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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Attendees Talk About Irrigation Issues Irrigation Conference
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Two attendees at an irrigation conference speak with KAIT8 reporter Kathy Miller on changes to irrigation. The first person talks about how rice can be added to the crop rotation with sprinkler irrigation. The second person talks about the effects increased irrigation will have on an already depleting aquifer.
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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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Exports of Agricultural Goods Increase Five Percent
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A man reports that the exportation of agricultural goods, like soybeans, have increased by five percent.
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Farmers Discuss Rice Market and Allotment During Meeting
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Numerous farmers attend a meeting pertaining to rice production, markets, and allotment. A major concern is there is a high surplus of rice and the effect it has on farmers. Another issue concerns rice allotments and the considerations which need to be addressed in a possible new rice bill.
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Farmer Tends to Soybean Field
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A farmer tends to their soybean field, using a tractor to till the land.
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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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Buck Hurley Mill Footage
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Footage contains several shots of the Buck Hurley Mill that is closed. This is one of the few Hurley properties closed due to the company going bankrupt. [no audio]
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Cal Wasson Reports on Winter Wheat Harvest
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KAIT8 reporter Cal Wasson reports on the winter wheat harvest. While the yields are at a near record, it has caused the price of wheat to drop.
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Cotton Gin Manager Discusses Current Cotton Market
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A cotton gin manager discusses the current cotton market, indicating farmers who produce cotton efficiently will do fine.
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Farmer Hopes to Break Even Financially
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A farmer hopes his cotton and soybean sales break even, acknowledging that he likely will not be making a profit this season.
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Farmers Examine Crops
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Several farmers examine the season's crops, ensuring it is coming in healthy. There is also footage of tractors tilling the farm fields, farmland and frozen poultry.
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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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Greenfield Seeds Co. Employees Process Soybean Seeds
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Greenfield Seed Company employees process soybean seeds to sell to farmers.
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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 Criticizes Recent Moratorium
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A man criticizes President Gerald Ford's administration for the recent moratorium which negatively affected farmers. He believes this will have an impact in the upcoming presidential election.
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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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Man Shares Solution to Prevent Spread of Cyst Nematode
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A man shares a possible solution to prevent the spread of cyst nematode by growing grain sorghum grow where soybean is at.
