry officials say it will cost U.S. producers $110-$120 million in the next eight ups. | ||
| :50 | Video Pkg | Spann/MTM | "NAMING RIGHTS" CONTROVERSY - The European Union wants exclusive naming rights on some agricultural products and the Bush Administration is opposed. |
| Spann | TRIVIA ANSWER | ||
| Ford | CALENDAR OF EVENTS | ||
| 6:38 | Video Feature | Utley/Lack | BLACKWATER
FARMS, FAMILY FARM FOODS OF MS - See or hear this story - EM #12 - This cooperative is working to develop marketing approach which could benefit small family farms. Original broadcast: March 18, 2003. Appearing: Craig Hertel - Blackwater Farms - Daleville. Fred Stokes - Family Farm Foods of Mississippi. Cecil Williams - Rural Business Specialist - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. MaryAnn Jones - Blackwater Farms Customer - Lauderdale. Andrea Thaggard - Blackwater Farms Customer - Meridian. Linda Pepper, Ph.D. - Consultant/Grant Writer - Family Farm Foods of Mississippi. Jenny Hertel - Blackwater Farms - Daleville. Contact Information: Blackwater Farms Craig and Jenny Hertel (877) 276-7453 or (601) 743-2571 Family Farm Foods of MS Fred Stokes (662) 476-5568 or (601) 527-2459 E-mail: fredocm@earthlink.net |
| Video VO | Ford/File | PREVIEW OF
NEXT WEEK'S SHOW Feature: Goldleaf Farms, Pontotoc. Federal quail initiative announced at Mississippi State University. Southern Gardening: Sonset Lantana |
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