August 22, 2008 - Show #3207
Farm Safety 4 Just Kids
To view this story  To read the script
(These links will take you to Iowa Public Television's "Market to Market" show)
The National Safety Council estimates 104 young people die in farm accidents each year. Marilyn Adams of Iowa lost her 11-year son to a farm accident in 1986. She formed "Farm Safety 4 Just Kids" the following year. The organization provides a wide variety of teaching materials, warning stickers, etc. geared toward teaching young people to be safe on the farm.
Contact Information
Farm Safety 4 Just Kids, www.fs4jk.org    (800) 423-5437
Progressive Agriculture Safety Days, www.progressiveag.org   (888) 257-3529

August 15, 2008 - Show #3206
Dixie National Sale of Junior Champions
Length: 8:55   Watch the Flash video
Jackson, Mississippi. The 2008 Dixie National Sale of Junior Champions was held February 7.  It is the pinnacle of the junior livestock show program in Mississippi.  More than $242,000 was raised in the auction for the young men and women who made it into the Sale.  Another $41,000+ in scholarships were also awarded other livestock showmen.  
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

August 8, 2008 - Show #3205
To view this story - Go to Iowa Public Television's "Market to Market" show.
To read the script
Purdy, Missouri, farmer Kip Cullers is the world record yield title holder for soybeans.  He's held the title for the past two years.  He harvested more than 154 bushels per acre from his contest field in 2007.
Contact Information
Field Notes from Kip Cullers - Pioneer Web Site  More from Cullers at Pioneer
Links to other Kip Cullers stories

August 1, 2008 - Show #3204
RICE DONE "R.I.T.E."
Length:  5:32 Watch the Flash video
Video runs 5:43 - RealOne 56K or RealOne 256K
R.I.T.E. stands for "Rice Improvement Through Technology and Education." It's funded by growers through their Mississippi Rice Promotion Board and delivered by Mississippi State University. For two years, MSU personnel work with growers to maximize yields while reducing crop input costs.  Reporter:  Leighton Spann.  Original broadcast:  September 14, 2007.
Contact Information
R.I.T.E. - Rice Improvement Through Technology and Education
Nathan Buehring, Ph.D., Mississippi State University Extension Service.
Telephone (662) 686-3301
MSUCares.com - Rice web site     MSU Delta Research and Extension Center - Rice web site

July 25, 2008 - Show #3203
Deep South Bull Group
Video runs 7:24 - Watch the Flash video
Three Mississippi purebred Simmental bull breeders are working together to keep their individual operations in business.  Known as the "Deep South Bull Group" they join together the first Saturday of each March to hold an annual commercial bull and heifer sale in Tylertown.  The event has increased their sales over their former practice of selling bulls from their individual farms.  Reporter:  Artis Ford.
Contact Information
Deep South Bull Group
7th Annual Sale, Saturday, March 7, 2009, 1 p.m.
Livestock Producers Sale Barn, Tylertown

2008 Sale Catalog is still available on line
Dillion Simmental Farm, David Dillion, Lexington, MS  (662) 834-2722
Flying B Farm, Frank Brown, Petal, MS  (601) 582-0563
Holland Simmental Farm, Charles Holland, Magee, MS  (601) 849-2954
Livestock Producers Sale Barn, Tylertown, MS, Mike Pigott, (601) 876-3465

July 18, 2008 - Show #3202
Farmall Promenade
To view this story - Go to Iowa Public Television's "Market to Market" show. To read the script
These farmers from Nemaha, Iowa, have "square danced" for ten years on antique Farmall tractors.  The group is performing its last dance August 30, 2008.
Contact Information
Farmall Promenade - www.farmallpromenade.com  (712) 636-4503

July 11, 2008 - Show #3201
2007 Agricultural Year in Review
Video runs 8:40 - Watch the Flash video
The year saw the Farm Bill debate come to Mississippi. State row crop farmers set new yield records in spite of the dry weather.

June 27, 2008 - Show #3151
LANCE McCLOUD, MISSISSIPPI FORESTRY ASSOCIATION "OUTSTANDING LOGGER OF THE YEAR"
Video runs 8:15 - Watch the Flash video
Jayess, Mississippi.  No lost time accidents in 10 years. McCloud stresses safety and following Best Management Practices in his environmental stewardship.  Reporter:  Artis Ford.
Contact Information
McCloud Logging, Jayess, (601) 835-3217
MS Forestry Association, (601) 354-4936, www.msforestry.net

June 13, 2008 - Show #3149
Mississippi Agriculture Undergoing Permanent Acreage Shift?
Video runs 7:55  Watch the Flash Video
Mississippi farmers will plan their smallest cotton crop on record in 2008.  Is Mississippi making a permanent shift in crop acreage away from cotton?  What are the consequences of losing the infrastructure needed to support cotton production? Reporter:  Artis Ford.
Contact Information
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, Jackson - MFBF web site
(800) 227-8244 or (601) 957-3200
Mississippi Cattlemen's Association, Jackson - MCA web site
(662) 354-8951

June 6, 2008 - Show #3148
Katrina Childcare Comeback "Nurturing Homes Initiative"
Video runs 7:55  Watch the Flash video
Mississippi Gulf Coast. The Mississippi State University Extension Service played a great part in getting home-based childcare providers back in business following Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. The "Nuturing Homes Initiative" is responsible. Childcare operators are now back to pre-Katrina levels. Reporter: Leighton Spann.
Contact Information
Mississippi State University Extension Service
Early Childhood Education - Nurturing Homes Initiative - (662) 325-3083
NHI - Mississippi State University Extension Service Web Site

May 30, 2008 - Show #3147
Gaddis Farms, 111 Years Strong
Video runs 7:14  Watch the Flash Video
Bolton, Mississippi. This farm has been farmed continuously by the same Kendall Family for 111 years. Five generations have worked this row crop and cattle operation. Reporter: Amy Taylor.
Contact Information
Gaddis Farms, (601) 866-2253

May 23, 2008 - Show #3146
Trains and Agriculture
Video runs 6:46  Watch the Flash Video
A permanent exhibit at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum in Jackson chronicles how the railroad helped to develop state agriculture. Jackson-area model train enthusiasts have built a major layout to help tell the story. Farmweek's Leighton Spann reports. Original broadcast: June 15, 2007.
Contact Information
Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum - web page
1150 Lakeland Drive, Jackson
Telephones: (601) 713-3365, (800) 844-8687.
Hours: Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Admission: Adults $5, Seniors $4, Children 5-18 $3, Children 3-4 $1

Jackson Society of Model Engineers, www.jsme.org

May 16, 2008 - Show #3145
Black Farmers and USDA
Watch the story at Market to Market  Runs 8:05
If the proposed Farm Bill becomes law, black farmers in the U.S. will get another chance to take part in the 1999 civil rights case again the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  Many say they were unable to the first go-round.  Reporter:  Andrew Batt.
Contacts Information
Link to story script at Market to Market (produced by Iowa Public Television)   
National Black Farmers Association, www.blackfarmers.org
Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association, www.bfaa-us.org

May 9, 2008 - Show #3144
Pine Straw Bosses
Video runs 7:57 - Watch the Flash Video
Grenada and Lumberton, Mississippi.  Two Mississippi landowners make extra money from their pine trees by selling the straw for use as landscape mulch.  Reporter:  Leighton Spann.
Contact Information
www.msucares.com
www.pinestraw.biz
Natural Resources Conservation Service, New Albany, MS (662) 534-7651

May 2, 2008 - Show #3143
Wisconsin Cooperative Provides Health Insurance for Farmers
Watch the story at MTM
Wisconsin.  A health insurance cooperative has been formed to provide Wisconsin farmers with affordable health insurance.
Contact Information
Link to story script at Market to Market   
"Co-op Care" Web Site  (608) 258-4388

April 25, 2008 - Show #3142
Mississippi Horse Park
Video runs 7:16 - Watch the Flash Video
Video runs 7:16 - RealOne 56K or RealOne 256K
Starkville, Mississippi.  The Mississippi Horse Park has become an established part of tourism in the Starkville area.  It's much more than horses.  Reporter:  Leighton Spann.  Original broadcast:  March 23, 2007.
Contact Information
Mississippi Horse Park, Mississippi State University, Telephone: (662) 325-9350

April 18, 2008 - Show #3141
Julian Watson, A Tree Farmer's Tree Farmer
Video runs 5:17 - Watch the Flash video
Holmes County, Mississippi.  Julian Watson is a self-taught tree farmer who got into the tree farm business in mid-1980's. It turned erosion-ridden family land into a solid investment. Reporter:  Artis Ford.  Original broadcast:  August 24, 2007.
Contact Information
U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, (965) 965-4940
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

March 14, 2008 - Show #3136
AGRABILITY PROGRAM GIVES INDEPENDENCE TO DISABLED PEOPLE
Video runs 5:17 - Watch the Flash video
Video runs 5:17 - RealOne 56K or RealOne 256K
Mississippi State University.  MSU's AgrAbility program put Chuck Lenard of Crystal Springs back on his tractor after being paralyzed by a 2004 traffic accident.  Reporter:  Leighton Spann.  Original broadcast:  August 4, 2006
Contact Information
Mississippi AgrAbility Project
Emily Knight, (601) 736-8251
emilyk@ext.msstate.edu
MSU AgrAbility web site  www.msucares.com/safety/agrability/
Find your County Extension Office

March 14, 2008 - Show #3136
Health Insurance Cooperative Serves Farmers in Wisconsin
See this story at Market to Market - Iowa Public Television
Wisconsin.  A cooperative has been formed to provide Wisconsin farmers with affordable health insurance.
Contacts Information
Link to story script at Market to Market  
"Co-op Care" Web Site  608-258-4388

March 14, 2008 - Show #3136
Marshalltown, Iowa, Looks Back at 2006 Immigration Raid
See this story at Market to Market - Iowa Public Television
Federal agents raided six meatpacking plants operated by Swift and Company on December 12, 2006.   They arrested nearly 1,300 workers. The arrests temporarily shut down operations as nearly nine percent of the workforce was detained for questioning.
Contact Information
Link to story script at Market to Market

March 7, 2008 - Show #3135
LANCE McCLOUD, MISSISSIPPI FORESTRY ASSOCIATION "OUTSTANDING LOGGER OF THE YEAR"
Video runs 8:15 - Watch the Flash video
Video runs 8:10 - RealOne 56K or RealOne 256K
Jayess, Mississippi.  No lost time accidents in 10 years. McCloud stresses safety and following Best Management Practices in his environmental stewardship.  Reporter:  Artis Ford.
Contact Information
McCloud Logging, Jayess, (601) 835-3217
MS Forestry Association, (601) 354-4936, www.msforestry.net

February 29, 2008 - Show #3134
Immigration and Agriculture
See this story at Market to Market - Iowa Public Television
Yuma, Arizona.  See how the border fence and present U.S. immigration law is affecting U.S. farmers.
Contact Information
Link to story script at Market to Market

February 22, 2008 - Show #3133
Dixie National Sale of Junior Champions
Length: 8:55   Watch the Flash video
Jackson, Mississippi. The 2008 Dixie National Sale of Junior Champions was held February 7.  It is the pinnacle of the junior livestock show program in Mississippi.  More than $242,000 was raised in the auction for the young men and women who made it into the Sale.  Another $41,000+ in scholarships were also awarded other livestock showmen.  
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

February 15, 2008 - Show #3132
Deep South Bull Group
Length: 8:02    Watch the Flash video
Three Mississippi purebred Simmental bull breeders are working together to keep their individual operations in business. Known as the "Deep South Bull Group" they join together the first Saturday of each March to hold an annual commercial bull and heifer sale in Tylertown. The event has increased their sales over their former practice of selling bulls from their individual farms. Reporter: Artis Ford.
Contact Information
Deep South Bull Group 6th Annual Sale, Saturday, March 1, 2008 - 1 p.m.
Livestock Producers Sale Barn, Tylertown
2008 Sale Catalog - The catalog can be looked at on line, downloaded as a PDF or you can request a printed copy to be mailed to you.

Dillion Simmental Farm, David Dillion, Lexington, MS  (662) 834-2722
Flying B Farm, Frank Brown, Petal, MS  (601) 582-0563
Holland Simmental Farm, Charles Holland, Magee, MS  (601) 849-2954
Livestock Producers Sale Barn, Tylertown, MS, Mike Pigott, (601) 876-3465

February 8, 2008 - Show #3131
Farmweek's 30th Anniversary
Length:  6:50  Watch the Flash video
Mississippi State University, Starkville.  Look back through the years at how Farmweek has changed.  Reporter:  Artis Ford.  Original broadcast:  October 5, 2007.
Contact Information
farmweek@ext.msstate.edu        Telephone:  (662) 325-2262

February 1, 2008 - Show #3130
Harley and Billie Craven, MS Forestry Association Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year
Length:  6:50       Watch the Flash video
Newton, Mississipppi. The 2007-2008 Mississippi Forestry Association "Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year." Harley and Billie Craven live on the beautiful 400 acre tree farm they planted. The entire farm was cleared once for cattle and soybean production. Reporter: Leighton Spann. Original broadcast: October 26, 2007.
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

January 25, 2008 - Show #3129
2007 YEAR IN REVIEW
Length:  7:37  Watch the Flash video
This story looks back at agricultural happenings that took place during 2007 in Mississippi and the United States. Mississippi farmers harvested record state average yields in spite of suffering the state's 6th driest year on record.  Reporter: Artis Ford

January 18, 2008 - Show #3128
RICE DONE "R.I.T.E."
Length:                 Watch the Flash video
Video runs 5:43 - RealOne 56K or RealOne 256K
R.I.T.E. stands for "Rice Improvement Through Technology and Education." It's funded by growers through their Mississippi Rice Promotion Board and delivered by Mississippi State University. For two years, MSU personnel work with growers to maximize yields while reducing crop input costs.  Reporter:  Leighton Spann.  Original broadcast:  September 14, 2007.
Contact Information
R.I.T.E. - Rice Improvement Through Technology and Education
Nathan Buehring, Ph.D., Mississippi State University Extension Service.
Telephone (662) 686-3301
MSUCares.com - Rice web site     MSU Delta Research and Extension Center - Rice web site

January 11, 2008 - Show #3127
IRRADIATION KILLS E-COLI
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Sioux City, Iowa.  The boss of a food irradition company eats spinach salad laced with e-coli AFTER it goes through his company's irradiation process to kill the e-coli.  The Food and Drug Administration has not approved using irradiation to kill germs on vegetables, but it has approved it for meat.
Contact Information
Link to story script at Market to Market           Sadex Corporation
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January 4, 2008- Show #3126
THE MEMPHIS COTTON MUSEUM
Length:  9:02        Flash Video
Video runs 7:54 - RealOne 56K or RealOne 256
Memphis is still the cash cotton capital of the world. "The Cotton Museum" recalls the day when the Memphis Cotton Exchange and the surrounding neighborhood was the absolute center of the world's cotton trade. The museum has been opened on the old trading floor of the exchange. It features cotton's effects on the economics, the social and the music of the Mid-South. Reporter:  Leighton Spann.  Original air date:  January 26, 2007
Contact Information
The Cotton Museum, www.memphiscottonmuseum.org
Memphis Cotton Exchange, 65 Union Avenue. Memphis, Tennessee
Monday-Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.      Sunday Noon- 5 p.m.
Adults $5, Seniors $4.50, Students $4, Children 6-12 $3 (under 6 free)
Phone (901) 532-7826   
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January 4, 2008- Show #3126
Mennonites Can Meat for World Food Relief
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Kalona, Iowa.  Local Mennonite churches work together through the Mennoite Central Committee's canning operation to provide more than a million pounds of meat to hungry people in more than 20 countries.
Contacts
Link to story script at Market to Market      Mennonite Central Committee Canning Ministry
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January 4, 2008- Show #3126
Washington State Small Dairy Increases Income by Selling Raw Milk
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Sequim, Washington.  Learn how one producer is milking a profit from selling non-pasteurized dairy goods. Reporter:  Jeannie Campbell.
Contact Information
Link to story script at Market to Market