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MISSISSIPPI STATE
UNIVERSITY
EXTENSION.
CLOSED CAPTIONING
BY MISSISSIPPI STATE
UNIVERSITY
TELEVISION CENTER
>> FORD -
TODAY ON
FARMWEEK...
THE E-P-A IS ABOUT
TO DECLARE
OFFICIALLY THAT
GLYPHOSATE IS
UNLIKELY TO CAUSE
CANCER.
>> SPANN -
IN THE FOOD
FACTOR,
KALE, THE
SUPERFOOD.
ONE CUP IS PACKED
WITH MORE VITAMIN C
THAN SOME ORANGES.
>> FORD -
IN SOUTHERN
GARDENING...
GARY WILL HAVE
SOME SUGGESTIONS
ON PLANTS TO USE TO
BUILD A
SHADY CONTAINER
FOR YOUR MOTHER.
>> SPANN -
IN THE MARKETS...
FIREWORKS IN THE
SOYBEAN PIT BEFORE
PRICES RETREAT
SOME....
WHILE PRICES
REMAIN STRONG FOR
HARDWOOD
SAWLOGS.
JAMES HENDERSON
HAS SOME ANALYSIS.
>> FORD -
IN THE FEATURE
SEGMENT TODAY....
BOBBY WATKINS,
THE PRESENT
MISSISSIPPI
FORESTRY
ASSOCIATION
OUTSTANDING TREE
FARMER OF THE
YEAR.
WATKINS IS THE
THIRD GENERATION
TO MANAGE THIS
FARM.
>>>> SOT/VIDEO
>> BOBBY WATKINS,
2015 MFA TREE
FARMER/YEAR
BUT I CALL THIS
RECREATIONAL
FORESTRY WE MAKE
EXCELLENT MONEY
ON OUR TREE
HARVESTING, WE'LL
BE DOING A CLEAR
CUT, WE'LL BE
STARTING TO
REPLANT FOR OUR
GRANDCHILDREN, SO
IT ACTUALLY GOES
FROM MY
GRANDFATHER TO MY
GRANDDAUGHTER
>>> EPA
>> SPANN -
GOOD DAY
EVERYONE,
IM LEIGHTON
SPANN...
>> FORD -
AND IM ARTIS FORD.
WELCOME TO
FARMWEEK.
>> SPANN -
THE FINDINGS
HAVENT BEEN
RELEASED
OFFICIALLY, BUT THE
HERBICIDE
GLYPHOSATE IS
INVOLVED.
CONTROVERSY IS
BOUND TO FOLLOW.
>> FORD -
ARTIS...
THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY
HAS MADE A
PRELIMINARY
FINDING REGARDING
GLYPHOSATE AND
CANCER.
THE E-P-A SAYS ITS
UNLIKELY THAT
GLYPHOSATE CAUSES
CANCER IN HUMANS.
>>>> SS IN
THE REPORT STATES
GLYPHOSATE IS
UNLIKELY TO BE
CARCINOGENIC TO
HUMANS.
POLITICO-DOT-COM
SYS THE REPORT HAS
BEEN COMPLETED,
BUT NOT OFFICIALLY
RELEASED BY THE E-P-
AS CANCER
ASSESSMENT REVIEW
COMMITTEE.
THE COMMITTEE SAID
TESTS OF LAB
ANIMALS AND
EXISTING STUDIES
DONT MEET THE
STANDARD TO
CLASSIFY
GLYPHOSATE AS
A CARCINOGEN.
>>>> CHANGE SS
THIS STUDY WILL NO
DOUBT BE
CONTROVERSIAL IN
THE BATTLE
FOR AND AGAINST
GLYPHOSATE.
MONSANTO, A MAJOR
MANUFACTURER OF
GLYPHOSATE, SAID
THIS CONCLUSION BY
THE
E-P-A REINFORCES
THE SAFETY OF THE
CHEMICAL.
>>>> CHANGE SS
LAST YEAR, THE
GLYPHOSATE DEBATE
FLARED ANEW WHEN
A PANEL OF THE
WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
DECLARED THE
HERBICIDE WAS
PROBABLY
CARCINOGENIC.
THE W-H-O,
HOWEVER, DID NOT
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
ACTUAL EXPOSURE OF
HUMANS TO
GLYPHOSATE.
>>>> CHANGE SS
THE GENETIC
LITERACY PROJECT
SAID IN THE PAST, THE
W-H-O HAS ALSO
LISTED GRAPEFRUIT
JUICE, APPLES AND
WORKING THE
NIGHT SHIFT AS
PROBABLY
CARCINOGENIC.
>>>FF- KALE
>> SPANN -
"KALE" IS SOMETIMES
THE OBJECT OF
JOKES, BUT IT'S
ACTUALLY A
"SUPERFOOD,"
LOADED WITH
VITAMINS AND
MINERALS.
THE CHIK-FIL-A
FAST FOOD CHAIN HAS
A "SUPERFOOD SIDE
SALAD" THAT
INCLUDES KALE.
IN THIS WEEK'S
EPISODE OF THE
FOOD FACTOR,
NATASHA HAYNES
WITH MISSISSIPPI
STATE UNIVERSITY
EXTENSION TELLS
YOU WHY KALE
SHOULD BE AN
ESSENTIAL PART OF A
HEALTHY DIET.
>>>> TAKE PKG
>> NATASHA HAYNES,
FAMILY AND
CONSUMER SCIENCES,
MSU EXTENSION.
YOU MAY HAVE
WONDERED, WHAT
MAKES SOMETHING A
"SUPERFOOD?"
WELL, & LET'S JUST
SAY IT CAN HELP
MAKE YOUR BODY A
LEAN, MEAN, FIGHTIN'
MACHINE!
(MUSIC)
THIS WEEK, OUR
SUPERFOOD
SPOTLIGHT SHINES ON
THE HEALTH BENEFITS
OF KALE!!
IN SOME CIRCLES,
KALE IS CALLED THE
"QUEEN OF GREENS."
LOW IN CALORIES BUT
HIGH IN VITAMINS AND
MINERALS, KALE
PACKS A NUTRITIONAL
PUNCH.
DID YOU KNOW THAT
JUST ONE SERVING OF
KALE CONTAINS 200
PERCENT OF YOUR
DAILY VITAMIN C
REQUIREMENT?
PLUS, IT HAS HIGH
AMOUNTS OF VITAMIN
K, DIETARY FIBER, AND
ANTIOXIDANTS.
KALE IS DELICIOUS IN
SALADS, SMOOTHIES,
AND IN STIR-FRIES.&
OR, ADD IT TO YOUR
FAVORITE DISH TO
BOOST NUTRITIONAL
CONTENT.
YOU CAN EVEN MAKE
KALE CHIPS BY
DRIZZLING WITH OLIVE
OIL, SPRINKLING WITH
SEASONING AND
BAKING UNTIL CRISP.
AND THESE KALE
CHIPS, THEIR LIKE
SUPER POWERED
POTATO CHIPS!
(DING) IT'S TIME TO
MAKE HEALTHY FOOD
A FACTOR IN YOUR
LIFE.
>> SPANN -
ONE CUP OF KALE
HAS HAS MORE
VITAMIN C THAN A
MEDIUM SIZED
ORANGE.
THE VITAMIN C IN
THAT SAME CUP
EXCEEDS THE DAILY
RECOMMENDED
AMOUNT BY 34-
PERCENT.
>>> CROP REPORT
LET'S CHECK ON THE
MISSISSIPPI WEEKLY
CROP REPORT FROM
THE MISSISSIPPI AG-
STATISTICS SERVICE
IN JACKSON.
THIS REPORTS
REFLECTS
CONDITIONS AS OF
LAST SUNDAY, MAY
1ST.
PLANTING HAS
MATCHED OR MOVED
AHEAD OF THE FIVE
YEAR AVERAGES FOR
THE MOST PART.
>>>> SS IN
TOPSOIL MOISTURE
WAS STILL DESCRIBED
AS 49% SURPLUS
46% ADEQUATE
SHORT 3%.
>>>> CHANGE SS
CORN PLANTING
89% COMPLETE, THE
SAME AS THE FIVE
YEAR AVERAGE.
76% HAS EMERGED.
>>>> CHANGE SS
COTTON...
21% PLANTED, FIVE
POINTS AHEAD OF THE
FIVE YEAR AVERAGE.
SIX-PERCENT HAS
EMERGED.
>>>> CHANGE SS
RICE PLANTING IS
69% COMPLETE.
13-POINTS HEAD OF
THE 5 YEAR AVERAGE.
53% OF THE CROP
HAS EMERGED...
FAR AHEAD OF THE
FIVE YEAR AVERAGE.
>>>> CHANGE SS
MISSISSIPPI
SOYBEANS...
46% IS PLANTED...
9- POINTS AHEAD OF
THE 5 YEAR AVERAGE.
25% HAVE EMERGED
WHICH IS NEAR THE
FIVE YEAR AVERAGE.
>>> SG- MOTHERS
SHAD
MOTHER'S DAY IS THIS
SUNDAY.
IN THIS WEEK'S
SOUTHERN
GARDENING
SEGMENT, EXTENSION
HORTICULTURIST DR.
GARY BACHMAN WITH
MISSISSIPPI STATE
UNIVERSITY
EXTENSION SHOWS
US HOW TO CREATE
SOMETHING SPECIAL
THAT WILL SURVIVE IN
THE SHADE.
>>>> TAKE PKG
>> GARY BACHMAN,
PHD, ASSISTANT
EXTENSION
HORTICULTURE
PROFESSOR,
MISSISSIPPI STATE
UNIVERSITY
EXTENSION.
WITH MOTHER'S DAY
COMING UP,
CONSIDER PUTTING
TOGETHER A
BEAUTIFUL
COMBINATION
CONTAINER TO
BRIGHTEN UP A SHADY
CORNER ON HER
PORCH OR PATIO.
NOT ALL PLANTS WILL
PERFORM WELL WHEN
PLACED IN A SHADY
CORNER, SO LET'S
LOOK AT SOME
PLANTS THAT WILL BE
PERFECT FOR MOM'S
PRESENT.
FOR THIS CONTAINER,
I'M LOOKING FOR
PLANTS THAT LIKE
SHADE AND PARTIAL
SHADE.
THERE ARE PLENTY
OF PLANTS WITH
COLORFUL AND
INTERESTING
FOLIAGE.
FOR EXAMPLE, KONG
COLEUS IS PERFECT
WITH ITS LARGE
COLORFUL LEAVES
THAT FEATURE
INCREDIBLE
PATTERNS.
ANOTHER PLANT WITH
STRIKING FOLIAGE IS
CHARMED WINE
OXALIS.
THE SHAMROCK-
SHAPED LEAVES ARE
A BRIGHT REDDISH
PURPLE THAT WILL
ADD DEPTH TO THE
CONTAINER.
AND WHAT'S
MOTHER'S DAY
WITHOUT FLOWERS?
FOR A COLORFUL
ACCENT, FIESTA
DOUBLE IMPATIENS
ARE PERFECT FOR
THE SHADY
CONTAINER.
THE DOUBLE
FLOWERS OF
SPARKLER HOT PINK
AND SPARKLER
ORANGE, ALONG WITH
SALSA RED LOOK LIKE
TINY ROSE
BLOSSOMS.
HYPOESTES SPLASH
SELECTIONS ADD
MORE FOLIAGE
COLOR.
THESE WILL SPREAD
UP TO 10 INCHES WIDE
AND HELP TO FILL THE
CONTAINER.
ALL COMBO
CONTAINERS NEED
SOME PLANTS THAT
SPRAWL OVER THE
EDGE, AND LEMON
THYME IS PERFECT
FOR MOM.
THE SMALL FRAGRANT
LEAVES RELEASE A
LEMONY FRESH
AROMA WITH THE
SLIGHTEST TOUCH.
NOW LET'S PUT THIS
PRESENT TOGETHER.
MIX AND MATCH THE
PLANTS TO YOUR
DESIRES.
THERE IS NO RIGHT
OR WRONG
ARRANGEMENT.
AS LONG AS YOU
THINK ITS PRETTY,
THEN IT IS.
FINISH EVERYTHING
OFF WITH A GENTILE
DOSE OF WATER.
THIS IS YOUR LABOR
OF LOVE.
IT IS YOUR PERSONAL
CREATION TO YOUR
MOM.
TRUST ME, SHE WILL
LOVE IT.
I'M HORTICULTURIST
GARY BACHMAN FOR
SOUTHERN
GARDENING.
>>> TOSS VO
>> FORD -
LEIGHTON....
IF YOU LIKE, YOU CAN
MAKE MORE THAN
ONE CONTAINER AND
THEN GROUP THEM
TOGETHER FOR
BIGGER DISPLAY.
>>> VO / SMS
IN OUR FEATURE
SEGMENT TODAY...
THE PRESENT
MISSISSIPPI
OUTSTANDING TREE
FARMER OF THE YEAR.
BOBBY WATKINS OF
ABERDEEN SAYS
HERBICIDES ARE
ACTUALLY USEFUL TO
GET RID OF EXOTIC
PLANTS AND RETURN
SOUTHERN FORESTS
TO THEIR ORIGINAL
PLANT COMMUNITIES.
>>> L.S./INTRO/
BULLETS
(A.F.) TIME FOR THE
MARKETS WITH
LEIGHTON...
INTERNATIONAL
PAPER IS INCREASING
ITS PRESENCE IN
MISSISSIPPI.
(L.S.) IT WILL SOON
OWN TWO MILLS IN
THE GOLDEN
TRIANGLE.
>>>TAKE GRAPHICS
ALSO AHEAD...
THE MONTH BEGINS
WITH A RALLY IN
SOYBEAN PRICES...
CHINA IS NOW
SELLING SOME OF ITS
RESERVE COTTON
STOCKS...
AS DEMAND FOR
HARDWOOD SAWLOGS
OUTPACES PINE..
WELL HAVE SOME
ANALYSIS...
>>> L.S./SOYBEAN
ANALYSIS
SINC
ANALYSIS
SINCE OUR LAST
BROADCAST SOYBEAN
PRICES HAVE
REACHED A TWELVE-
MONTH HIGH.
HOWEVER THE
FUNDAMENTALS TO
SUPPORT THE TEN-
DOLLAR-PLUS LEVELS
ARE DESCRIBED AS
SHAKY AT BEST.
BY WEDNESDAY OF
THIS WEEK SOME
CONTRACTS SHOWED
EVIDENCE OF
LOOSING SOME
STEAM...
>>> L.S./WHEAT
ANALYSIS
EVEN WHEAT PRICES
HAVE COME ALONG
SOME DUE TO THE
ACTIVITY IN OTHER
PARTS OF THE GRAIN
SECTOR.
HOWEVER THERE IS
CONCERN ABOUT THE
SWELLING STOCKS OF
WHEAT THAT ARE
LIKELY TO BE A
HEADLINE IN NEXT
WEEKS MONTHLY U-S-
D-A REPORT.
HERES ANALYST
JOHN ROACHS TAKE
ON THE SITUATION.
>>>TAKE VIDEO/SOT
>> JOHN ROACH
ROACHAG.COM
WE DON'T REALLY
HAVE FUNDAMENTALS
ON WHEAT THAT ARE
SHOWING LOTS OF
IMPROVEMENT.
OUR SUPPLY-DEMAND
TABLES, WE'RE GOING
TO SEE A REPORT
FROM THE
GOVERNMENT ON THE
10TH, WE THINK
THEY'RE PROBABLY
STILL GOING TO BE
QUITE LARGE AS THEY
PROJECT FOR NEXT
YEAR.
OUR ACREAGE IS
DOWN BUT THE
DEMAND IS NOT THAT
GREAT AND THE
SUPPLIES AROUND
THE WORLD ARE
PLENTIFUL, SO WE
REALLY DON'T HAVE A
FUNDAMENTAL GOOD
STORY TO TALK
ABOUT ON WHAT.
BUT WE DO HAVE A
TECHNICAL STORY
THAT IS POSITIVE IN
AN ENVIRONMENT
THAT HAS TURNED
MORE POSITIVE.
AND SO WHEAT
SHOULD BENEFIT AND
WE SHOULD GET
SOME MORE
OPPORTUNITIES AT A
RALLY.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD --
A WEEK OR SO AGO
WE HAD A SELL
SIGNAL IN WHEAT, DID
A GOOD JOB OF
CATCHING SOME
WHEAT SALES UP ON
THE HIGH.
WE'LL WAIT FOR THE
NEXT SELL SIGNAL
AND WE'LL MARKET
SOME MORE WHEAT.
>>> L.S./ COTTON
ANALYSIS
MEANWHILE M-S-US
O.A. CLEVELAND IS
PRONOUNCING THAT
62-CENTS SHOULD BE
VIEWED AS A BOTTOM
FOR COTTON
FUTURES NOW.
ANALYST DAN
HUEBER, MEANWHILE,
HAS BEEN REVIEWING
ALL THE MOST
RECENT U-S-D-A
REPORTS THAT HAD
ANYTHING TO SAY
ABOUT THE COTTON
MARKET.
HERE ARE HIS
THOUGHTS...
>>>TAKE VIDEO/SOT
>> DAN HUEBER
GEN. MGR. - THE
HUEBER REPORT
THERE WAS REALLY
NOTHING NEGATIVE
WITHIN THOSE
NUMBERS.
WE'RE SEEING
COTTON ACREAGE
CONTINUE TO BE
LOST.
BUT I DO THINK -- I
THINK IN MANY OF
THESE MARKETS
THEY'RE ALMOST LIKE
A PRESSURE COOKER,
WE KEPT THE LID ON
FOR SO LONG THERE
ONCE IT POPPED
THROUGH YOU JUST
REALLY ELIMINATED A
LOT OF SHORTS,
WHICH HAS KIND OF
BUILD THAT
PRESSURE UP AND
DECLINING OPEN
INTEREST, WHICH
WOULD SAY WE'RE
JUST TAKING PEOPLE
BACK OUT OF THE
MARKET.
SO, AGAIN, A GREAT
RALLY TO SEE.
I THINK WE MADE
SOME VERY NICE
RETRACEMENTS OF
THE ENTIRE MOVE
DOWN FROM LAST
YEAR.
BUT BY THE END OF
THE WEEK HERE IT
LOOKED LIKE WE KIND
OF LOST THE STEAM...
>>> L.S./TRIVIA
QUESTION
LETS CHECK-OUT
OUR TRIVIA QUIZ FOR
THIS WEEK.
ITS ABOUT
FARMERS INCOME.
HERES YOUR FIRST
LOOK...
>>>TAKE GRAPHICS
FOR EVERY DOLLAR
SPENT ON FOOD, HOW
MUCH DO FARMERS
RECEIVE FOR THE
RAW PRODUCTS ?
IS THE ANSWER...
12-CENTS ?
25-CENTS ?
49-CENTS ?
OR 61-CENTS ?
STAY WITH US FOR
THE ANSWER...
>>> L.S./MILL SALE
THE 400-PLUS
>> FORD -
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 HARDWOOD
DEMAND IS STRONG
WHILE SOME
PULPWOOD MILLS
HAVE BEEN SOLD.
>>>> VO
IN THE FEATURE
SEGMENT TODAY
THIS TREE FARM HAS
BEEN YEARS IN THE
MAKING, BUT YOURS
COULD BE JUST LIKE
IT....
START TODAY!
(PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT)
>>> CALENDAR
>> FORD
BEFORE WE GET
BACK TO THE
MARKETS, LETS LOOK
AT THE FARMWEEK
CALENDAR....
>>>> CHANGE SS
IF YOU WANT TO
LEARN THE BASICS OF
GPS, A WORKSHOP
WILL BE HELD
TUESDAY, MAY 17TH, AT
THE PANOLA COUNTY
EXTENSION OFFICE ON
EUREKA STREET IN
BATESVILLE.
THE HOURS ARE 8:30
A.M. TO 2 P.M.
THE COST IS $33-
DOLLARS AND THAT
INCLUDES LUNCH.
YOU NEED TO
REGISTER BY
TUESDAY, MAY 10TH.
YOULL LEARN ABOUT
HOW TO SET WAY
WAYPOINTS, RECORD
ROUTES AND
DETERMINE THE
ACREAGE OF LAND
AREAS.
WEAR OUTDOOR
CLOTHES SINCE PART
OF THE WORKSHOP
WILL MOVE OUTSIDE
TO HELP YOU TEST
YOUR NEWLY
LEARNED SKILLS.
>>>> CHANGE SS
SPECIALTY CROP
FARMERS CAN LEARN
TO BUILD OR IMPROVE
THEIR
ONLINE PRESENCE
AND MARKETING
STRATEGIES AT
ON FRIDAY, MAY 20TH.
IT WILL BE HELD AT
P-L-88 FARMS ON
HIGHWAY 84 AT
PRENTISS.
THERES NO CHARGE
FOR THE WORKSHOP,
BUT YOU ARE ASKED
TO PRE-REGISTER.
THE HOURS ARE
10 A.M. TO 2:30 P.M.
YOULL LEARN HOW
TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA
AND THE INTERNET TO
PROCESS PAYMENTS
AND IMPROVE
CUSTOMER
RELATIONS.
YOULL ALSO TOUR
THE FARMS
VEGETABLE AND
WATERMELON
PRODUCTION.
>>>> CHANGE SS
>> FORD -
GO TO OUR
FARMWEEK WEB SITE
AT
FARMWEEK.MSUCARE
S.COM FOR
INFORMATION ON
THESE AND OTHER
EVENTS.
NOW, LETS CHECK
OUT THIS WEEKS
FARMWEEK
SNAPSHOT....
>>>> OUT
THE 400-PLUS
EMPLOYEES OF
WEYERHAEUSERS
PULP AND FIBER MILLS
IN COLUMBUS WILL
HAVE A NEW NAME ON
THEIR PAYCHECKS
BEFORE THE END OF
THE YEAR.
>>>TAKE GRAPHICS
THE COMPANY HAS
SOLD THOSE MILLS
AND FIVE OTHERS IT
OWNS IN OTHER
PARTS OF THE WORLD
TO INTERNATIONAL
PAPER FOR OVER
TWO-BILLION
DOLLARS.
MEMPHIS-BASED I-P
EXPECTS THE SALE TO
BE OFFICIALLY A
DONE DEAL IN THE
FOURTH QUARTER OF
2016.
>>> L.S./MKT. INTVW.
DEMAND FOR
HARDWOOD SAWLOGS
CONTINUES TO
OUTPACE THAT FOR
PINE LOGS BIG-TIME.
ITS A CONTINUATION
OF A TREND THAT
BEGAN IN 2015, AND
EVEN BEFORE.
EXTENSIONS JAMES
HENDERSON
EXPLAINS WHATS
GOING ON IN THE
TIMBER MARKET IN
THE STATE...
>>>TAKE VIDEO/SOT
>> LEIGHTON SPANN
REPORTER
JAMES, WHY DID
HARDWOOD
SAWTIMBER SEE SUCH
STRONG DEMAND IN
2015 ?
>> JAMES
HENDERSON, PH.D.
ASSOC. EXTENSION
PROFESSOR
MISSISSIPPI STATE
UNIVERSITY
WELL, PART OF THE
REASON FOR THAT
WAS CONTRACTS TO
PURCHASE TIMBER
THAT SIGNED BACK IN
2014 WHEN THE OIL
AND GAS MARKET
WAS BASICALLY AT ITS
PEAK.
YOULL RECALL, OIL
PRICES, CRUDE, WERE
AROUND 100-DOLLARS
A BARREL.
THEY STARTED
PLUMMETING IN THE
SUMMER OF 2014,
WENT DOWN TO
BELOW 30-DOLLARS A
BARREL IN 2015.
BUT A LOT OF THOSE
CONTRACTS WERE
BEING EXECUTED IN
2015 TO BUY THE
TIMBER, AND THE
REASON THE
HARDWOOD TIMBER IS
INFLUENCED BY
WHATS GOING ON IN
THE OIL AND GAS
SECTOR IS THE
DRILLING PROCESS
REQUIRES A
HARDWOOD MAT AND
BOARD ROW MADE
OUT OF HARDWOOD
SAWLOGS.
THATS USED TO
MINIMIZE SOIL
DISRUPTION, THEIR
EQUIPMENT.
>> LEIGHTON SPANN
REPORTER
SO HERE WE ARE IN
2016, IS THAT DEMAND
STILL THERE FOR
HARDWOOD ? OR HAS
IT SLIPPED A LITTLE
BIT ?
>> JAMES
HENDERSON, PH.D.
ASSOC. EXTENSION
PROFESSOR
MISSISSIPPI STATE
UNIVERSITY
I WAS REALLY
SURPRISED.
I THOUGHT WE WOULD
SEE A DECREASE IN
HARDWOOD SAWLOG
HARVESTING AND
PRICE.
WE DID SEE PRICE
DROP A LITTLE BIT IN
2015, BUT IT CAME
BACK UP IN THE
SECOND HALF OF
2015.
ITS STILL STRONG
NOW.
AND HARDWOOD IN
2015 WAS ACTUALLY
THE HIGHEST VALUE
PRODUCT
HARVESTED, TOTAL
DOLLAR VALUE,
ACCOUNTING FOR 45-
PERCENT OF THE
ANNUAL HARVEST,
WHICH IS UNUSUAL.
USUALLY PINE
SAWTIMBER IS ON
TOP. (RIGHT)
>> LEIGHTON SPANN
REPORTER
WELL, SPEAKING OF
PINE SAWTIMBER,
DEMAND FOR THAT,
WELL THE
HARVESTING WAS UP
FOR THAT ALSO IN
2015 ?
>> JAMES
HENDERSON, PH.D.
ASSOC. EXTENSION
PROFESSOR
MISSISSIPPI STATE
UNIVERSITY
RIGHT. IT WAS UP
CONSIDERABLY.
UH, INCREASED
DEMAND FOR PINE
SAWLOGS,
REFLECTING
CONTINUED GROWTH
IN THE HOME
CONSTRUCTION
SECTOR.
SO WEVE SEEN
SOFTWOOD LUMBER
MANUFACTURING, U.S.
SOUTH ALONE, WAS
UP 3-POINT-2
PERCENT FROM 2014
LEVELS, AND IT WAS
UP 9-AND-A-HALF
PERCENT FROM 2013
LEVELS.
>> LEIGHTON SPANN
REPORTER
ALL RIGHT. PINE
STUMPAGE PRICES.
DID THEY PICK UP ANY
WITH THIS DEMAND
FOR PINE ?
>> JAMES
HENDERSON, PH.D.
ASSOC. EXTENSION
PROFESSOR
MISSISSIPPI STATE
UNIVERSITY
YOU KNOW IN
THEORY WE WOULD
EXPECT TO SEE WITH
SOME INCREASE IN
DEMAND THE PRICE
WOULD GO UP.
BUT THAT HASNT
BEEN THE CASE.
ITS A REALIZATION OF
THE FACT THAT THERE
IS A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF PINE
SAWTIMBER ON THE
STUMP IN MISSISSIPPI,
AS A RESULT OF MORE
PEOPLE GETTING INTO
GROWING TREES,
SEVERAL YEARS NOW
SINCE RECESSION
OF LOWER
HARVESTING.
SO ALL THAT TIMBER
THAT WASNT
HARVESTED IN THOSE
RECESSION YEARS
STILL OUT THERE ON
THE STUMP,
GROWING.
SO THERES A
TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF POSSIBLE
SUPPLY. AND THE
MILLS KNOW IT, AND
THATS KEEPING A
DOWNWARD
PRESSURE ON PRICE.
SO PRICE DIDNT EVEN
GO UP IN 2015...
>>> L.S./TRIVIA
ANSWER
BACK TO THE TRIVIA
QUIZ TO WRAP THINGS
UP FOR THIS WEEK....
A IS THE ANSWER.
MY-BEEF-CHECK-OFF-
DOT-COM SAYS
FARMERS RECEIVE 12-
CENTS OR LESS FOR
EVERY DOLLAR WE
SPEND ON FOOD.
>>> TREE FARM
>> FORD -LAST FALL, THE
MISSISSIPPI
FORESTRY
ASSOCIATION NAMED
BOBBY WATKINS OF
ABERDEEN ITS 2015
"OUTSTANDING TREE
FARMER OF THE
YEAR."
WATKINS WILL HAND
OFF THE HONOR TO
ANOTHER TREE
FARMER THIS
OCTOBER.
WATKINS HAS A TREE
FARM WHERE
"MULTIPLE USE" IS
MORE THAN "A
LABEL,"
IT'S THE GUIDING
MANAGEMENT
PRINCIPLE.
YOU CAN FIND
BEAUTIFUL PINE
TIMBER,
WILD FLOWERS,
WILDLIFE AND SENSE
OF FAMILY HISTORY AT
"COONTAIL FARM." :
>>>> TAKE PKG
>> BOBBY WATKINS,
2015 MFA TREE
FARMER/YEAR
BUT I CALL THIS
RECREATIONAL
FORESTRY WE MAKE
EXCELLENT MONEY
ON OUR TREE
HARVESTING, WE'LL
BE DOING A CLEAR
CUT, WE'LL BE
STARTING TO
REPLANT FOR OUR
GRANDCHILDREN, SO
IT ACTUALLY GOES
FROM MY
GRANDFATHER TO MY
GRANDDAUGHTER
>> REPORTER: ARTIS
FORD, FARMWEEK
IT'S ALL ABOUT FAMILY
FOR BOBBY AND
MARTHA WATKINS AT
COONTAIL FARM.
THE 200-ACRE FARM
WAS BOUGHT AFTER
WORLD WAR TWO BY
WATKIN'S
GRANDFATHER.
AT THAT TIME IT WAS A
DAIRY FARM WITH
TWO TENANT
FAMILIES..
THE FARM WAS
LEASED LATER FOR
ROW CROP
PRODUCTION.
IT BEGAN IT'S
TRANSFORMATION
INTO A TREE FARM
WHEN IT WAS
ENROLLED IN THE
"CONSERVATION
RESERVE PROGRAM"
IN THE MID-1980'S.
>> MARTHA WATKINS,
WIFE OF BOBBY
WATKINS
THIS IS HIS PASSION
AND HIS HOBBY
RIDING ON A TRACTOR
AND LOOKING AT HIS
PINE TREES AND
SEEING HOW THEY'RE
GROWING AND TAKING
CARE OF IT.
HE JUST LOVES THAT.
AND ANY
OPPORTUNITY HE HAS
TO SHARE HIS HOBBY,
HE DOES
>> REPORTER: THE
WATKIN'S LAND
BECAME A CERTIFIED
TREE FARM IN 2005,
BUT IT'S BEEN CARED
FOR UNDER A
MANAGEMENT PLAN
FOR MORE-THAN-30-
YEARS.
>> RANDALL NEVINS,
MONROE COUNTY
DIRECTOR, MSU
EXTENSION
HE'S GOT A PLAN FOR
ABOUT EVERYTHING
HE DOES OUT HERE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S
TIMED, ITS SEASONAL
WHAT HE DOES.
FROM HIS
WILDFLOWER
GARDENS TO HIS
TIMBER OUT HERE,
EVERYTHING IS
PLANNED.
>> GARRON HICKS, NE
DISTRICT TREE FARM
CHAIRMAN, MS
FORESTRY
COMMISSION
I THINK THAT'S WHAT
BEING A TREE FARMER
IS ALL ABOUT.
IS UTILIZING EVERY
INCH OF YOUR PLACE
AND UTILIZING IT IN A
LOT OF DIFFERENT
AREAS TO PROMOTE
TREE FARMS, TO
PROMOTE FORESTRY
AND I THINK MR.
BOBBY DOES A GOOD
JOB OF THAT.
>> REPORTER: AND
WATKINS DOES ALL
THE LABOR HIMSELF.
HIS MANAGEMENT
STRATEGIES WORK
WITH EACH OTHER.
WATKINS USES WHAT
IS CALLED THE "HUB
AND SPOKE"
TECHNIQUE TO
IMPROVE WILDLIFE
HABITAT AND
RECREATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES.
THE SPOKES OR
"LANES" ARE LAID OUT
INTO THE PINE TREES
FROM A CENTRAL
"HUB."
A HUNTING OR
VIEWING STAND IS
PLACED IN HUB SO
THERE'S AN
UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW
DOWN ALL THE
SPOKES.
THEY CAN USED AS
FIRE LANES OR "HAUL
ROADS" DURING TREE
HARVEST.
THEY'RE EXCELLENT
SITES TO PLANT
WILDLIFE FOOD PLOTS
OR ENCOURAGE THE
GROWTH OF NATIVE
FOOD PLANT SPECIES.
>> BOBBY WATKINS,
2015 MFA TREE
FARMER/YEAR
WE'RE EXPOSING THIS
SOIL, WHICH
SCARIFIES KIND OF A
LOT OF THAT NATIVE
SEED, AND THEN
YOU'RE GOING TO GET
A TOTALLY DIFFERENT
PLANT COMMUNITY IN
THESE DISKED LANES.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET
YOUR RAG WEEDS
BACK, PARTRIDGE
PEAS AND A LOT OF
THINGS THAT
WOULDN'T
NECESSARILY
GERMINATE WHEN
YOU'VE GOT ALL THAT
PINE STRAW.
>> REPORTER:
WATKINS "LANES" ARE
A PART OF WHAT'S
CALLED
"QUALITY VEGETATION
MANAGEMENT"
OR Q-V-M.
IT USES A VARIETY OF
TECHNIQUES
INCLUDING
"PRESCRIBED
BURNING" AND
HERBICIDES TO
CONTROL NON-NATIVE
AND UNDESIRABLE
SPECIES.
>> BOBBY WATKINS,
2015 MFA TREE
FARMER/YEAR
RESEARCH AT
MISSISSIPPI STATE
HAS DOCUMENTED UP
TO 100 NATIVE
SPECIES THAT COME
BACK WHEN YOU
PRACTICE WHAT'S
CALLED "QUALITY
VEGETATION
MANAGEMENT."
AFTER A THIN, YOU
MIGHT HAVE TO USE A
HERBICIDE TO KILL
THE HARDWOOD
BRUSH, WHEN YOU DO
A COOL SEASON
CONTROL FIRE,
YOU CAN PUT SOME
DISK LANES IN
BUT WHAT YOU'RE
DOING IS OPENING
THAT FOREST FLOOR
UP TO ALLOW ALL
THESE WILDFLOWERS
CALLED FORBES THAT
ARE BLOOMING TO
GERMINATE, :28
WE'RE USING
TECHNOLOGY TO
ACTUALLY MOVE BACK
TO ALMOST PRE-
EUROPEAN PLANT
COMMUNITIES.
AND SO WE'VE
BROUGHT IN SO MANY
PLANTS FROM
AROUND THE WORLD
THAT WEREN'T IN OUR
NATIVE HABITAT, SO
YOU HAVE TO
CONTROL THEM SOME
WAY.
YOU COULD WALK
THROUGH HERE AND
TRY TO PULL UP
EVERYONE OF THEM,
BUT YOU'VE HAVE A
HARD TIME TRYING TO
PULL UP ALL THE
PRIVET HEDGE. :20
>> REPORTER: THIS IS
A "QUALITY
VEGETATION
MANAGEMENT"
VERSES NO
MANAGEMENT AT ALL.
UNCONTROLLED
SWEET GUMS BLOCK
SUNLIGHT FROM
REACHING THE
GROUND, PREVENTING
WILDLIFE FOOD PLOTS
FROM GERMINATING.
TO THE LEFT,
PRESCRIBED BURNING
AND HERBICIDE
APPLICATIONS HAVE
RESULTED IN AN
EXPLOSION OF
DESIRABLE PLANTS.
FOR THOSE WHO
WONDER ABOUT
USING A FORESTRY
HERBICIDE, WATKINS
SAYS ONE HE USES IS
LABELED FOR USE IN
DRINKING WATER
RESERVOIRS.
>> BOBBY WATKINS,
2015 MFA TREE
FARMER/YEAR
MOST ALL THE
HERBICIDES COME
FROM
PHARMACEUTICAL
SCREENS.
THEY'RE RESEARCHED
THE ONE WE USE
HERE IS CALLED
ARSENAL, THERE ARE
OTHER NAMES FOR IT.
IT'S ACTUALLY
LABELED TO USE IN
DRINKING
RESERVOIRS TO KILL
EMERGED PLANTS
GROWING IN A
RESERVOIR SO
BASICALLY IT'S NOT
TOXIC AT ALL TO
WILDLIFE..
>> REPORTER:
WATKINS SAYS
"QUALITY VEGETATION
MANAGEMENT"
PROMOTES THE
GROWTH OF PLANTS
WITH HIGH QUALITY
PROTEIN.
SIMPLY PUT, THE LAND
CAN FEED MORE
WILDLIFE
THE FASTEST
GROWING POINTS OF
THE PLANTS ARE THE
MOST DESIRABLE.
>> BOBBY WATKINS,
2015 MFA TREE
FARMER/YEAR
WHAT THEY'VE FOUND
OUT FROM RESEARCH
IS THOSE GROWING
POINTS ARE
EXCELLENT AND SO
YOU DON'T WANT TO
LET YOUR STUFF GET
SO TALL THEY CAN'T
GET TO THE GROWING
POINTS.
SO CONTROLLED
BURNING, STRIP
DISKING, EVERYTHING,
IT DROPS THAT
GROWING POINT
DOWN LOW ENOUGH
FOR BIRDS, QUAIL,
TURKEYS AND DEER
TO BE ABLE TO FEED.
:21
>> REPORTER: THE
"PAW PAW" IS
ANOTHER NATIVE
TREE IN WHICH
WATKINS HAS TAKEN
AN INTEREST.
ONCE ENJOYED BY
THOMAS JEFFERSON
AND GEORGE
WASHINGTON,
ANIMALS ALSO LIKE
THE PAPAYA-LIKE
FRUIT.
>> BOBBY WATKINS,
2015 MFA TREE
FARMER/YEAR
AND YOU SEE ALL
THROUGH HERE ARE
PAW PAWS, THE PAW
PAW BE KIND OF UP IN
THE TOP.
IT WILL BE GREEN,
AND IT WILL KIND OF
TURN YELLOW.
AND FOR MY
GRANDDAUGHTER
EVE, I PLANTED A PAW
PAW PATCH OF
IMPROVED PAW PAWS.
AND SO UP AT THE
HOUSE WE GOT
ACTUALLY WE'RE
STARTING A PAW PAW
ORCHARD SO WE CAN
GROW PAW PAWS AND
HAVE THEM MAYBE
FOR THANKSGIVING.
:19
>> REPORTER:
WATKINS ENTHUSIASM
FOR FORESTRY AND
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT HAS
BEEN COVERED BY
NATIONAL
PUBLICATIONS AND
TELEVISION SHOWS.
HE'S INFLUENCED
MANY THROUGH THE
FIELD DAYS AND
MISSISSIPPI STATE
UNIVERSITY
FORESTRY SUMMER
CAMPS HE'S HOSTED
AT COONTAIL FARM.
>> MICHAEL HUGHEY,
FORESTER -
CLAY/MONROE
COUNTIES, MS
FORESTRY
COMMISSION
ONE OF THE BIGGEST
IMPACTS, I MEAN IS
VERY EVIDENT
BECAUSE YOU SEE
SOME OF THE LOCAL
LANDOWNERS IN THIS
AREA THAT HAS CAME
TO MR. BOBBY AND
ASKED FOR HIS HELP.
YOU KNOW, HE'S
HELPING SOME OF
THE LOCAL
LANDOWNERS DO
SOME TIMBER
MANAGEMENT, DO
PRACTICES ON THEIR
OWN PROPERTY, AS
FAR AS GETTING HIM
TO COME OUT AND
GIVE THEM HIS ADVICE
WHEN TO THIN, WHEN
TO SPRAY
>> REPORTER:
WATKINS ALSO LIKES
TO INTRODUCE NON-
FORESTRY GROUPS
TO TREE FARMING
>> BOBBY WATKINS,
2015 MFA TREE
FARMER/YEAR
WE DO A LOT OF
WILDFLOWER
PLANTINGS, OUR
NATIVE WILDFLOWERS
WE HAVE A LOT OUT IN
THE WOODS, IN OUR
DUSTING LANES, AND
ALSO WHERE WE
BURN.
AND SO NEXT MAY,
MAY OF 2016, I'VE
ALREADY GOT HAVE
THREE GARDEN
CLUBS, ONE FROM
LOWNDES COUNTY,
ONE FROM MONROE
COUNTY AND ONE
FROM NOXUBEE
COUNTY THAT
REQUESTED TO COME
AND LOOK AT FOREST
MANAGEMENT AND
WILDFLOWERS.
>> REPORTER: YOU
ALSO FIND THE
"UNIQUE" AT
COONTAIL FARM.
THERE'S A CANNON.
THERE'S A MISSISSIPPI
FORESTRY
COMMISSION TOWER
THAT WAS USED TO
SPOT WILD FIRES.
IT'S NOT HARD TO
NOTICE FAMILY AND
HISTORY MEAN A LOT
TO BOBBY AND
MARTHA WATKINS.
THEIR CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILD ENJOY
RETURNING TO
COONTAIL FARM.
IT APPEARS THE
FARM'S FUTURE IS IN
GOOD HANDS.
>> BOBBY WATKINS,
2015 MFA TREE
FARMER/YEAR
ONE OF THE MOST
AMAZING THINGS,
WHEN THEY WERE
YOUNG, THEY DIDN'T
WANT TO DO STUFF
BECAUSE I MADE
THEM WORK ALL THE
TIME, PICKING UP
STICKS, MOWING,
DIFFERENT THINGS,
BUT NOW THEY LOVE
COMING HERE.
THEY'LL DRIVE FROM
DALLAS AND FROM
NASHVILLE FOR A
WEEKEND JUST TO
STAY HERE.
SO THAT'S BEEN
REALLY A BLESSING
TO SEE THEM START
TO ENJOY THE
WOODS.
>>>> SS IN
>> SPANN -
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THIS STORY AGAIN ON
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OUR FARMWEEK WEB
SITE, OUR FACEBOOK
PAGE OR YOU-TUBE.....
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ADDRESS IS
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DO YOU NEED ADVICE
ON MANAGING YOUR
TREES?
GET IN TOUCH WITH
MISSISSIPPI STATE
UNIVERSITY
EXTENSION,
THE MISSISSIPPI
FORESTRY
COMMISSION...
OR, THE MISSISSIPPI
FORESTRY
ASSOCIATION.
>>>> OUT
THE M-F-A CAN ALSO
GET YOU IN TOUCH
WITH COUNTY
FORESTRY
ASSOCIATIONS NEAR
YOU.
BOBBY HAS
ADVANCED UP THE
RANKS AND HES ONE
OF TWO FINALISTS
FOR REGIONAL TREE
FARMER OF THE YEAR.
HES ALSO HOSTING
THREE GARDEN CUBS
THIS MONTH TO SHOW
HOW GROWING
WILDFLOWERS CAN
CO-EXIST WITH
TIMBER PRODUCTION.
>>> PAD / PROMO
>> FORD -
WE'RE AT THE END
OF FARMWEEK FOR
THIS WEEK...
ON OUR NEXT SHOW,
LABORATORIES ARE
USUALLY OFF-LIMITS
TO CASUAL
OBSERVERS BUT
THERES ONE
OUTDOOR LAB AT
MISSISSIPPI STATE
UNIVERSITY THAT
WELCOMES VISITORS.
>>>> VO
>> SPANN -
YOU'LL VISIT THE
MISSISSIPPI STATE
UNIVERSITY "TRIAL
GARDENS."
THIS STARKVILLE
FACILITY TESTS THE
HARDINESS OF
PLANTS AND IT'S OPEN
TO PUBLIC.
>> FORD -
IN THE FOOD
FACTOR...
"OATMEAL."
IT'S BEEN AROUND A
LONG TIME, BUT WE'LL
HAVE SOME WAYS TO
FRESHEN ITS APPEAL.
>> SPANN -
IN SOUTHERN
GARDENING...
"THE
BOUGAINVILLEA."
THIS TROPICAL
TRANSPLANT OFFERS
BEAUTIFUL COLOR.
>>> 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.
>> FORD -