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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A Farmer Expresses Concern Over Beans Caught in Storage Bankruptcy
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Missouri 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 Bean Elevator in Protest
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Missouri farmers resort to locking bean elevators storing their beans to prevent confiscation amidst company 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 Production Credit Association Meeting
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The White River Production Credit Association 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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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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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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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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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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Martrack Farms Bankruptcy Leads to Asset Contention
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Charlie Soo of Martrack 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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One of Three Remaining Active Cotton Gins in the USA
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Footage of one of the three remaining active cotton gins in the United States.
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Riceland Rice Expansion Meeting
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Riceland Rice Company discusses expansion because they believe that 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.
