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November
11, 2003 - Farmweek #2719 Feature: Caro Gator Farm |
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| Video VO/SOT | Ford/File | TONIGHT ON FARMWEEK | |
| 1:50 | Video Pkg | Ford/MTM | FEDERAL ENERGY BILL STALLED AGAIN - Vote was expected this week, but more divisions remain to be solved including how to replace highway tax revenue lost when ethanol is used. |
| Ford | CONSERVATION FUNDING CONCERNS - The U.S. Senate passes its agricultural appropriations bill for the current fiscal year. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) accuses President Bush of wanting to kill the Conservation Security Program before it even starts this fiscal year. Harkin wants Mr. Bush to pressure the U.S. House of Representatives into restoring CSP funding in its ag. appropriations bill. Senator Charles Grassley R-Iowa) and Senator Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota) succeed in inserting a provision that lowers the EQIP limit from $450,000 to $300,000. | ||
| 2:43 | Video Pkg | Ford/Ford | SIMMONS PUMPKIN
FARM - EM #66 - Mark and Peggy Simmons of Belzoni run an agro-tourism
enterprise that hosts 4,000 school children each fall for "a visit to
the pumpkin farm. The children learn some history and get pet farm animals
in their small petting zoo. Appearing: Mark Simmons / Simmons Pumpkin Farm. Peggy Simmons / Simmons Pumpkin Farm. Eddie Harris - Belzoni County Director - Mississippi State University Extension Service. Contact information: Mark and Peggy Simmons, Belzoni (662) 247-3707 |
| Video Pkg | Gair/Lack | SOUTHERN GARDENING - Sullivan's Tropical Garden - Appearing: Norman Winter - Horticulturist - Mississippi State University Extension Service | |
| Ford | TOSS - MS Poultry Association Grower Advisory Meetings All times: 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. (601) 573-1458 Tuesday, November 18 Dixie Electric Building, Hwy 184, Laurel Thursday, November 20 National Guard Armory, Frontage Road, Forest Tuesday, November 25 Brookhaven/Lincoln County Multipurpose Building, Brookhaven |
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| Spann | TRIVIA QUESTION - How much of U.S. turkey production is consumed during the holidays? 30%. | ||
| Spann | MARKETS INTRODUCTION | ||
| :35 | Video Pkg | Spann/MTM | CHINA RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST OF THE INCREASE IN SOYBEAN AND COTTON PRICES - Cotton is at an eight year high, soybeans a six year high. |
| Spann | COTTON MARKET ANALYSIS - Last week's market dips hurt the December 2004 futures contact the most. O.A. Cleveland of www.cottonexperts.com says the only way for it to back above 70-cents per pound would be a relative crop failure next year. | ||
| Video SOT | Spann/MTM | CORN MARKET ANALYSIS - Foundation looks solid under the corn market - Appearing: Virgil Robinson / PHI Marketing Services, Inc. | |
| Spann | CAL-MAINE CHANGES PLANS - Unexpected increase in shell egg prices prompts Mississippi company to suspend its plans to become a privately-held company. | ||
| Video SOT | Spann/UTC | MARKET INTERVIEW - Cattle prices continue high - Appearing: John Anderson - Agricultural Economist - Mississippi State University Extension Service. | |
| Spann | TRIVIA ANSWER | ||
| Ford | CALENDAR OF EVENTS | ||
| 6:21 | Video Feature | Utley/Utley | CARO GATOR
FARM - See or hear this story
- EM #14 - Hazlehurst area family is taking part in a USDA/NRCS pilot
project where the dead chickens from their poultry operation are fed
to alligators. Appearing: Lee Caro (prounced Cairo) - Poultry/Alligator Producer. Bill Russell / Natural Resources Conservation Service - U.S. Department of Agriculture. Celeste Caro - Caro Farms. Contact Information: Lee Caro, Hazlehurst, (601) 894-1048 Bill Russell, USDA/NRCS, (601) 894-1118 |
| Video VO | Ford/File | PREVIEW OF
NEXT WEEK'S SHOW Feature: Malaysia/Mississippi State University student exchange. Southern Gardening: Anoles lizards |
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