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MID-SOUTH
PRODUCTION OF THE
MISSISSIPPI STATE
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION.
CLOSED CAPTIONING
BY MISSISSIPPI STATE
UNIVERSITY TELEVISION
CENTER
>> FORD -
TODAY ON
FARMWEEK...
IF YOU NEED TO
APPEAL AN ADVERSE
DECISION BY THE U-S-D-
A ...
YOU MAY NEED STEVEN
SILVERMAN.
>> SPANN -
IN THE FOOD FACTOR,
PORTION CONTROL.
FIND OUT SOME
PRACTICAL WAYS TO
CONTROL HOW MUCH
YOU EAT.
>> FORD -
IN SOUTHERN
GARDENING...
SPILLER PLANTS.
THESE PLANTS GIVE
YOUR POTS AN EXTRA
ZING.
>> SPANN -
IN THE MARKETS...
A DIP IN CATFISH
PROCESSING FIRMS-UP
POND-BANK PRICES.
WHILE COTTON PRICES
ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
TRADE FAR FROM THEIR
PRESENT RANGE IN
COMING WEEKS.
>> FORD -
IN THE FEATURE
SEGMENT TODAY....
NEW TECH ON THE
FARM.
WELL TAKE YOU FROM
AUSTRALIA TO IOWA TO
SEE THE KIND OF HIGH
TECHNOLOGY THAT IS
HEADED TO FARM
COUNTRY.
>>>> SOT/VIDEO
ANDREW BATE SWARM
FARM FOUNDING
DIRECTOR: "THESE ARE
SWARMS OF LITTLE
LIGHTWEIGHT ROBOTS,
THAT WORK CO-
COOPERATIVELY TO
WORK OUT IN THE
FIELD,"
(MUSIC)
>>> GMO STUDY
>> SPANN -
GOOD DAY EVERYONE,
IM LEIGHTON SPANN...
>> FORD -
AND IM ARTIS FORD.
WELCOME TO
FARMWEEK.
>> SPANN -
A COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY SHOWS NO
NEGATIVE HUMAN
HEALTH EFFECTS FROM
GENETICALLY-
ENGINEERED CROPS .
>> FORD -
LEIGHTON...
GMO OPPONENTS ARE
CALLING THE REPORT
BIASED, BUT THE
NATIONAL RESEARCH
COUNCIL REPORT HAD
SOME SURPRISES THAT
CUT BOTH FOR AND
AGAINST GMO
SUPPORTERS.
IT HAD SOME
INTERESTING
OBSERVATIONS ON
YIELDS
>>>> SS IN
THE NATIONAL
RESEARCH COUNCIL IS A
PART OF THE NATIONAL
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
THE REPORT LOOKED
AT THE IMPACT OF GMO
CROPS SINCE THE
1980'S.
>>>> CHANGE SS
THE N-R-C SAID THERE
COULD BE SOME SMALL
DIFFERENCES, BUT
OVERALL, IT DID NOT
FIND A DRAMATIC
INCREASE IN CANCER.
IT DID SAY, HOWEVER,
THERE ALSO HASNT
BEEN A DRAMATIC
INCREASE IN OVERALL
YIELDS DUE TO
GMO CROPS.
>>>> CHANGE SS
GMO OPPONENTS CAME
THE STUDY IS BIASED
BECAUSE MONSANTO,
DUPONT AND OTHER
COMPANIES HAVE
CONTRIBUTED IN THE
PAST TO THE NATIONAL
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
>>>FF- PORTION
>> SPANN -
WE ALL KNOW
TRACKING YOUR DAILY
CALORIE INTAKE CAN BE
TOUGH AND IT'S NOT
ALWAYS EASY TO
MEASURE OUT EXACT
PORTION SIZES.
IN THIS WEEK'S
EPISODE OF THE FOOD
FACTOR, NATASHA
HAYNES WITH
MISSISSIPPI STATE
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
GIVES US SOME WAYS
TO KEEP OUR PORTIONS
UNDER CONTROL.
>>>> TAKE PKG
>> NATASHA HAYNES,
FAMILY AND CONSUMER
SCIENCES, MSU
EXTENSION.
COUNTING CALORIES?
PREPACKAGED SINGLE
SERVE SNACKS LIKE
THIS CAN HELP KEEP
YOU ON TRACK.
BUT THIS SAME METHOD
CAN BE USED AT HOME
WHEN PREPARING
MEALS AND SNACKS.
DAILY CALORIE
RECOMMENDATIONS
DIFFER FROM ONE
PERSON TO THE NEXT
ONE UNIVERSAL TRUTH
THOUGH, IS THAT EVEN
THE HEALTHIEST FOODS
CAN GO OVERBOARD ON
CALORIES IF YOUR
SERVING SIZES ARE OUT
OF WHACK.
A SINGLE SERVING OF
MEAT OR FISH SHOULD
FIT IN THE PALM OF
YOUR HAND, WHEREAS
FRUIT OR VEGETABLE
SERVINGS CAN BE TWO
HANDFULS.
TO GUARANTEE PROPER
PORTIONS, INVEST IN
REUSABLE, PRE-
MEASURED
CONTAINERS, LIKE
THESE QUARTER CUP
AND HALF CUP BOWL,
THEN TAKE THE VALUE-
SIZED BAG OF YOUR
FAVORITE SNACK AND
DIVIDE INTO HEALTHY
SERVING SIZE PORTIONS
TO KEEP YOU FROM
OVEREATING.
USE THE SAME
APPROACH WITH MEALS,
GOING WITH SMALLER
APPETIZER SIZED
DISHES TO TRICK YOUR
BRAIN INTO SEEING
THAT FULL PLATE OF
FOOD!
JUST THINK: SMALLER
SERVING PLATES = A
SMALLER WAISTLINE.
SO TO GO A STEP
FURTHER WITH
PORTION CONTROL TRY
A CALORIE-TRACKING
APP IT'LL HELP YOU
STAY ON THE ROAD TO
FITNESS.
(DING) IT'S TIME TO
MAKE HEALTHY FOOD A
FACTOR IN YOUR LIFE.
>> SPANN -
NATASHA SAYS TRY
NOT TO SKIP MEALS.
WHEN YOU DO
FINALLY EAT, YOU'RE
MORE LIKELY TO EAT AN
EXTRA SIZED PORTION IF
YOU'RE STARVING.
>>> INTERVIEW
BEGINNING TODAY ON
FARMWEEK, WE WILL
HAVE PART ONE OF A
TWO PART INTERVIEW
WITH STEVEN
SILVERMAN.
SILVERMAN IS THE
DIRECTOR OF THE
NATIONAL APPEALS
DIVISION OF THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE.
IF THE USDA MAKES A
DECISION THATS NOT IN
YOUR FAVOR...YOU CAN
APPEAL TO THE AGENCY
THAT JUST TURNED YOU
DOWN OR YOU CAN
APPEAL IT TO THE
NATIONAL APPEALS
DIVISION.
SILVERMAN SAYS THE
DIVISION WAS FORMED
IN THE MID-1990'S TO
PROVIDE AN AVENUE OF
APPEAL THAT WAS
SEPARATE FROM THE
U-S-D-AS BIG SIX
AGENCIES.
IN PART ONE,
SILVERMAN GIVES US AN
OVERVIEW OF THE
NATIONAL APPEALS
DIVISION.
>>>> TAKE PKG
>> ARTIS FORD - STEVE,
GIVE ME A SHORT
DESCRIPTION OF THE
***.
I KNOW IT DOES A LOT,
BUT WHAT IS THE
NATIONAL APPEALS
DIVISION?
>> STEVE SILVERMAN -
***-USDA - THE
NATIONAL APPEALS
DIVISION IS A
INDEPENDENT AGENCY
OF THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE.
SO, IT'S A GOVERNMENT
AGENCY.
IT'S A SMALL
GOVERNMENT AGENCY.
AND, IT'S VERY
INDEPENDENT FROM
THE USDA.
WE LIKE TO THINK OF
OURSELVES AS A STAND
ALONE ENTITY.
AND WHAT WE DO,
ARTIS, IS WE GIVE
EVERY FARMER AND
RANCHER WHO FILES AN
APPEAL WITH US, AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
THEIR DISPUTE WITH
USDA HEARD AND
REVIEW AND
DETERMINED
INDEPENDENTLY AND
IMPARTIALLY BY A
JUDGE.
>> ARTIS FORD,
FARMWEEK - AND YOU
DO THIS FOR SEVERAL...
YOU HEAR APPEALS
FROM SEVERAL USDA
AGENCIES .
AS YOU SAID, IT'S NOT
LIKE YOU'RE A PART OF
THE FARM SERVICE
ADMINISTRATION,
AGENCY, EXCUSE ME,
SO EXPLAIN THAT.
>> STEVE SILVERMAN-
NATIONAL APPEALS
DIVISION-USDA
I CALL IT THE BIG "SIX."
THERE ARE SIX BIG
USDA AGENCIES THAT
ADMINISTER LOTS OF
PROGRAMS FOR
FARMERS AND
RANCHERS IN THE
UNITED STATES.
AND THOSE BIG SIX
AGENCIES, WE HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO
REVIEW THE DISPUTES
THEY HAVE WITH
FARMERS AND
RANCHERS.
SO, I'LL START WITH THE
ONE YOU JUST
MENTIONED, FSA, THE
FARM SERVICE AGENCY.
THEY'RE PROBABLY THE
BIGGEST AGENCY WE
HANDLE.
BUT, THEN THERE ARE
SEVERAL OTHERS AS
WELL.
THERE'S THE NATURAL
RESOURCES
CONSERVATION
SERVICES, ALSO KNOWN
AS NRCS.
AND, THEY'RE THE
AGENCY THAT
ADMINISTERS A LOT OF
CONSERVATION
PROGRAMS THAT A LOT
OF FARMERS SIGN UP
FOR.
IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM,
BUT THERE ARE
DISPUTES.
AND WHEN THERE ARE
DISPUTES, THOSE
DISPUTES COME TO US.
THEN THERE'S THE RISK
MANAGEMENT AGENCY
WHICH MANY FOLKS
KNOW AS THE "CROP
INSURANCE AGENCY, " A
BIG PROGRAM OF
GROWING IMPORTANCE
FOR FARMING IN
AMERICA TODAY.
AND THEN, WE HANDLE
THE THREE RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
AGENCIES, THE BIGGEST
ONE BEING THE RURAL
HOUSING SERVICE.
THEN THERE'S ALSO THE
RURAL BUSINESS
COOPERATIVE SERVICE
AND FINALLY THE RURAL
UTILITIES SERVICE.
SO, ANY DISPUTE YOU
HAVE A PROGRAMMATIC
NATURE WITH THOSE SIX
AGENCIES, YOU CAN
APPEAL THOSE
DISPUTES TO US.
WE WILL GIVE YOU A
FAIR AND IMPARTIAL
HEARING.
>> ARTIS FORD-
FARMWEEK - WHAT
MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN I GO TO MY
FSA OFFICE AND THEY
TELL ME, "NO, MISTER
FORD, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT
THIS WAY."
WHAT MAKES THE
DIFFERENCE WHETHER I
GO TO, I FILE AN APPEAL
DIRECTLY WITH THEM
OR WHETHER I COME TO
THE ***?
>> STEVE SILVERMAN-
NATIONAL APPEALS
DIVISION-USDA
YOU HAVE A CHOICE
USUALLY AND
SOMETIMES YOU CAN DO
BOTH.
AND, NORMALLY WHAT
WILL HAPPEN IS THERE
WILL BE A LETTER,
PROBABLY GET IT IN THE
MAIL.
IF YOU'RE A FARMER, A
PRODUCER, YOU GET A
LETTER IN THE MAIL.
FRANKLY, IT HAS BAD
NEWS.
IT SAYS YOU'VE BEEN
DISQUALIFIED FROM
THIS PROGRAM OR
YOU'VE BEEN
DETERMINED TO BE
INELIGIBLE WE'RE
SORRY YOU CAN'T
PARTICIPATE.
AND THEN, AT THE END
OF THE LETTER, IT WILL
GIVE YOU SOME
OPTIONS.
AND SOMETIMES IT WILL
SAY, YOU CAN ASK FOR
RECONSIDERATION WITH
THE AGENCY ITSELF,
FSA.
OR IT MAY SAY YOU CAN
MEDIATE WITH FSA.
AND THEN IT WILL SAY
OR YOU MAY CHOOSE
TO FILE AN APPEAL WITH
THE NATIONAL APPEALS
DIVISION.
THAT'S ME, THAT'S MY
AGENCY.
AND, MANY FOLKS WILL
SKIP DIRECTLY TO US
BECAUSE QUITE
HONESTLY THEY MAY
NOT HAVE A LOT OF
FAITH THAT THE AGENCY
THAT JUST TURNED
THEM DOWN IS GOING
TO CHANGE THEIR MIND.
AND THEY KNOW IF THEY
COME TO US, IF THEY
HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH
US, THEY KNOW WE'RE
GOING TO TAKE A TRULY
FRESH AND
INDEPENDENT LOOK AT
THE ISSUE.
>> ARTIS FORD,
FARMWEEK - BEFORE
WE STARTED THE
INTERVIEW HERE, YOU
SAID YOU HAD A QUICK
EXAMPLE OF JUST THE
SORT OF THING ***
DOES.
>> STEVE SILVERMAN-
NATIONAL APPEALS
DIVISION-USDA
PROBABLY THE MOST
COMMON KIND OF CASE
OR APPEAL WE GET
INVOLVES AN ELIGIBILITY
ISSUE WHERE A FARMER
OR RANCHER TRIES TO
SIGN UP FOR A
PROGRAM AND THEY'RE
DETERMINED TO BE
INELIGIBLE.
THIS HAPPENS ALL THE
TIME.
SO LET'S TAKE FOR
EXAMPLE, ANY OF THE
CONSERVATION
PROGRAMS
ADMINISTERED BY THE
NATURAL RESOURCES
CONSERVATION
SERVICE, NRCS.
A VERY COMMON ONE IS
CALLED THE EQUIP
PROGRAM, THE
ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY INCENTIVES
PROGRAM.
ANOTHER ONE YOU MAY
HAVE HEARD OF IS THE
CONSERVATION
STEWARDSHIP
PROGRAM ALSO KNOWN
AS CSP.
SO A FARMER OR
RANCHER MAY WISH TO
SIGN UP FOR THESE
PROGRAMS, THEY PAY
GOOD BENEFITS IF YOU
GET ACCEPTED INTO
THE PROGRAM.
AND VERY OFTEN TIMES,
THOSE PROGRAMS WILL
HAVE WHAT'S CALLED
AN "AGI" OR ADJUSTED
GROSS INCOME LIMIT.
AND THIS IS BECAUSE
THESE PROGRAMS ARE
DESIGNED BY THE USDA
TO HELP OUT SMALLER
OR INTERMEDIATE SIZE
RANCHING AND FARMING
OPERATIONS.
THEY'RE REALLY NOT
FOR BIG, CORPORATE
PROGRAMS THAT ARE
REALLY ARE MULTI-
MILLION DOLLAR
OPERATIONS,
NECESSARILY.
SO THEY HAVE A LIMIT.
LET'S SAY IT'S A MILLION
DOLLARS AND
THEREFORE IF YOU'RE
MAKING MORE THAN A
MILLION DOLLARS IN
INCOME, YOU ARE NOT
ELIGIBLE TO
PARTICIPATE.
SO, QUITE OFTEN WE
HAVE DISPUTES ARISE
OVER THIS.
SOMEONE WILL SIGN UP
FOR THE PROGRAM,
THEY'RE NOT REALLY
SURE IF THEY FALL
BENEATH OR OVER THAT
LIMIT SO THEY'LL TAKE A
CHANCE.
THEY'LL APPLY TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE
PROGRAM AND MAYBE
THE AGENCY WILL
ACCEPT THEM, NRCS
MAY SAY FINE, YOU'RE
IN.
AND THEY'LL SIGN A
CONTRACT WITH THE
FARMER AND THE
RANCHER.
AND, THEY'LL BEGIN THE
PROGRAM.
AND WHAT HAPPENS SO
OFTEN IS THAT THE
LANDOWNER, THE
FARMER OR THE
RANCHER, WILL GO
AHEAD AND COMPLY
WITH THE CONTRACT
AND INSTALL OR
COMPLETE WORK THAT
BENEFITS, THAT
CREATES
CONSERVATION
BENEFITS FOR THE
GOVERNMENT AND THE
PUBLIC.
AND, THEY'LL GET PAID
BY NRCS, BUT MAYBE
THREE YEARS LATER
THE UNITED STATES
WILL REVISIT THIS.
THEY'LL AUDIT AND
THEY'LL TAKE A LOOK.
AND, THEY'LL SAY WAIT
A MINUTE, YOU MADE
OVER A MILLION
DOLLARS, YOU'RE OVER
THE AGI LIMIT.
AND, I JUST HAD A CASE
LIKE THIS WEEK, WHERE
I TOOK A LOOK AT IT,
AND SURE ENOUGH IT
WAS TRUE.
THE FARMER HAD IN
FACT HAD AN INCOME
THAT WAS GREATER
THAN ONE MILLION
DOLLARS AND SO THE
AGENCY TOOK ACTION
AGAINST HIM AND
DISQUALIFIED HIM FROM
THE PROGRAM AND
SAID, WE WANT OUR
MONEY BACK.
BUT, WE EXERCISED
OUR EQUITABLE RELIEF
AUTHORITY, WHICH I
WOULD LIKE TO CHAT
ABOUT WITH YOU AT
ONE POINT, AND SAID,
"YES, IT'S TRUE THAT
FARMER WAS OVER THE
ONE MILLION DOLLAR
AGI LIMIT, BUT FAIRNESS
IN THIS CASE WARRANTS
THAT HE SHOULD GET
SOME RELIEF.
AND, WE CALL THAT
EQUITABLE RELIEF."
EVEN THOUGH HE
BROKE THE RULE, HE
DIDN'T DO IT INITIALLY
AND THERE GOOD
REASONS TO LET HIM
KEEP THAT MONEY.
AND, I MAKE DECISIONS
LIKE THAT EVERY DAY.
AND, I'M NOT TRYING TO
SUGGEST THAT EVERY
APPELLATE, EVERY
FARMER OR RANCHER
WHO FILES AN APPEAL
WILL WIN, BUT THAT'S
THE KIND OF CASE I SEE
AN AWFUL LOT OF.
>>> TAG
>> FORD -
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
NATIONAL APPEALS
DIVISION OF THE U-S-D-
A, GO TO THEIR WEB
SITE....
WWW.***.USDA.GOV
NEXT WEEK, IN PART
TWO OF SILVERMANS
INTERVIEW, HELL
EXPLAIN THE APPEALS
PROCESS IS FREE AND IT
TAKES PLACE WITH 45
DAYS AT A LOCATION IN
YOUR AREA.
>>> SG- SPILLERS
>> FORD -
>> FORD -
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR
A PLANT THAT WILL
SERVE AS A "GROUND
COVER," OR "SPILL OUT"
OVER THE EDGE OF
YOUR HANGING
BASKETS?
IN THIS WEEK'S
SOUTHERN GARDENING
SEGMENT, EXTENSION
HORTICULTURIST DR.
GARY BACHMAN SHOWS
US SOME UNDER-
APPRECIATED
PLANTS&"THE
SPILLERS."
>>>> TAKE PKG
>> GARY BACHMAN, PHD,
ASSISTANT EXTENSION
HORTICULTURE
PROFESSOR,
MISSISSIPPI STATE
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION.
COLORFUL FLOWERS
ALWAYS GET THE MOST
ATTENTION IN THE
LANDSCAPE OR
COMBINATION
CONTAINERS.
BUT TODAY I'D LIKE TO
SHARE SOME THE
UNSUNG HEROES OF
THE GARDEN, THE
SPILLERS.
SPILLERS ARE THOSE
PLANTS THAT HAVE
SPRAWLING GROWTH;
HERE ARE A FEW THAT
ARE GOOD CHOICES.
CREEPING JENNY,
KNOWN BOTANICALLY
AS LYSIMACHIA, IS A
LITTLE GROUND COVER
WITH SPRAWLING
GROWTH.
THIS IS AN ACCURATELY
NAMED SELECTION
CALLED GOLDILOCKS
DUE TO ITS BRIGHT
GOLDEN YELLOW
LEAVES.
THIS IS GREAT IN A
CONTAINER PAIRED
WITH DARK LEAVED
COMPANIONS.
WALKABOUT SUNSET
LYSIMACHIA IS
DIFFERENT FORM OF
CREEPING JENNY THAT
FORMS A MAT OF OVAL,
YELLOW VARIEGATED
FOLIAGE.
DURING THE SUMMER
THE SPRAWLING STEMS
ARE FILLED WITH CUP-
SHAPED YELLOW
FLOWERS WITH ORANGE
BASES.
A SPILLER PLANT THAT I
THINK HAS A TOUCH OF
ELEGANCE IS WHITE
LICORICE PLANT WITH
ITS SILVERY, FELT-LIKE
PUBESCENT FOLIAGE.
THIS IS A TENDER
PERENNIAL THAT IS
GROWN AS AN ANNUAL
FOR USE IN
COMBINATION
CONTAINERS.
TRUE TO ITS NAME, ON A
HOT SUMMER DAY YOU
MAY NOTICE THE
LICORICE AROMA.
ANOTHER GREAT
CHOICE FOR A SPILLER
IS SWEDISH IVY,
PLECTRANTHUS
VARIEGATA.
THE SCALLOPED GREEN
FOLIAGE IS VERY
ATTRACTIVE WITH THE
WHITE EDGES AND
MAKES THIS A GREAT
PLANT FOR THE
CONTAINER OR
LANDSCAPE.
A GREAT FEATURE OF
THESE SPILLER PLANTS
IS THEY WILL GROW
GREAT IN LIGHT SHADE
ALL THE WAY TO THE
FULL SUN.
I'M HORTICULTURIST
GARY BACHMAN AND I'LL
SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON
SOUTHERN GARDENING.
>>> TOSS VO
>> FORD -
LEIGHTON....
GARY SAYS SPILLER
PLANTS ARE IMPORTANT
BECAUSE THEY SOFTEN
THE EDGES OF
LANDSCAPE BEDS AND
POTS AND MAKE A
COLORFUL SKIRT.
>>> VO / SMS
IN OUR FEATURE
SEGMENT TODAY...
SEE THE KINDS OF NEW
TECHNOLOGY COMING
TO THE FARM.
HYDROGEN MAY
POWER YOUR TRACTOR
WHILE ROBOTS WILL
SPRAY CROPS AND MILK
COWS.
>>> L.S./INTRO/BULLETS
(A.F.) TIME FOR THE
MARKETS WITH
LEIGHTON...
A LITTLE DIP IN CATFISH
PROCESSING THIS
SPRING...
(L.S.) BUT THE DROP
DOES SEEM TO HAVE
HELPED POND-BANK
FISH PRICES...
MEANWHILE LATE
WEEK RAINS GIVE SOME
VOLATILITY TO THE
COTTON MARKET.
>>>TAKE GRAPHICS
ALSO THIS WEEK...
THE NATIONS CATTLE
HERD GETS LARGER,
BUT DEMAND KEEPS
UP...
U.S. PORK EXPORTS TO
CHINACONTINUE TO
INCREASE....
AND DRAMATICALLY
BETTER SOYBEAN
PRICES ENTICE
GROWERS TO PLANT
MORE....
>>>TAKE OUT GRAPHICS
>>> L.S./CATFISH
REPORT
WE LEAD THE MARKETS
WITH MONDAYS
GOVERNMENT
SNAPSHOT OF THE U.S.
FARM-RAISED CATFISH
INDUSTRY.
THIS NEW REPORT
REFLECTS THE MARKET
IN THE MONTH OF
APRIL...
>>>TAKE GRAPHICS
U.S. PRODUCERS
RECEIVED A POND-BANK
PRICE OF A DOLLAR AND
17-CENTS PER POUND
FOR PREMIUM-SIZE LIVE
FISH IN APRIL.
THAT IS AN INCREASE
OF 2-CENTS FROM THE
MARCH FIGURE, AND IS
UP 4-CENTS PER POUND
FROM THE SAME TIME A
YEAR AGO.
FARM SALES TOTALED
22-AND-A-HALF MILLION
POUNDS ROUND
WEIGHT, WHICH
REFLECTS A DROP OF
13-PERCENT FROM APRIL
2015.
PROCESSOR SALES
WERE HEADING THE
OTHER DIRECTION LAST
MONTH, INCREASING
OVER 5-AND-A-HALF
PERCENT, ACCORDING
TO TERRY HANSON AT
AUBURN UNIVERSITY.
>>>TAKE OUT GRAPHICS
>>> L.S./CATTLE
ANALYSIS
IN THE BEEF SECTOR,
MANY ANALYSTS ARENT
FALLING IN-LINE WITH
WHAT THE
FUNDAMENTALS OF THE
CATTLE MARKET ARE
INDICATING.
TRADER DARIN
NEWSOM OF D-T-N IS
ONE OF THOSE WHO
BELIEVE CATTLE PRICES
ARE GOING HIGHER.
HERES HOW HE SIZES-
UP THE SITUATION...
>>>TAKE VIDEO/SOT
>> DARIN NEWSOM
D-T-N SENIOR MARKET
ANALYST
I KNOW THE
FUNDAMENTALS ARE
BEARISH, I KNOW THE
HERD SIZE IS GETTING
LARGER, DEMAND IS
KEEPING UP AT THIS
POINT.
WE'VE GOT VERY
IMPRESSIVE CHARTS,
IMPRESSIVE MONTHLY
CHART AFTER WE
POSTED A NEW APRIL
LOW, WE WERE ABLE TO
BOUNCE BACK, LOOKS
LIKE WE'VE GOT A TWO
MONTH REVERSAL
GOING ON IN HERE.
THE FEEDERS LOOK
PRETTY GOOD
ACTUALLY.
ITS INITIAL TARGET IS UP
AROUND $155 ON THE
AUGUST CONTRACT.
SO IT MAY LAG LIVE
CATTLE A LITTLE BIT AS
FAR AS ACTIVITY GOES.
BUT I THINK WE'RE
GOING TO GO AHEAD
AND SEE THE FEEDER
CATTLE PUSH HIGHER
AS WELL.
>>> L.S./HOG ANALYSIS
THERES ALSO SOME
OPTIMISM IN THE HOG
SECTOR OF THE
LIVESTOCK MARKET.
EXPORTS TO CHINA
HAVE BEEN A BIG HELP
AS FAR AS THE PORK
TRADE.
HOWEVER A LOT IS
RIDING ON WHETHER
BEEF PRICES HOLD-UP,
ACCORDING TO ANALYST
TED SEIFRIED.
HE BANTERED WITH
MARKET TO MARKETS
MIKE PEARSON ABOUT
THE PORK TRADE.
>>>TAKE VIDEO/SOT
>> TED SEIFRIED
V.P. - ZANER AG HEDGE
I AM OPTIMISTIC,
CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC
THAT WE'RE GOING TO
GO TRY THOSE HIGHS
AGAIN AND MAYBE SEE
WHAT WE CAN DO WITH
THAT.
IF WE CAN GET OVER IT,
IT WOULD REALLY HELP
TO SEE SOME BIGGER
EXPORTS, AGAIN, GOING
TO CHINA.
THAT WOULD REALLY
GET US EXCITED AND
THAT WOULD CERTAINLY
GET YOUR SPECULATIVE
TRADER EXCITED AGAIN.
MIKE PEARSON: BUT IF
WE DON'T, MAKE SOME
SALES.
TED SEIFRIED: IF WE
DON'T, WE'RE LOOKING
AT A PLACE TO BE
MAKING SOME SALES.
THE BIGGER CONCERN
THAT I HAVE IN HOGS IS
IF BEEF PRICES ARE
COMING DOWN,
DOMESTICALLY AND
ABROAD, DO WE LOSE
SOME DEMAND THERE...
>>> L.S./TRIVIA
QUESTION
LETS CHECK-OUT OUR
TRIVIA QUIZ FOR THIS
WEEK.
ITS A LIVESTOCK-
RELATED QUESTION.
HERES YOUR FIRST
LOOK...
>>>TAKE GRAPHICS
WHAT COUNTRY IS THE
LEADING PRODUCER OF
SHEEPSKIN AND
LAMBSKIN ?
IS THE ANSWER...
NEW ZEALAND ?
AUSTRALIA ?
THE UNITED STATES ?
OR CHINA ?
STAY WITH US FOR THE
ANSWER...
>>> L.S./SOYBEAN
ANALYSIS
WERE GOING TO
PAUSE FOR A SHORT
BREAK ON FARMWEEK--
COMING UP, WELL
LOOK AT THE CALENDAR
AND THE REST OF THE
MARKETS.
LEIGHTON SPANN SAYS
MANY FARMERS ARE
THINKING ABOUT
SWITCHING SOYBEANS
WHILE THE REPORTS
ARE BEARISH FOR
COTTON.
>>>> VO
IN THE FEATURE
SEGMENT TODAY
NEW TECH ON THE
FARM.
SEE HOW ROBOTS AND
HYDROGEN COULD BE IN
YOUR FUTURE....
(PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT)
>>> CALENDAR
>> FORD
BEFORE WE GET BACK
TO THE MARKETS, LETS
LOOK AT THE
FARMWEEK
CALENDAR....
>>>> CHANGE SS
THE ANNUAL
BEAUMONT
HORTICULTURE UNIT OF
MISSISSIPPI STATE
UNIVERSITY WILL HOLD
ITS ANNUAL
FIELD DAY THURSDAY,
JUNE 2.
THE UNIT IS LOCATED
NORTH OF BEAUMONT
ON HIGHWAY 15 NORTH.
THERES NO
REGISTRATION FEE.
YOU CAN
REGISTRATION AND GET
A BREAKFAST BISCUIT
AT 7:30 A.M.
THE FIELD DAY STARTS
AT 8 A.M.
>>>> CHANGE SS
THE MID-SOUTH GREEN
INDUSTRY CONFERENCE
WILL BE HELD WILL HELD
TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY,
JUNE 7TH AND 8TH.
THE LOCATION IS THE
BOST CONFERENCE
CENTER ON THE
MISSISSIPPI STATE
UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IN
STARKVILLE.
NEW VARIETIES AND
NEW PRODUCTS IS THE
THEME OF THIS YEARS
CONFERENCE.
MARKET AND
MERCHANDISING
OUTSIDE THE BOX IS
ALSO ON THE AGENDA.
TOURS OF THE MSU
TRIAL GARDENS WILL
TAKE PLACE ON
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
REGISTER BEFORE
JUNE 1ST AND THE COST
IS
$100-DOLLARS.
IT GOES UP $15-
DOLLARS AFTER THAT.
THERE ARE DISCOUNTS
FOR MULTIPLE
REGISTRATIONS FROM
THE SAME COMPANY.
>>>> CHANGE SS
>> FORD -
GO TO OUR FARMWEEK
WEB SITE AT
FARMWEEK.MSUCARES.
COM FOR INFORMATION
ON THESE AND OTHER
EVENTS.
NOW, LETS CHECK OUT
THIS WEEKS
FARMWEEK
SNAPSHOT....
>>>> OUT
ITS THE SECOND HALF
OF THE MARKETS HERE
ON FARMWEEK.
AND WE MOVE INTO
THE ROW CROPS.
MARKET
DEVELOPMENTS MAY
HAVE SOME PRODUCERS
PONDERING WHETHER
TO SWITCH MORE
ACRES TO SOYBEANS
THIS YEAR.
PURDUE AG
ECONOMIST CHRIS HURT
SAYS THAT SINCE
MARCH FIRST, BEAN
PRICES HAVE GONE UP
NEARLY TWO-DOLLARS
PER BUSHEL.
BY COMPARISON, HURT
SAYS CORN HAS ONLY
RISEN BY ABOUT 15-
CENTS PER BUSHEL IN
THAT SAME LENGTH OF
TIME.
HURT TELLS
BROWNFIELD AG NEWS
THIS IS ONE OF THE
LARGEST INCENTIVES
HES EVER SEEN FOR
GROWERS TO PLANT
MORE SOYBEANS.
>>> L.S./COTTON
ANALYSIS
THE MAY SUPPLY-
DEMAND NUMBERS
FROM THE U-S-D-A ARE
BEING DESCRIBED AS
BEARISH AS FAR AS THE
COTTON MARKET IS
CONCERNED.
THIS, EVEN THOUGH
WORLD COTTON
STOCKS ARE DECLINING
ACCORDING TO THE
FIGURES.
ANALYST LOUIS ROSE
TELLS AG-FAX-DOT-COM
THERES NO REAL
REASON TO EXPECT
DECEMBER FUTURES TO
TRADE FAR FROM THE
SIXTY - TO- SIXTY-THREE
CENT LEVEL IN THE
COMING WEEKS.
>>> L.S./TRIVIA ANSWER
BACK TO THE TRIVIA
QUIZ TO WRAP THINGS
UP FOR THIS WEEK....
D IS THE ANSWER.
CHINA IS THE WORLDS
LEADING PRODUCER OF
SHEEPSKIN AND
LAMBSKIN.
>>> ROBOTS
>> FORD -
FARM COUNTRY ISNT
THE FIRST PLACE MOST
PEOPLE ASSOCIATE
WITH HIGH TECH.
COMPUTER-
CONTROLLED CHICKEN
HOUSES AND
COMPUTER-MONITORED
CATFISH PONDS HAVE
ACTUALLY BEEN
AROUND IN MISSISSIPPI
FOR A WHILE.
ONE DAY
ROBOTS WILL
PERFORM MANY OF THE
FARM TASKS DONE
TODAY
BY HUMANS.
IN TODAYS FEATURE
SEGMENT, YOULL
TRAVEL FROM
AUSTRALIA-TO-IOWA TO
SEE SOME OF THE HIGH
TECH UNDER
DEVELOPMENT IN FARM
COUNTRY.
ROBOTS ARE
ALREADY MILKING COWS
AND
CHEAPER ROBOTS ARE
UNDER DEVELOPMENT
FOR FIELD WORK.
>>>> TAKE PKG
>> REPORTER: PETER
TUBBS, MARKET TO
MARKET.
AUSTRALIAN COMPANY
HOPES TO PUSH
ROBOTIC FARMING
TECHNOLOGY FORWARD
BY BUILDING FIELD
ROBOTS THAT ARE
SIMPLER THAN THEIR
PREDECESSORS.
THE GROUP OF ROBOTS
WILL WORK TOGETHER
TO COMPLETE TASKS.
>> ANDREW BATE,
SWARMFARM ROBOTICS
"THESE ARE SWARMS OF
LITTLE LIGHTWEIGHT
ROBOTS, THAT WORK
CO-COOPERATIVELY TO
WORK OUT IN THE
FIELD,"
>> REPORTER: SWARM
FARM FOUNDING
DIRECTOR ANDREW
BATE REPORTS
AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS
HAD BEEN TRENDING
TOWARDS MORE
COMPLEXITY, MAKING
THEM EXPENSIVE AND
DIFFICULT TO OPERATE.
>> ANDREW BATE,
SWARMFARM ROBOTICS
"THEY'D BECOME THAT
HEAVY AND THAT
COMPLICATED, I
STARTED TO REALIZE
WELL WE'RE GOING
BACKWARDS, EVERY
NEW MODEL THAT CAME
OUT WAS BIGGER THAN
THE LAST,"
>> REPORTER: BY
DESIGNING A PACK OF
SIMPLE, INEXPENSIVE
ROBOTS INTENDED TO
WORK TOGETHER,
PRODUCTIVITY GOES UP
AS OPERATIONAL COSTS
GO DOWN.
WHILE THE ROBOTS
PERFORM SIMPLE TASKS
LIKE SPRAYING WEEDS,
FARMERS ARE FREE TO
COMPLETE HIGHER-
VALUE WORK.
>> TOM HOLCOMBE,
MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING STUDENT:
"ESPECIALLY WITH THE
SKILLS SHORTAGE
THAT'S COMING
THROUGH, INSTEAD OF
EMPLOYING SOMEONE
BRIEFLY IN THE BUSY
TIMES, YOU CAN JUST
USE THESE ROBOTS."
>> REPORTER:
REDUCING THE NEED
FOR HUMAN LABOR HAS
DRIVEN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF
ROBOTIC MILKERS FOR
DAIRY OPERATIONS.
THIS PROJECT ON THE
AUSTRALIAN ISLAND
STATE OF TASMANIA HAS
CONVERTED A GRASS-
FED DAIRY HERD TO ALL
ROBOTIC MILKING.
AS AN EARLY ADOPTER,
THE TRANSITION HAS
BEEN DIFFICULT.
>> MARCUS CROWDEN,
DAIRY FARMER: "I THINK I
WAS ABOUT THE EIGHTH
OR NINTH FARMER IN
AUSTRALIA AND
PROBABLY ONLY ABOUT
THE THIRD OR FOURTH
PASTURE-BASED ONE IN
AUSTRALIA WHICH
PROBABLY MADE IT THE
TENTH IN THE WORLD TO
GET A PASTURE-BASED
SYSTEM SO THERE WAS
NO INFORMATION AT ALL
ABOUT THAT,"
>> REPORTER: THE
SMALL BODY OF
KNOWLEDGE HAS
SLOWED THE ADOPTION
OF AUTOMATED MILKING
IN AUSTRALIA.
THIS FARM IS NOW
ACTING A MODEL FOR
OTHERS.
>> ALEXIS PEREZ,
TASMANIAN INSTITUTE
OF AGRICULTURE: "WE
THOUGHT HAVING A
FOCUS FARM WHERE
FARMERS CAN COME A
COUPLE OF TIMES AS A
FIELD DAY WOULD BE
VERY BENEFICIAL,"
>> AS DAIRY'S HIGHER
ELECTRICITY COSTS
HAVE BEEN OFFSET BY
REDUCED COSTS FOR
LABOR, ALLOWING THE
OPERATION TO EXPAND
SLOWLY.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE GLOBE, TWO
AMERICAN ENGINEERS
ARE CHANGING
TRADITIONAL THINKING
AND HAVE BUILT A
FACILITY TO PRODUCE
HYDROGEN AND
AMMONIA TO REPLACE
DIESEL FUEL ON AN
IOWA FARM.
INVENTOR JAY
SCHMUECKER IS
LEVERAGING 50 YEARS
AS AN ENGINEER AT
NASA'S JET PROPULSION
LABORATORY ON THE
ATTEMPT TO FIND A
GREEN FUEL TO USE ON
THE FARM.
>> JAY SCHMUECKER, C-
FREE RENEW FUELS: "IT
STARTED OFF AS A
MEMORIAL TO MY DAD,
AND THEN I JUST
WANTED TO DO
SOMETHING THAT
HADN'T BEEN DONE
BEFORE."
>> REPORTER: THE
FIRST ITERATION OF THE
PROJECT COLLECTED
HYDROGEN THROUGH
ELECTROLYSIS, WHICH
BREAKS APART THE
HYDROGEN AND
OXYGEN ATOMS
PRESENT IN WATER.
THE HYDROGEN IS
COLLECTED FOR FUEL,
AND THE OXYGEN IS
RELEASED.
THE SYSTEM
CURRENTLY GENERATES
ROUGHLY 10 PERCENT
OF THE FUEL THE FARM
WOULD NEED TO
OPERATE SOLELY ON
HYDROGEN YEAR
ROUND.
THE PROJECT LATER
MOVED ONTO
PRODUCING AMMONIA,
WHICH IS MORE
DIFFICULT TECHNICALLY,
BUT ALLOWS THE
STORAGE OF MORE
ENERGY IN THE SAME
SPACE.
>> DAVID TOYNE,
PROJECT ENGINEER, C-
FREE RENEW FUELS:
"THE TRACTOR RUNS,
THE ENGINE RUNS ON
HYDROGEN, BY ITSELF,
OR IT RUNS ON
BASICALLY 20 PERCENT
HYDROGEN AND 80
PERCENT AMMONIA.
WHEN WE ARE RUNNING
A COMBINATION FUEL,
WE ACTUALLY HAVE
ABOUT 30 PERCENT
MORE POWER THAN
JUST RUNNING
HYDROGEN."
>> REPORTER: WHILE
THE ENTIRE SYSTEM
WAS BUILT WITH OFF-
THE-SHELF PARTS, IT IS
FAR FROM COST
EFFECTIVE AT THIS
SCALE.
BUT THE CONCEPT HAS
NOW BEEN PROVEN.
THE SYSTEM IS WELL
SUITED TO A FARM
ENVIRONMENT, AS IT
GENERATES FUEL YEAR-
ROUND WHILE THE FARM
NEEDS FUEL IN SHORT
INTENSE BURSTS
AROUND PLANTING AND
HARVEST.
A LARGER SCALED
SYSTEM COULD TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF OFF-
PEAK RENEWABLE
ENERGY TO PRODUCE
FUEL AT VERY LOW
COST, HELPING TO
DEFRAY THE LARGE
START-UP CAPITAL
EXPENSE.
WHETHER USING
HYDROGEN OR
AMMONIA, THE
TRACTOR'S EXHAUST IS
PURE WATER.
NOTHING ELSE.
>> DAVID TOYNE,
PROJECT ENGINEER, C-
FREE RENEW FUELS:
"THERE IS NO CARBON
FOOTPRINT.
IT'S TOTALLY GREEN.
THIS IS A WORLD
CHANGING PROJECT.
HOW MUCH BETTER CAN
IT BE THAN THIS?"
FOR MARKET TO
MARKET, I'M PETER
TUBBS
>>>> SS IN
>> FORD -
YOU CAN WATCH THIS
STORY AGAIN ON
NEW TECH IN FARM
COUNTRY ON OUR
FARMWEEK WEB SITE.....
FARMWEEK.MSUCARES.
COM
WELL HAVE A LINK TO
THE MARKET TO MARKET
WEB SITE WHERE YOU
CAN SEE THE ORIGINAL
STORY AS WELL AS
READ THE SCRIPT.
YOU CAN ALSO WATCH
WE'RE AT THE END OF
FARMWEEK FOR THIS
WEEK...
ON OUR NEXT SHOW,
WE'LL HAVE PART TWO
OF OUR INTERVIEW
WITH STEVEN
SILVERMAN, THE
DIRECTOR OF THE U-S-D-
A'S "NATIONAL APPEALS
DIVISION."
IF A U-S-D-A DECISION
GOES AGAINST YOU,
YOU CAN APPEAL IT TO
HIM.
>>>> VO
>> SPANN -
SILVERMAN WILL TALK
ABOUT SOME OF THE
DETAILS OF APPEALS IN
HIS AGENCY.
THESE APPEALS ARE
FREE AND THEY TAKE
PLACE IN YOUR AREA.
>> FORD -
IN THE FOOD FACTOR...
SEE WHY YOU SHOULD
"NEVER" ALLOW YOUR
DOG TO EAT
CHOCOLATE.
>> SPANN -
IN SOUTHERN
GARDENING...
"SALVIA."
IT'S COLORFUL AND IT
LASTS ALL SUMMER IN
OUR SOUTHERN HEAT.
>>> CAM 2 FORD -
FOR THE REST OF THE
FARMWEEK CREW, IM
ARTIS FORD.
>> SPANN -
AND IM LEIGHTON
SPANN.
THANKS FOR
WATCHING AND WELL
SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
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