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November 9 - 12, 2007
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November 9, 2007 - Fmwk #3118 - Show 1522
Feature: Dixie National Sale of Junior Champions
Reporter: Amy Taylor - Runs 7:35
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS
SPELL WINS 4TH MISSISSIPPI COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE RACE - Video
Lester Spell, Junior, DVM - 51%
Rickey Cole - 42%
P. Leslie Riley - 7%
POPULAR CLASS TEACHES MSU STUDENTS HOW TO BE “HORSE WHISPERERS” - Video
Mississippi State University students learning how to train horses to be ridden with a saddle.
Appearing: Michael Freely / Trainer-Instructor
Andrea Davidson / MSU College of Veterinary Medicine.
Reporter / Photographer / Video Editor: Amy Taylor
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY 3RD ANNUAL HORSE SALE
Some of the horses broken by MSU students will be auctioned off to benefit MSU’s equine program.
MSU 3rd Annual Horse Sale - 60 horses to be offered
Saturday, November 17, Mississippi Horse Park, Poorhouse Road, Starkville
Link to Farmweek calendar (information and sale catalog)
MSU RANKED 7TH IN NATION FOR RESEARCH FUNDING IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES - Video
VP Vance Watson delivers information at joint annual meeting of Mississippi State University Extension Service and the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station. Outstanding Extension Worker of the Year: Dr. Jane Parish. Outstanding MAFES Worker of the Year: Dr. Menghe Li.
Reporter / Photographer / Video Editor: Leighton Spann - Photographer: Artis Ford
SOUTHERN GARDENING - Blue Fortune Agastache - Video - See this story
Appearing: Norman Winter / Horticulturist / Mississippi State University Extension Service. Telephone (601) 857-2284
Writer / Video Editor: David Lack. Writer: Norman Winter. Photographer: Brian Utley
TOSS TO MARKETS
Federal assistance is available to Mississippi catfish farmers who suffered drought-related damage in 2005, 2006, and 2007. Must apply by Monday, November 19. Applications available at catfish feed mills, USDA Farm Service Agency Offices and the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce web site (link to site)
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MARKET NEWS
COTTON MARKET SET TO BE VOLATILE
Next two seeks could see changing prices. Prices should move higher into Spring. Prices should stay well-grounded in their 62-67 cent trading range.
Source: O.A. Cleveland / cottonexperts.com.
AMERICANS FAVOR ETHANOL
Survey commissioned by Renewable Fuels Association. 74% say U.S. should increase domestic production of renewable fuels. 77% says U.S. should encourage oil refiners to blend more ethanol in gasoline.
WOOD MILLS CLOSING - MISSISSIPPI AFFECTED
Hood Industries sawmill in Waynesboro, Mississippi, will be closed one week in November and one week in December. Georgia-Pacific closing Logansport, Louisiana, plywood mill. It is temporarily closing one of two plywood mills in Crossett, Arkansas.
TRIVIA QUESTION - What is the most commonly-grown Christmas tree in Mississippi? Answer Leyland Cypress.
FEATURE STORY PREVIEW - Video
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT - Video - No riders on tractors
USDA REPORT CALENDAR - Link to National Agricultural Statistics Service
U.S. BEEF SALES TO SOUTH KOREAN LOOKING MORE OPTIMISTIC
30,000 metric tons forecast for 2007. Should double in 2008.
CATTLE FUTURES SHOULD REBOUND - Video
Appearing: Virgil Robinson / PHI Producer Services.
Write/Video Editor: Leighton Spann
COALITION SEEKS COURT TO STOP CATTLE IMPORTS FROM CANADA
R-CALF USA and ten other groups attempting to halt November 19 resumption of Canadian cattle imports. Say it will increase the chance of bring BSE infected cattle into the U.S.
TRIVIA QUESTION - What is the most commonly-grown Christmas tree in Mississippi? Answer Leyland Cypress.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS - Link to Farmweek Calendar
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FEATURE STORY
2007 DIXIE NATIONAL SALE OF JUNIOR CHAMPIONS - Video runs - See this story
Jackson, Mississippi. Sale paid a record $279,000+ to young livestock showmen. Thirty showmen who didn't make it to the Sale were honored with college scholarships. Reporter: Amy Taylor. Original broadcast: February 23, 2007.
Reporter / Video Editor: Amy Taylor Photographer: Brian Utley
Appearing: Luke Lowery-4-H Member-Hattiesburg
Laken Lowery-4-H Member-Hattiesburg
Dean Jousan-Livestock Specialist-Mississippi State University Extension Service
Amanda Donald-Land Bank South-Flowood
Lester Spell, Jr. D.V.M.-Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture
Contact Information:
Mississippi State University Extension Service
Mississippi 4-H - (662) 325-3350 - More information
Mississippi Department of Education
Mississippi FFA - (601) 354-6933 - More information
PREVIEW OF NEXT WEEK’S SHOW - Video
Feature story: 2006 Year in Review
Southern Gardening: Mystic Spires Blue
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