December 30 - Show 2926
OREGON II CHECKS EFFECT OF FISHING IN GULF OF MEXICO
Part 1 - Video runs 8:48 -  Watch 56K or Watch 256K
Part 2 - Video runs 6:27 -  Watch 56K or Watch 256K
Mississippi State University wildlife and fisheries students help the National Marine Fisheries Service gather fish and invertebrate population data in the Gulf of Mexico.  The eight day trip took place board the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel Oregon II.  Reporter:  Artis Ford.
Contact Information
NOAA / National Marine Fisheries Service - Pascagoula, MS, Office
Oregon II - Visitors Page
NOAA/NMFS Cooperator Volunteer Program
NOAA/NMFS Teacher at Sea Program

December 30 - Show 2926
Asoyia
Southeast  Iowa farmers form business to grow and market "Asoyia," a soybean oil with no "trans fats." The specialty oil pays an extra 50 cents per bushel.
Contacts:
Farmedic www.farmedic.com
Telephone toll free 800.437.6010

This story is not available on our web site due to copyright considerations.  The script is available for viewing at Iowa Public Television's Market to Market.  See script here.

December 23 - Show 2925
FARMEDIC PROGRAM SAVES LIVES
Saves lives by preparing emergency rescue personnel to work on accidents at farm.  Workshops are available nationwide.
Contacts:
Farmedic www.farmedic.com
Telephone toll free 800.437.6010

This story is not available on our web site due to copyright considerations.  The script is available for viewing at Iowa Public Television's Market to Market.  See script here.

December 23 - Show 2925
"GRAZEFEST 2005" TOUTS BENEFITS OF "GRASS FED" MEAT
Video runs 8:56 - RealOne 56K or RealOne 256K  or Windows 56K
Country music star Teddy Genry of "Alabama" is out to make consumers and cattlemen aware of the taste and health benfits of "grass fed" meat.  The trade show was held in Jackson, Mississippi, in July 2005.  Original broadcast: August 19, 2005. Anchor:  Artis Ford.  Story Producer/Reporter:  Brian Utley
Contact Information
U.S. Grass Fed Society, Web page usgrassfed.com     E-mail usgrassfed.com
Telephones  256.845.3009   Toll Free 877.874.2333
Kathy Lacy or Teddy Gentry
1270 County Road 256
Fort Payne, AL 35967

December 16 - Show 2924
POST HURICANE KATRINA TIMBER SALVAGE
Video runs 6:13 - RealOne 56K or RealOne 256K or Windows 56K
Mississippi's tree farmers report it's losing proposition, but they're doing what they can to keep their trees from going to waste.  Anchor: Artis Ford. Reporter: Brian Utley.
Contact Information
Mississippi State University Extension Service
Forestry Web Site
Purvis office - 601.794.0671
Glenn Hughes, Ph.D. - 601.270.8729

December 9 - Show 2923
FORREST COUNTY AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL
Video runs 10:12 - RealOne 56K or RealOne 256K or Windows 56K
Mississippi's last high school with a working farm.  It's not an anachronism.  It's meeting the academic needs of its students.  It also has a beautiful campus and one of the most loyal alumni association you'll find anywhere.  See post-Katrina update at end.  Reporter:  Artis Ford.  Original broadcast:  June 10, 2005
Contact Information
Forrest County Agricultural High School, Brooklyn, Mississippi
Kyle Nobles, Superintendent, 601.583.1305

December 2 - Show 2922
MAUTHE'S DAIRY
Video runs 8:13 - RealOne 56K or RealOne 256K or Windows
Audio runs 1:33 - Real or MP3 (MS Public Broadcasting Radio)
The Mauthe family (Moe-tay) sells their milk and milk products directly to the public.  They credit this with saving their farm from going out of business.  Be sure to watch the end for the Hurricane Katrina update.   Reporter:  Leighton Spann.  Original broadcast:  May 27, 2005.
Contact Information
Mauthe’s Dairy, 601.542.3471  mauthesdairy@aol.com
Crescent City Farmers Market   www.crescentcityfarmersmarket.org

November 25 - Show 2921
NMCC Agricultural Technology Program
Video runs 7:54 - Watch 56K or Watch 256K 
Program at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia is training agricultural equipment repair technicians and mechanics in the electronic diagnosis skills needed for today’s modern farm equipment.  Anchor:  Artis Ford.  Producer/Reporter Brian Utley. Original broadcast:  November 19, 2004.
Contact Information
Northwest Mississippi Community College - Web site
Agricultural Technology - 662.562.3361

November 25 - Show 2921
GRAIN BIN SAFETY
Mississippi rice storage facility learns how unclog grain bins without endangering its employees.
Contact Information
Delta Rice Services, Telephone 662.375.8580, Cleveland and Webb, Mississippi

November 25 - Show 2921
GRAIN HARVESTING EFFICIENCY
Australian-born engineer Graeme Quick offers practical tips to increase yields and quality when harvesting corn and soybeans.  Quick's expertise is acknowledged nationwide.
Contact Information
This story is not available on our web site due to copyright considerations.  The script is available for viewing at Iowa Public Television's Market to Market.  See script here.

November 18 - Show 2920
MISSISSIPPI TREE FARMERS HIT HARD BY HURRICANE KATRINA
Video runs 7:34 - RealOne 56K or RealOne 256K
Audio runs 1:24 - Real or MP3 (Mississippi Public Broadcasting Radio)
Former tree farmers of the year were hit hard by Hurricane Katrina.  Producer/Reporter: Brian Utley
Contact Information
Mississippi State University Extension Service
Forestry Web Site
Purvis office - 601.794.0671
Glenn Hughes, Ph.D. - 601.270.8729

November 11 - Show 2919
CATTLEMEN'S EXCHANGE
Video runs 7:15 - Watch 56K or Watch 256K
This Mississippi State University program puts cattlemen together so they can learn from each others' successes and mistakes.  Reporter:  Leighton Spann. Original broadcast:  June 17, 2005.
Contact Information
Cattlemen's Exchange -
Contact your county MSU Extension Service Office for a Cattlemen's Exchange taking place near you.

November 4 - Show 2918
ALAN PRIEST
MFA OUTSTANDING LOGGER OF THE YEAR
Video runs 7:57 - RealOne 56K or RealOne 256K  or Windows
Audio runs 1:34 - Real or MP3 (MS Public Broadcasting Radio)
Centreville logger was chosen by the Mississippi Forestry Assocation.  The 4th generation logger is know for the environmentally friendly nature of his work.  Reporter:  Artis Ford.
Contact Information
CST Timber Company - Centreville, Mississippi
Alan Priest, Telephone 601.225.7887

October 28 - Show 2917
ROSE TEAM ROPING
Video runs 6:30 - Watch 28K or Watch 300K
Adam and Sharla Rose are teaching riding, team roping and training roping horses at their arena near Nanih Waiya.  Reporter:  Leighton Spann.  Original broadcast:  September 3, 2004.
Contact Information
R-K Arena, Adam and Sharla Rose - Nanih Waiya, Mississippi  (662) 773-2575

October 21 - Show 2916
URBAN FORESTRY
Video runs 8:11 - Watch 56K or Watch 256K
Some Mississippi communities are finding out trees inside the city limits can attract people and businesses.  Anchor:  Artis Ford.  Reporter:  Brian Utley. Original broadcast: May 20, 2005.  
Contact Information
Mississippi Urban Forest Council - Resource Guide and Toolkit
www.msurbanforest.com  Telephones 601.856.1660    601.672.0755

October 14, 2005 - Show 2915
TREE STAND SAFETY
Video runs 8:09 -  Watch 56K or Watch 256K
Two Mississippi hunters died October 21 when they fell out of their tree stands.  Many more are injured each year.  Find out how to use your tree stand safely and investigate a Mississippi's invention which promises to make using tree stands safer.  Anchor:  Leighton Spann.  Reporter:  Brian Utley.  Original broadcast:  December 17, 2004.
Contact Information
Brian Parkman, DCI  -  www.dontchanceit.net  - Telephone: 601.732.2932

October 7, 2005 - Show 2914
MISSISSIPPI BIODIESEL ENTREPRENEURS
Video runs 8:19 - RealOne 56K or RealOne 256K  or Windows
Visit the first Mississippi convenience store to sell biodiesel and a biodiesel manufacturer in Pearl.   Anchor:  Artis Ford.  Reporter:  Brian Utley
Contact Information
Earth Biofuels, Byram / Meridian, Mississippi
Telephone 601.594.5029 or 601.372.844
Southern Biofuels, Jackson, Mississippi - www.sobiodiesel.com
Telephone 601.939.0556

September 30, 2005 - Show 2913
A BUILDING FOR EVERY SEASON
Video runs 10:26 -  Watch 56K - Watch 256K
Audio runs 1:36 - Real or MP3 (MS Public Broadcasting Radio)
The Landscape Architecture Building at Mississippi State University is up to 70% more energy efficient than comparable structures.  Home owners could benefit from the same technology. 
Reporter:  Artis Ford. Original broadcast:  April 29, 2005
Contact Information
Landscape Architecture Dept. (web link)  662.325.3012
Mississippi State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences,
MSU Center for Sustainable Design  (web link)

September 23 - Show 2912
LONGLEAF PINE RESTORATION IN MISSISSIPPI
Video runs 8:39 - Watch 56K or Watch 256K
Once they dominated the sandy soils of the southern coastal plain.  The Longleaf Alliance is working to bring back these stately trees.  Reporter:  Brian Utley.  Original broadcast:  March 25, 2005.
Update:  Many tree farmers in South Mississippi suffered wild spread tree damage and destruction from Hurricane Katrina.  Mississippi State University foresters hope to study which pine trees and what ages of trees weathered the storm the best.
Contact Information
The Longleaf Alliance - 334.844.1032
www.longleafalliance.org

September 16 - Show 2911
FORMOSAN TERMITES
Video runs 4:50 - RealOne 56K or RealOne 256K  or Windows 28K or Windows 56K
Audio runs 1:35 - MP3  (Mississippi Public Broadcasting Radio)
Fomosan Termites are originally from China.  These termites are more aggressive and harder to control than domestic termites.  Department of Wood Products researchers at Mississippi State University have patented some of their control ideas including one involving attracting them with radio waves.  Anchor/reporter: Leighton Spann.
Contact Information
Mississippi State University Formosan Termite Research Facility - Information PDF
Michael Sanders - Telephone 662.325.8097

U.S. Department of Agriculture Formosan Research - Formosan Termite article
National Formosan Subterranean Termite Program
Contact information

September 9 - Show 2910
ELECTRIC GENERATOR SAFETY
Video runs 4:50 - RealOne 28K or RealOne 56K or RealOne 256K  or Windows 56K
Potential electrocution, carbon monoxide poisoning and gasoline fires are possible when using an electric generator.  Advice on how to keep your electric generator from injuring you or your family. 
Anchor/reporter:  Artis Ford.  Appearing:  Herb Willcutt / Agricultural Engineer / Mississippi State University Extension Service

September 2 - Show 2909
CHAINSAW SAFETY
Video runs 4:50 - RealOne 56K or RealOne 256K  or Windows 28K
How to use your chainsaw and keep it from injuring you.
Anchor:  Leighton Spann.  Reporter:  Brian Utley.

September 2 - Show 2909
NEW "LIGHT" LOGGING TECHNOLOGY
Video runs 9:10 - Watch 56K or Watch 256K
Audio runs 1:33 - Real or MP3
Loggers and timber companies adopt new technology to allow logging in wet conditions.  Some machines are computerized and use lasers to harvest the wood. 
Anchor:  Leighton Spann.  Original broadcast:  April 22, 2005.
Contact Information
Georgia-Pacific - Wood & Fiber Procurement - Tommy Joyner, 601.933.0483
Charles Donald Timber Company - George Donald, 601.940.3466

August 26 - Show 2908
THE TRAVELS OF BILLY MOORE
Video runs 7:51 - RealOne 56K or RealOne 256K  or Windows 56K
Follow the travels of Mississippi State University Plant Pathologist Emeritus Billy Moore.  Moore is part of the state and federal Asian Soybean Rust team in Mississippi.  Moore travels up to 1,800 miles per week checking sentinel plots and farm fields.  The retired Moore's salary is paid by Mississippi soybean farmer checkoff dollars.   Anchor:  Artis Ford.
Contact Information
www.stopsoybeanrust.com
U.S. Department of Agriculture Public Soybean Rust Site - www.sbrusa.net
North American Plant Disease Forecast Center - site
Mid-South Soybean Rust Monitor - www.soyrust.org
Mississippi State University Extension Service - Soybean Rust - site

August 19 - Show 2907
"GRAZEFEST 2005" TOUTS BENEFITS OF "GRASS FED" MEAT
Video runs 8:56 - RealOne 56K or RealOne 256K  or Windows 56K
Country music star Teddy Genry of "Alabama" is out to make consumers and cattlemen aware of the taste and health benfits of "grass fed" meat.  The trade show was held in Jackson, Mississippi, in July 2005.  Anchor:  Artis Ford.  Story Producer/Reporter:  Brian Utley
Contact Information
U.S. Grass Fed Society, Web page usgrassfed.com     E-mail usgrassfed.com
Telephones  256.845.3009   Toll Free 877.874.2333
Kathy Lacy or Teddy Gentry
1270 County Road 256
Fort Payne, AL 35967

August 19 - Show 2907
2004 AGRICULTURAL YEAR IN REVIEW
Video runs 7:06 - Watch 56K or Watch 256K 
A review of what happened in Mississippi and U.S. agriculture in 2004. 
Reporter: Artis Ford

August 12 - Show 2906
MISSISSIPPI STATE & OLE MISS "PHARM" TOGETHER
Video runs 7:13 -  Watch 28K or Watch 300K
Rivals are working together to see if wild "mayapple" can be cultivated successfully for its anti-cancer pharmaceutical compound.  Reporter:  Leighton Spann.  Original broadcast:  June 15, 2004.
Contact Information
U.S. Department of Agriculture  - Mayapple information
University of Mississippi - Mayapple information

August 5 - Show 2905
TOMMY BOONE, MS FORESTRY ASSOCIATION OUTSTANDING LOGGER OF THE YEAR
Video runs 5:32 - Watch 28K or Watch 300K
Forrest County resident noted for environmentally-friendly work and 13 years without a lost time accident  Reporter:  Artis Ford. 
(Original broadcast:  September 17, 2004)
Contact Information
Boone Timber Harvesting, (601) 408-6178

August 5 - Show 2905
MISSISSIPPI AGRICULTURAL AVIATORS
Video runs 6:48 -  Watch 28K or Watch 300K
The old label, "crop duster," doesn't do justice the modern technology they use today.  Anchor:  Leighton Spann.  Reporter:  Brian Utley.
(original broadcast:  June 22, 2004

July 29 - Show 2904
WORLD AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK BOARD
(WORLD SUPPLY AND DEMAND ESTIMATES)
Video runs 10:46 - Watch 56K  -  Watch 300K
Security and integrity are behind influential report produced monthly by the USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board.  Anchor:  Leighton Spann.  Original broadcast:  January 14, 2005.
Contact Information
World Agricultural Outlook Board - Home page
U.S. Department of Agriculture

July 22 - Show 2903
MSU STUDENTS BECOME "SEA DOGS" ON THE OREGON II - Part 2
Part 2 - Video runs 6:27 -  Watch 56K or Watch 256K
The last half of this report shows how National Marine Fisheries Service researchers must get used to living on the ocean in order to gather fish and invertebrate population data in the Gulf of Mexico.  Mississippi State University wildlife and fisheries students helped the NMFS on an eight day trip that took place aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel Oregon II.
Reporter:  Artis Ford.  Original broadcast:  December 17, 2004.
Contact Information
NOAA / National Marine Fisheries Service - Pascagoula, MS, Office
Oregon II - Visitors Page
NOAA/NMFS Cooperator Volunteer Program
NOAA/NMFS Teacher at Sea Program

July 22 - Show 2903
2005 DIXIE NATIONAL SALE OF JUNIOR CHAMPIONS
Video runs 6:05 - Watch 56K or Watch 256K
This annual sale is the finale of the junior livestock showing program in Mississippi.  Total sales hit almost $239,000.  Broke the old record by $46,000!  Reporter:  Brian Utley.  Original broadcast:  February 24, 2005.
Contact Information
Mississippi 4-H - (662) 325-3350 - More
Mississippi State University Extension Service
Mississippi FFA - (601) 354-6933 - More
Mississippi Department of Education

July 15 - Show 2902
MSU STUDENTS BECOME "SEA DOGS" ON THE OREGON II - Part 1
Video runs 8:48 -  Watch 56K or Watch 256K
Mississippi State University wildlife and fisheries students help the National Marine Fisheries Service gather fish and invertebrate population data in the Gulf of Mexico.  The eight day trip took place aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel Oregon II.  Reporter:  Artis Ford.  Original broadcast:  December 10, 2004.
Contact Information
NOAA / National Marine Fisheries Service - Pascagoula, MS, Office
Oregon II - Visitors Page
NOAA/NMFS Cooperator Volunteer Program
NOAA/NMFS Teacher at Sea Program

July 15 - Show 2902
FARMER'S MARKETS POPULAR IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS
Video runs 8:05 - Watch 28K - Watch 300K
Farmer's markets doing well in cities and rural areas. Visit the markets in Jackson, Belhaven and Vaiden.   Anchor:  Artis Ford.  Reporter:  Brian Utley
Contact Information
MSUCares.com   Commercial Horticulture Information
Mississippi Farmers Markets Locations and Contacts
Jake Hutchins, State Farmers Market Representative
Mississippi Department of Agriculture & Commerce
Phone: (601) 354-6573

July 8 - Show 2901
BRAZIL IOWA FARMS
Iowa farm family takes on challenges of operating an 11,000 acre farm in Brazil.
Contact Information
Story Script   Produced by Market to Market, Iowa Public Television

July 1 - Show 2900
TREE STAND SAFETY
Video runs 8:08 - Watch 56K or Watch 256K
Two Mississippi deer hunters died October 21, 2004, when they fell out of their tree stands.  Many more are injured each year.  Find out how to use your tree stand safely and investigate a Mississippi's invention which promises to make using tree stands safer.  Anchor:  Leighton Spann.  Reporter:  Brian Utley.  Original broadcast:  December 17, 2004.
Contact Information
"Don’t Chance It” - Climbing Tree Stand Safety Device
Brian Parkins, 601.732.2932    www.dontchanceit.net

June 24 - Show 2850
MIRACLE MARE
Video runs 8:45 - Watch 56K or Watch 256K
She had three foals in a year's time with three different stallions.  Mississippi State University is offering "embryo transfer" services to horse owners.  It promises to dramatically increase the quality and the income potential of horse herds.   Reporter:  Brian Utley.
Contact Information
MSU College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Peter Ryan, .662.325.2938 or Dr. David Christiansen, 662.325.1348

June 17 - Show 2849
CATTLEMEN'S EXCHANGE
Video runs 7:15 - Watch 56K or Watch 256K
This Mississippi State University program puts cattlemen together so they can learn from each others' successes and mistakes.  Reporter:  Leighton Spann.
Contact Information
Cattlemen's Exchange
Contact your county MSU Extension Service Office for an exchange taking place near you.

June 10 - Show 2848
FORREST COUNTY AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL
Video runs 9:47 - Watch 56K or Watch 256K
Mississippi's last high school with a working farm.  It's not an anachronism.  It's meeting the academic needs of its students.  It also has a beautiful campus and one of the most loyal alumni association you'll find anywhere.   Reporter:  Artis Ford.
Contact Information
Forrest County Agricultural High School, Brooklyn, Mississippi
Kyle Nobles, Superintendent, 601.583.1305

June 3 - Show 2847
COTTON PICKER ART
Video runs 7:20 - Watch 28K or Watch 300K
Lee Washington of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, turns worn out cotton picker spindles into unique sculptures.  Anchor:  Artis Ford.  Reporter:  Brian Utley (original broadcast April 20, 2004)
Contact Information
Lee Washington   Day (662) 873-2029    Night (662) 873-2395

MSU & OLE MISS "PHARM" TOGETHER
Video runs 7:13 -  Watch 28K or Watch 300K
Rivals are working together to see if wild "mayapple" can be cultivated successfully for its anti-cancer pharmaceutical compound.  Reporter:  Leighton Spann.
Contact Information
U.S. Department of Agriculture  - Mayapple information
University of Mississippi - Mayapple information

NC FARMER TRADES TOBACCO FOR FLOWERS
North Carolina farmer enters buy out program for tobacco.  His farm will not grow tobacco for the first time in seven generations.  He and his family are turning to flowers to replace the lost income.
The video of this story will not be posted on our web site because the copyright is held by Iowa Public Television.
Contact Information
Story Script   Produced by Market to Market, Iowa Public Television.

May 27 - Show 2846
MAUTHE'S DAIRY
Video runs 7:46 - Watch 56K or Watch 256K
Audio runs 1:33 - Real or MP3 (MS Public Broadcasting Radio)
The Mauthe family (Moe-tay) sells their milk and milk products directly to the public.  They credit this with saving their farm from going out of business.   Reporter:  Leighton Spann. 
Contact Information
Mauthe’s Dairy, 601.542.3471  mauthesdairy@aol.com
Crescent City Farmers Market www.crescentcityfarmersmarket.org
Wesley Farmer, Diary Specialist - 601.835.3460
Mississippi State University Extension Service

May 20 - Show 2845
URBAN FORESTRY
Video runs 8:11 - Watch 56K or Watch 256K
Some Mississippi communities are finding out trees inside the city limits can attract people and businesses.  Anchor:  Artis Ford.  Reporter:  Brian Utley. 
Contact Information
Mississippi Urban Forest Council - Resource Guide and Toolkit
www.msurbanforest.com  Telephones 601.856.1660    601.672.0755

May 13 - Show 2844
MISSISSIPPI ETHANOL
Video runs 7:30 - Watch 28K or Watch 300K
This Winona company is working on a low pressure gasification method to turn wood waste into a gas that can be used for fuel and to make ethanol.  Mississippi State University is involved in the development.  Reporter:  Artis Ford.    Original broadcast:  November 5, 2004.
Contact Information
Mississippi Ethanol, Winona - Larry Pearson 662.283.4467

Mississippi State University, Diagnostic Instrumentation and Analysis Laboratory
John Plodinec 662.325.2105

May 13 - Show #2844
SHORTAGE OF LARGE ANIMAL VETERINARIANS
Fewer veterinarians each year choose to treat so-called "food animals."  The video of this story will not be posted on our web site because the copyright is held by Iowa Public Television.
Contact Information
Story Script   Produced by Market to Market, Iowa Public Television

May 6 - Show 2843
B.F. AVERY TRACTOR COLLECTORS
Video runs 5:58 - Watch 28K or Watch 300K
This small tractor was produced after WWII and sold in the Mid-West and South.  Collectors came to Mississippi to meet with a Mississippi Avery collector with an extensive "graveyard" of parts.  Reporter:  Leighton Spann.    Original broadcast:  May 18, 2004.
Contact Information
B.F. Avery Collectors and Associates  - Web site
Mississippi - Bill Williams  (662) 728-3747

April 29 - Show 2842
A BUILDING FOR EVERY SEASON
Video runs 10:26 -  Watch 56K - Watch 256K
Audio runs 1:36 - Real or MP3 (MS Public Broadcasting Radio)
The Landscape Architecture Building at Mississippi State University is up to 70% more energy efficient than comparable structures.  Home owners could benefit from the same technology.  Reporter:  Artis Ford
Contact Information
Landscape Architecture Dept. (web link)  662.325.3012
Mississippi State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences,
MSU Center for Sustainable Design  (web link)

April 22 - Show 2841
NEW LOGGING TECHNOLOGY
Video runs 9:10 - Watch 56K or Watch 256K
Audio runs - Real or MP3
Loggers and timber companies adopt new technology to allow logging in wet conditions.  Some machines are computerized and use lasers to harvest the wood.  Anchor:  Leighton Spann.
Contact Information
Georgia-Pacific - Wood & Fiber Procurement - Tommy Joyner, 601.933.0483
Charles Donald Timber Company - George Donald, 601.940.3466

April 15 - Show 2840
MISSISSIPPI FARM TOY COLLECTORS
Video runs 7:20 - Watch 28K or Watch 300K
Audio runs 1:33 - Real or MP3
This hobby grows out of a love for agriculture and helps to illustrate agricultural history. Original broadcast: March 23. 2004.  Anchor:  Artis Ford.  Reporter:  Brian Utley.
Contact Information
John Byrd, Mississippi Farm Toy Show - 662.325.4537

April 8 - Show 2839
NMCC Agricultural Technology Program
Video runs 7:54 - Watch 56K or Watch 256K 
Program at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia is training agricultural equipment repair technicians and mechanics in the electronic diagnosis skills needed for today’s modern farm equipment.  Anchor:  Artis Ford.  Reporter Brian Utley. Original broadcast:  November 19, 2004.
Contact Information
Northwest Mississippi Community College - Web site
Agricultural Technology - 662.562.3361

April 1 - Show 2838
McCOMB MILL
Video runs 6:46 - Watch 56K or Watch 256K
70-plus jobs were saved when plant manager Todd Whitley bought the textile mill with the help of USDA Rural Development, City of McComb and Pike County.  Reporter:  Leighton Spann.  Original broadcast: March 2, 2004.
Contact Information
McComb Mill - Web site    E-mail    Telephone 601.684.1012 - 866.684.1012
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development - Web site - Jackson, Mississippi, state office
Telephone 601.965.4316

March 25 - Show 2837
LONGLEAF PINE RESTORATION IN MISSISSIPPI
Video runs 8:39 - Watch 56K or Watch 256K
Once they dominated the sandy soils of the southern coastal plain.  The Longleaf Alliance is working to bring back these stately trees.  Reporter:  Brian Utley.
Contact Information
The Longleaf Alliance - 334.844.1032
www.longleafalliance.org

Randy Browning - 662.686.3375
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
MS Fish and Wildlife Foundation

March 18 - Show 2836
U.S. SHRIMP INDUSTRY UNDER SEVERE STRESS
Video runs 8:53 - Watch 28K or Watch 300K
High operating costs and low-priced imports cut the number of boats by 50% at the beginning of the season in Mississippi waters.  Original broadcast:  September 24, 2004.
Anchor:  Leighton Spann.  Reporter:  Brian Utley.
Contact Information
Southern Shrimp Alliance - www.shrimpalliance.com
MS Dept. Of Marine Resources - www.shrimp.mississippi.gov
Desporte & Sons Seafood Market, Biloxi - (228) 432-1018
Gollott’s Seafood, D’Iberville - (228) 392-7181 - www.gollottseafood.com

March 18 - Show 2836
MAKE YOUR OWN TURKEY HABITAT
Video runs 7:18 - Watch 28K
Timeless tips for growing timber and turkeys on your land.  Anchor:  Artis Ford.  Original broadcast: May 30, 1996.
Contact Information
County offices of the Mississippi State University Extension Service
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
Dean Stewart - 662.324-6443 - FarView Forest & Wildlife Services, Starkville, MS

March 11 - Show 2835
2004 AGRICULTURAL YEAR IN REVIEW
Video runs 7:06 - Watch 56K or Watch 256K 
A review of what happened in Mississippi and U.S. agriculture in 2004.  Reporter: Artis Ford

March 4 - Show 2834
JOHN GREEN, 2004-2005 MFA OUTSTANDING TREE FARMER OF THE YEAR
Video runs 10:46 - Watch 56K or Watch 256K
Green's tree farm on the banks of the renowned Pascagoula River balances conservation, recreation and timber production.  Reporter:  Leighton Spann. 
Original broadcast:  October 22, 2004.
Contact Information
Mississippi Forestry Association (601) 354-4936 - www.msforestry.net
MSU Extension Service (662) 325-3905- www.msucares.com
Mississippi Forestry Commission (601) 359-1386- www.mfc.state.ms.us

February 25 - Show 2833
2005 DIXIE NATIONAL SALE OF JUNIOR CHAMPIONS
Video runs 6:05 - Watch 56K or Watch 256K
This annual sale is the finale of the junior livestock showing program in Mississippi.  Total sales hit almost $239,000.  Broke the old record by $46,000!  Reporter:  Brian Utley.
Contact Information
Mississippi 4-H - (662) 325-3350 - More
Mississippi State University Extension Service
Mississippi FFA - (601) 354-6933 - More
Mississippi Department of Education

February 18 - Show 2832
RAMSEY FARM FOUNDATION RECREATES 1930'S IOWA FARM AND TOWN
Iowa native Paul Ramsey spent summers as a youth on his aunt and uncle's farm near Mount Ayr, Iowa.  Ramsey has formed a foundation which has restored the farm the way it was in the 1930's.  Many people, including urban young people, visit the farm and learn how Mid-western farm life used to be.  Market to Market's Laurel  Bower Burgmeir reports.  The video of this story will not be posted on our web site because the copyright is held by Iowa Public Television.
Contact Information
Ramsey Farm - Mount Ayr, Iowa - (641) 464-0811
Market to Market - View the script (produced by Iowa Public Television)

February 11 - Show 2831
TOMMY BOONE, 2004-2005 MS FORESTRY ASSOCIATION
OUTSTANDING LOGGER OF THE YEAR
Video runs 5:32 - Watch 28K or Watch 300K
Forrest County resident noted for environmentally-friendly work and 13 years without a lost time accident  Reporter:  Artis Ford.  Original broadcast:  September 17, 2004.
Contact Information
Boone Timber Harvesting, (601) 408-6178

February 4 - Show 2830
RIDING, ROPING AND ROSES
Video runs 6:30 - Watch 28K or Watch 300K
Adam and Sharla Rose are teaching riding, team roping and training roping horses at their arena near Nanih Waiya.  Reporter:  Leighton Spann.  Original broadcast:  September 3, 2004.
Contact Information
R-K Arena, Adam and Sharla Rose, Nanih Waiya, (662) 773-2575

January 28 - Show 2829
ILLINOIS SWINE FARMERS REAP ADDED VALUE
Swine farmers add value to their animals by building their own meat processing plant, Meadowbrook Farms Cooperative.  Market to Market's David Miller reports.  This story will not be posted on our web site because the copyright is owned by Iowa Public Television.  The script can be viewed at the link below.
Contact Information
Meadowbrook Farms Cooperative - www.meadowbrook-farms.com
Market to Market - View the script
(story produced by Market to Market, an Iowa Public Television show)

January 21 - Show 2828
U.S. SHRIMP INDUSTRY UNDER SEVERE STRESS
Video runs 8:53 - Watch 28K or Watch 300K
High operating costs and low-priced imports cut the number of boats by 50% at the beginning of the season in Mississippi waters.  Anchor:  Leighton Spann.  Reporter:  Brian Utley.
Original broadcast:  September 24, 2004.
Contact Information
Southern Shrimp Alliance - www.shrimpalliance.com
MS Dept. Of Marine Resources - www.shrimp.mississippi.gov
Desporte & Sons Seafood Market, Biloxi - (228) 432-1018
Gollott’s Seafood, D’Iberville - (228) 392-7181 - www.gollottseafood.com

January 21 - Show 2828
HARRIS BARNES,  AGRICULTURAL PHOTOGRAPHER
Video runs 7:44 - Watch 28K - Watch 300K
Clarksdale photographer has compiled his 50 years of photographs into a book, Cotton.  Anchor:  Artis Ford.  Reporter:  Brian Utley.  Original broadcast:  August 19, 2003.
Contact Information
Harris Barnes, (662) 624-8986   Fax: (662) 627-2088
537 School Street, Clarksdale, MS 38614

January 14 - Show 2827
WORLD AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY AND DEMAND ESTIMATES.
Video runs 10:46 - Watch 56K  -  Watch 300K
Security and integrity are behind influential report produced monthly by the USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board.  Anchor:  Leighton Spann.
Contact Information
World Agricultural Outlook Board - Home page (U.S. Department of Agriculture )

January 7 - Show 2826
FARMER'S MARKETS POPULAR IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS
Video runs 8:05 - Watch 28K - Watch 300K
Farmer's markets doing well in cities and rural areas. Visit the markets in Jackson, Belhaven and Vaiden.  Jackson Farmers Market will open in 2005 at intersection of High Street and Jefferson Street.  Anchor:  Artis Ford.  Reporter:  Brian Utley.
Contact Information
MSUCares.com   Commercial Horticulture Information
Mississippi Farmers Markets Locations and Contacts
Jake Hutchins, State Farmers Market Representative
Mississippi Department of Agriculture & Commerce
Phone: (601) 354-6573