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2009 - Links and Contact Information Seen on Farmweek
Nov. 20

Video
Webster County, Mississippi, growers hurt by fall rain Watch the streaming video - Length 3:13 
Nov. 20

Video
Southern Gardening

Vines

Nov. 20

Feature
Video

Mississippi Tree Farmers being paid to store "carbon"

Watch the streaming video - Length 8:11 
2009 Story Archive

Dr. Randy Rousseau, (662) 325-2777
Mississippi State University

"Carbon Credits" pdf
MSU Extension Publication

Greg Sirmon, Sirmon & Associates
Pelahatchie, MS  (601) 854-6631

AgraGate Climate Credits Corporation, www.agragate.com

Chicago Climate Exchange, www.chicagoclimatex.com

Nov. 13

Video
4,000 visit MSU's "Wood Magic Science Fair" Watch the streaming video - Length 2:19 
Nov. 13

Video
Southern Gardening

Hummingbird plants

Nov. 13

Feature
Video

Shawn Mercer,
Mercer Cattle, Richton, MS

Watch the streaming video - Length 5:37 
2009 Story Archive

Beef Magazine article on Shawn Mercer

Nov. 6

Video
Dr. Temple Grandin keynotes the MSU CVM Human-Animal Bond Lecture Series Watch the streaming video - Length 1:28 
Nov. 6

Video
Southern Gardening

Hummingbird Haven

Nov. 6

Feature
Video

Mississippi Women in Agriculture

Watch the streaming video - Length 8:08 
2009 Story Archive

MS Women in Agriculture - event calendar
Mississippi State University Extension Service
Sonia Hancock (662) 325-3207

Oct. 30

Video
Southern Gardening

Garden fun

Oct. 30

Feature
Video

Julian Watson
Mississippi Forestry Association 2009 Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year

Watch the streaming video - Length 9:11 
2009 Story Archive

U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture, (965) 965-4940
Natural Resources Conservation Service,

Mississippi Forestry Association (601) 354-4936   www.msforestry.net

MSU Extension Service (662) 325-3905   www.msucares.com

MS Forestry Commission (601) 359-1386
www.mfc.state.ms.us

Oct. 23

Video
Trey Koger updates Mississippi soybean crop damage

Koger interview

Oct. 23


Mississippi Crop Damage Web Site at MSUCares.com

Mississippi Crop Damage Web Site

Oct. 23

Video
Southern Gardening

Gilmers Garden

Oct. 23

Feature
Video
Dr. Norman Borlaug,
Father of the Green Revolution

Watch the streaming video 
2009 Story Archive

Alternate viewing site at Iowa Public Television
Script at Iowa Public Television

World Food Prize Foundation web site

Oct. 9

Video
Southern Gardening

Tropical Garden

Oct. 9

Feature
Video
May Brothers operates a corn maze

Watch the streaming video 
2009 Story Archive

May ’s Corn Maze, Stewart, Mississippi
(662) 258-2302, (662) 262-7229
Admission $8, Friday & Saturday
5 p.m. - 10 p.m.
(Friday nights, "5th Quarter," 10 p.m. - Midnight, admission $6)
Operates through Nov. 14


Oct. 2

Video
Southern Gardening

Fall Flower and Garden Fest - Oct. 16-17

Oct. 2

Feature
Video
Farmweek celebrates 32nd anniversary

Watch the streaming video 
2009 Story Archive


Oct. 2

Feature
Video
Preserving Pennsylvania Barns

Watch the streaming video 
2009 Story Archive
Historic Barn & Farm Foundation of Pennsylvania, www.pahistoricbarns.org
National Barn Alliance, www.barnalliance.org
Iowa Barn Foundation, www.iowabarnfoundation.org

Sept. 25

Video
19th National Rice Month Luncheon was about more than recipes

Watch the streaming video

Sept. 25

Video
Southern Gardening

Constellation Dwarf Sunflowers

Sept. 25

Feature
Video
Owen Brothers Logging,
Mississippi Forestry Association 2009 Outstanding Loggers of the Year

Watch the streaming video 
2009 Story Archive


Sept. 18

Video
Muscadine grape field day attracts many

Watch the streaming video - 2:15

Muscadine Variety Descriptions - Mississippi State University

Muscadine production manual (PDF) - Mississippi State University

South Mississippi Branch Experiment Station
Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station

Sept. 18

Video
Southern Gardening

2010's hot new plants

Sept. 18

Feature
Video
Iowa Gambling Funds Rural Philanthropy

Watch the streaming video 
2009 Story Archive

Endow Iowa

Sept. 11

Video
Arkansas' U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln becomes first woman chairman of Senate Agriculture Committee.

Watch the streaming video - 1:29

Sept. 11

Video
Southern Gardening

Woodland Garden

Sept. 11

Feature
Video
Little Creek Ranch Agritourism

Watch the streaming video 
2009 Story Archive
Little Creek Ranch, Corinith, MS
www.littlecreek.ms - (662) 287-0362

Reese Orchard, Starkville, MS
www.reeseorchard.com - (662) 324-1509

Agritourism Business Information
Dr. Darryl Jones, (662) 325-3174
Natural Resource Enterprises Program
Wildlife and Fisheries, Mississippi State University

Sept. 4

Video
Deep South Stockers Conference

Watch the streaming video - 2:25

Sept. 4

Video
Southern Gardening

Mynelle Gardens, Jackson, MS

Sept. 4

Feature
Video
Using "Small Wind" Generators to make Electricity

Watch the streaming video - Length 6:59 
2009 Story Archive

www.innovativekinetics.org
Des Moines, Iowa - (515) 554-4114
Installed one of the wind turbines seen in the story.

High Hopes Garden - This Iowa organization has a wind turbine bulletin board

August 28

Video
Chickasaw County Master Gardeners build Houston Garden Park

Watch the streaming video - 3:48

Master Gardeners Volunteer Program
Mississippi State University Extension Service
State Coordinator - Dr. Lelia Scott Kelly, (662) 566-2201

Chickasaw County Master Gardeners
Chickasaw County Office  (662) 456-4269
Mississippi State University Extension Service

Find your office of the
Mississippi State University Extension Service

August 28

Video
Southern Gardening

2009's new varieties can also stand Southern heat

August 28

Feature
Video
Mississippi Highway Patrolman surviving tough times to build new dairy

Watch the streaming video - 5:28 
2009 Story Archive

August 21


Mississippi Soy Rust Information

Mississippi State University Extension Service
Soybean Rust Hotline
Toll-free (866) 641-1847

Dr. Tom Allen, (662) 686-3272
Dr. Trey Koger, (662) 207-1604

News story on latest rust finds -
Soybean rust may not require fungicides

August 21

Video
"Bio Oil" is near.

Mississippi State University
Biofuel Conference

Watch the streaming video - 2:31

Mississippi State University
Bioenergy Research Laboratory
(662) 325-3282

August 21

Video
Southern Gardening

Bananas

August 21

Feature
Video
Urban Sprawl

Watch the streaming video 
2009 Story Archive

American Farmland Trust
AFT - California - "Paving Paradise"

August 14

Video
New weed control systems highlighted during Pontotoc Field Day

Watch the streaming video - 2:28

Mississippi Agriuculture and Forestry
Experimentation Station
Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Branch Exp. Station
8320 Hwy 15 South
Pontotoc, MS 38863
Phone: (662) 489-4621

August 14

Video
Southern Gardening

Bananas

August 14

Feature
Video
2008 Year in Review

Watch the streaming video - 9:53 
2009 Story Archive


August 7

Video
Mississippi 4-H'ers learn how "cooperatives" are a vital part of agriculture

Watch the streaming video - 2:01

August 7

Video
Southern Gardening

SunPatiens

August 7

Feature
Video
"Walking Wetlands" benefit farmers and waterfowl

Watch the streaming video 
2009 Story Archive

Klamath Basin Conservation Partnership Accomplishments - PDF
Natural Resource Conservation Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture

July 31

Video
Southern Gardening

Trotters Tropical Landscape

July 31

Feature
Video
Johnie Floyd Weems, Sr.
Mississippi Forestry Association Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year


Watch the streaming video - 6:58 
2009 Story Archive

MSU Extension Service (662) 325-3905   www.msucares.com

Miss. Forestry Commission (601) 359-1386   www.mfc.state.ms.us

Mississippi Forestry Association (601) 354-4936   www.msforestry.net

July 24

Video
Mississippi State University conservation camps teach outdoor fun and science

Watch the streaming video - 3:42
Conservation Camps Website
Associate Extension Professor John Guyton
(662) 325-3482
Wildlife and Fisheries Department
Mississippi State University

July 24

Video
Southern Gardening

Hostas

July 24

Feature
Video
Mississippi AgrAbility helps West Nile Virus Survivor to regain mobility

Watch the streaming video - 8:07
2009 Story Archive

Mississippi AgrAbility Project (601) 736-8251
Coordinator Emily Knight, emily@ext.msstate.edu

July 17

Video
Winston County
Self Help Cooperative

Watch the streaming video - 2:39

July 17

Video
Southern Gardening

Impatiens

July 17

Feature
Video
Fresh Express, Part 2

Watch the streaming video
2009 Story Archive

Railex - www.railexusa.com
Riverhead, New York

July 10

Feature
Video
Mississippi Farm Toy Collectors

Watch the streaming video  Length: 8:06
2009 Story Archive

Mississippi Farm Toy Show
February 26-27, 2010
(Friday evening and Saturday)
Starkville, MS
(662) 418-4537, (662) 258-2746

Mississippi Delta Farm Toy Show
February 5-6, 2010
(Friday evening and Saturday)
Coahoma County Expo Center, Clarksdale, MS David Caudell, (662) 627-3860

July 10

Feature
Video
"The Fresh Express"
Part 1 of 2

2009 Story Archive

Click here to watch the story   
Click here to read the script

This story is from Market to Market, Iowa Public Television.  You must go to their web site for streaming video and the script.

Railex, Riverhead, New York
www.railexusa.com

July 10

Feature
Video
Agriculture in the Classroom

2009 Story Archive

Click here to watch the story  
Click here to read the script

This story is from Market to Market, Iowa Public Television. You must go to their web site for streaming video and the script.

Ag in the Classroom, www.agclassroom.org

July 3

Video
Southern Pines
Animal Shelter

Watch the streaming video - 2:21
Southern Pines Animal Shelter
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
(601) 544-6632

July 3

Video
Southern Gardening

Wister Gardens, Belzoni, MS

July 3

Feature
Video
Brad Smith, Mississippi Forestry Association "Outstanding Logger
of the Year"


Watch the streaming video
2009 Story Archive

BJ Smith Logging, Brookhaven
(601) 823-0756

Log a Load for Kids
National web site, www.logaloadforkids.org

Mississippi Forestry Association, Jackson.
(601) 354-4936, www.msforestry.net

June 26

Video
"Wood straw" could be market for wood waste

Watch the streaming video - 2:22

June 26

Video
Southern Gardening

Fowlers Garden

June 26

Feature
Video

Mississippi State University's Florist Shop Celebrates 75th Anniversary

Watch the streaming video - 10:11
2009 Story Archive

The University Florist
Mississippi State University
www.theuniversityflorist.com
(662) 325-3585

June 19

Feature
Video

The Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange

Watch the streaming video - 7:52
2009 Story Archive

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 $6, Seniors $5.50, Students $5,
Children 6-12 $4 (under 6 free)
Phone (901) 532-7826

June 19

Feature
Video
Barn Restoration
Part 2 - Iowa

Watch the streaming video
2009 Story Archive

Iowa Barn Foundation, www.iowabarnfoundation.org

Historic Barn & Farm Foundation of Pennsylvania, www.pahistoricbarns.org

National Barn Alliance, www.barnalliance.org

June 12

Feature
Video
Gary Miller, enabled, not disabled, hay farmer

Watch the streaming video - 8:10
2009 Story Archive

Gary Miller, Macon, MS  (662) 726-44463

Mississippi AgrAbility Project
Emily Knight, (601) 736-8251
Mississippi State University Extension Service
AgrAbility web site at MSUCares.com

June 12

Feature
Video
Barn Restoration
Part 1 - Pennsylvania

Watch the streaming video
2009 Story Archive

Historic Barn & Farm Foundation of Pennsylvania, www.pahistoricbarns.org

Iowa Barn Foundation, www.iowabarnfoundation.org

National Barn Alliance, www.barnalliance.org

June 5

Video
2009 Mississippi 4-H Congress

Watch the streaming video - length 2:22

June 5

Video
Southern Bio-Products and Renewable Energy Conference

Watch the streaming video - length 2:22

June 5

Video
Southern Gardening

Etheridges vegetables in raised beds

June 5

Feature
Video
Katrina Childcare Comeback

Watch the streaming video - 8:26
2009 Story Archive

Mississippi State University Extension Service
Early Childhood Education
Nurturing Homes Initiative - (662) 325-3083
NHI - MSU Extension Service Web Site

May 29

Video
Rain Damaging MS Corn

Watch the streaming video - length 2:25

May 29

Video
Southern Gardening

Raymond Beautification

May 29

Feature
Video
2008 - Agricultural
Year in Review

Watch the streaming video - 8:31
2009 Story Archive


May 22

Video
Southern Gardening

Brookhaven, MS, Japanese Maples

May 22

Feature
Video
MaryJanesFarm

Watch the streaming video
2009 Story Archive

MaryJanesFarm - www.maryjanesfarm.org

May 15

Video
Three Mississippians appointed / elected to national posts
Watch the streaming video - length 1:15
May 15

Video
Southern Gardening

Grancy Graybeard

May 15

Feature
Video
Mississippi Pine Straw

Watch the streaming video  - runs 8:10
2009 Story Archive

Pine Straw information - www.msucares.com
www.pinestraw.biz - North Central MS Resource Conservation and Development

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, New Albany, MS (662) 534-7651

May 8

USDA offers EQUIP funding to help farmers convert to organic production USDA Press Release

How find your local Natural Resources Conservation Service office

Mississippi USDA NRCS State Office
State office telephone (601) 965-5205
Mississippi County Office Locator
May 8

Video
2009 Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine 25th Open House
Watch the streaming video - length 2:22
May 8

Video
Southern Gardening

English Dogwood (mock organge)

May 8

Feature
Video
Missouri National Guardsmen Work to Win Hearts and Minds of Afghani Farmers

Watch the streaming video 
2009 Story Archive

May 1

2009 H1N1 Flu Info Links
(Influenza A (H1N1))
msucares.com - Swine Influenza and You - PDF
Swine Influezna and You (en Espanol) - PDF

pandemicflu.gov
www.cdc.gov/swineflu
Center for Disease Control
Telephone 1-800-232-4636
May 1

Video
2009 H1N1 Flu update with
Dr. Jane Clary, RN
(Influenza A (H1N1))
Watch the streaming video - length 5:13
May 1

Video
Southern Gardening

Limelight Hydrangeas

May 1

Feature
Video
Gaddis Farms

Watch the streaming video - length 7:11 
2009 Story Archive

Gaddis Farms, (601) 866-2253

April 24

Video
Middle Schoolers learn about "real world" finance Watch the streaming video - length 2:19
April 24

Video
Southern Gardening

Water Features

April 24

Feature
Video
May's Corn Maze

Watch the streaming video - length 9:48 
2009 Story Archive

May’s Corn Maze, Stewart MS
(662) 258-2302 or (662) 262-7229


Agritourism Information - Dr. Darryl Jones,
(662) 325-3174
Natural Resource Enterprises Program - web link
Wildlife and Fisheries, Mississippi State University


Stanley Wise,
Mississippi State University Extension Service
Union County Office, (662) 534-1917

April 17

Video
Southern Gardening

Mixed Containers

April 17

Feature
Video
Mississippi Tree Farmers Paid to Store Carbon

Watch the streaming video - length 7:41 
2009 Story Archive

Dr. Randy Rousseau, (662) 325-2777
Mississippi State University

"Carbon Credits" pdf
MSU Extension Publication

Greg Sirmon, Sirmon & Associates
Pelahatchie, MS  (601) 854-6631

AgraGate Climate Credits Corporation, www.agragate.com

Chicago Climate Exchange, www.chicagoclimatex.com

April 10

Video
Mississippi Women in Agriculture

Watch the streaming video - Length 2:05

April 10

Video
Southern Gardening

Seniorita Rosalita Cleome

April 10

Feature
Video
National Farm Toy Show

Watch the streaming video 
2009 Story Archive

National Farm Toy Show, Dyersville, Iowa
November 6-8, 2009

National Farm Toy Museum, Dyersville, Iowa
nationalfarmtoymuseum.com  
Toll free (877) 475-2727
E-mail farmtoys@dyersville.com

April 4

Video
2009 USDA Planting Intentions Report shows less total acreage in Mississippi

Watch the streaming video - Length 3:20

Join 4-H - Find your county office of the MSU Extension Service

April 4

Video
Southern Gardening

Flambe

April 4

Feature
Video
Little Creek Ranch
(agri-tourism)

Watch the streaming video - Length 7:38 
2009 Story Archive

Little Creek Ranch Corinith, MS - www.littlecreek.ms - (662) 287-0362
Reese Orchard Starkville, MS - www.reeseorchard.com - (662) 324-1509

Agritourism Information
Dr. Darryl Jones, (662) 325-3174
Natural Resource Enterprises Program - web link
Wildlife and Fisheries, Mississippi State University

March 27

Video
2009 Mississippi 4-H Congressional Awards Presented

Watch the streaming video - Length 2:20

Join 4-H - Find your county office of the MSU Extension Service

March 27

Video
Southern Gardening

Slim Jim Eggplants

March 27

Feature
Video
Johnie Floyd Weems, Senior, 2008-2009 Mississippi Forestry Association "Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year

Watch the streaming video - Length 6:58 
2009 Story Archive

Mississippi Forestry Association (601) 354-4936   www.msforestry.net

MSU Extension Service (662) 325-3905   www.msucares.com

Miss. Forestry Commission (601) 359-1386   www.mfc.state.ms.us

March 13

Video
"Leadership Noxubee" helps build community leaders

Watch the streaming video Length:  2:12

March 13

Video
Southern Gardening

Shrub Roses

March 13

Video
Southern Gardening

Conifers

March 13

Feature
Video
President Barack Obama's Agenda for Rural America

Watch the streaming video 
2009 Story Archive


March 6

Video
4-H'ers thank
Mississippi Legislature

Watch the streaming video Length:  2:14

March 6

Video
Southern Gardening

Preview of Gulf Coast Garden and Patio Show

March 6

Video
Southern Gardening

5 environmentally-friendly Green Plants

March 6

Feature
Video
George W. Bush's
Rural Legacy


Watch the streaming video  Length:  7:31
2009 Story Archive


Feb. 27

Video
National FFA Office visits Mississippi during National FFA Week, February 21-28

Watch the streaming video Length: 5:46

Feb. 27

Feature
Video
2009 Dixie National Sale
of Junior Champions


Watch the streaming video  Length: 8:40
2009 Story Archive


Feb. 20

Video
National Cotton Council 2009 Acreage Survey

Watch the streaming video Length:  :51
Record low cotton acreage predicted for Mississippi.  U.S. acreage expected to be down 14% compared with 2008.

Feb. 20

Video
Southern Gardening

Preview of Gulf Coast Garden and Patio Show

Feb. 20

Feature
Video
Brad Smith, Mississippi Forestry Association "Outstanding Logger
of the Year"


Watch the streaming video  Length:  8:05
2009 Story Archive


Feb. 13

Video
Arbor Day 2009
Tree planting tips

Watch the streaming video

Feb. 13

Video
"Farming in February"
Tupelo Automobile Museum

Watch the streaming video
A preview of The Tupelo Automobile's special exhibit "Farming in February." This exhibit will feature old tractors, farm equipment and pickup trucks from 1930's-1950's.
"Farming in February,"  February 14-28, 2009

Adults $7.50, Children $5 (ages 5-12)
Admission fee includes all museum cars
Tupelo Automobile Museum, web site
1 Otis Dr, Tupelo, MS 38804
(intersection of Highway 45 & Mainstreet, east of the BancorpSouth Center)
(662) 842-4242

Feb. 13

Video
Southern Gardening

5 Native Perennials

Feb. 13

Feature
Video
Lou Zemek, New Dairyman and Mississippi Highway Safety Patrolman

Watch the streaming video
2009 Story Archive


Jan. 30

Video
Southern Gardening

Bones, berries, and bark

Jan. 30

Feature
Video
2008 Review - Mississippi Agriculture Year in Review

Watch the streaming video
2009 Story Archive


Jan. 23

Video
Lack of lumber demand closing Mississippi mills Watch the Flash video - Length :33
Jan. 23

Video
Southern Gardening

How to improve your topsoil

Jan. 23

Feature
Video
2008 - U.S. Agriculture Year in Review

Watch the streaming video
2009 Story Archive


Jan. 16

Video
PYCO to close Greenwood cottonseed oil mill Watch the Flash video - Length: 1:06
Jan. 16

Video
Southern Gardening

Shishi Gashira Camellia

Jan. 16

Feature
Video
Mississippi AgrAbility helps West Nile Virus survivor

Watch the Flash video - Length: 8:01
2009 story archive


Jan. 9

Video
Southern Gardening

New pansies

Jan. 9

Feature
Video
Childcare Recovery Critical after Hurricane Katrina

Watch the Flash video - Length: 7:45
2009 story archive


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