Farms have long been the life-blood of Region 8 and KAIT documented numerous moments in the lives of farmer from seed to harvest.
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Farmer Expresses Concern Over Beans Caught in Storage Bankruptcy
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Farmers are concerned about the status of their beans stored in bean elevators facing bankruptcy. The bank wishes to take them as collateral, but the farmers want them back.
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Farmers Blockade Grain Elevator in Protest
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Missouri farmers resort to locking bean elevators storing their beans to prevent confiscation amidst Ristine Grain Elevator and other companies' bankruptcy.
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Eagleton Speaks About the Energy Crisis, Agriculture, and World Peace
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U.S. Senator Tom Eagleton discusses the effects of the energy crisis and international turmoil on farmers.
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USDA Research to Improve Quality of Meat
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The US Department of Agriculture investigates germ plasm theory to improve the quality of meat for consumption. Germ plasm theory states that heritable information is transmitted only by germ cells in the gonads (ovaries and testes).
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42nd Annual White River PCA Meeting
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The White River Production Credit Association (PCA) holds their 42nd annual meeting at Newport High School. One of the participates talks with KAIT8 reporter on expediting rice milling.
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APFES Awards Craighead County Agricultural Extension Staff
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Arkansas Plant Food Education Society (APFES) presents the Craighead County Agricultural Extension staff with the Soil Fertility Education Award for 1972 through 1975.
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Arkansas Farmers Attend Sunflower Meeting
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National Cottonseed Product Association agronomist and representative of the Sunflower Growers Organization representative Dalton E. Gandy speaks to Northeast Arkansas farmers at A-State about the possibility of growing sunflowers.
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A Tractor Plows a Field and Scenes From a Butcher Shop
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Footage of a tractor in a field followed by some scenes from a butcher shop.
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Footage from the Buffalo Island Livestock Show
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Livestock and their handlers attend the Buffalo Island Livestock Show.
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Man Complains About Government Interference with the Flow of Goods
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The University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service speaks at a conference. An Interviewee states that they need more money and manpower in order to prevent government interference, claiming that the government is stopping the "flow of goods".
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Man Discusses Younger Generation Possibly Going Back into Farming
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KAIT8 reporter interviews a man at a 4H event on how younger demographics appear to return to farming and the need for younger farmers.
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Proposed Farmer Assistance Plan Offers Partial Coverage
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A proposed "Ingram Plan" will only bring in 60% of what the farmers owe in the wake of the Hurley Bean bankruptcy incident.
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Rice Mill Processes Rice
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A rice mill in Arkansas processes rice. A manager at the mill talks about how overproduction of rice last year is affecting prices but believes the market will recover this year.
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Sociologists Discuss Importance of Rural Areas
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Sociologists discuss importance of moving back to rural areas and strengthening natural resources.
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Cotton Inc. Tests New Cotton Gin Incinerator
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KAIT8 reporter interviews Dr. Bill Lalor of Cotton Inc. concerning the tests they are running of new cotton gin incinerators. One test was run at Kiech-Shauver Gin in Monette and another at Schugtown Co-op Gin in Schugtown.
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Interview about Increase in Rate of Labor
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An interviewee claims that the rate of labor and the population of laborers has increased. The interview is accompanied by clips of construction workers and farmers.
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Martrac Farms Bankruptcy Leads to Asset Contention
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Charlie Sue of Martrac Farms put the beans in Hurley's Bean House up for collateral. Now that the company is going bankrupt, the farmers want the rights to their beans back, but the banks want what they are owed.
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NFO Representative Discusses Changes in Agriculture
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A man from the National Farmers Organization (NFO) discusses changes in agriculture. He states that small scale farmers are going to have to cooperate to compete with large scale corporate farming.
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Riceland Foods Announces Expansion and New Facility
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Riceland Foods announces it is expanding its operations during a press conference in Jonesboro. They state rice is the most important food in the world especially given the global population increase.
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SCSA Razorback Chapter Meeting at A-State
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Razorback Chapter of the Soil Conservation Society of America meet at Arkansas State University. KAIT8 reporter interviews an attendee on efforts to prevent urbanization on fertile land.
