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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Cotton Processing Plant Footage
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Footage appears to be from a cotton processing plant or cotton gin.
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Duncan County Farmer Supports American Agriculture Movement
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A farmer and president of the Duncan County Farm bureau shares his support for the American Agriculture movement and reads a letter by the Missouri Farm Bureau.
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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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Farm Bureau Refuses to Support Farmers' Strike
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A spokesperson for the Arkansas Farm Bureau explains why they refuse to endorse the farmers' strike.
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Farmer Inspect Soybean Crop
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A farmer inspects his soybean crop. Some of the crop appear to show signs of pests.
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Farmers Attend Meeting Concerning Parity
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Farmers attend a meeting in support of 100% parity on their crops.
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Farmers Demand 100% Parity to Receive Return on Investment
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Farmers demand 100% parity on their crops so they can receive a fair return on investment.
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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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Farmers Hesitant About New Pesticide Application Program
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A man talks about a new pesticide application program and how he expects resistance to it from farmers. A farmer expresses concern about the pesticide's effects on wildlife but says he is not concerned about his crops.
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Farmers Participate in "Tractorcade"
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Northeast Arkansas farmers participate in a "tractorcade" preceding a planned strike on December 14th pertaining to farmers receiving 100% parity on their crops.
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Farmer Tends to Fields
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A farmer tends to their rice, cotton, and soybean fields on a tractor.
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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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Footage of a Combine Harvester
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Footage shows a combine harvester harvesting grain in a field.
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Secretary Mercure Visits Lawrence County During Rural Development Tour
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Assistant Secretary of the Department of Agriculture Alex P. Mercure visits Lawrence County during his rural development tour. Mercure speaks during a luncheon about how the department can help the community.
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State Senator Bearden Speaks at Cache River Project Public Hearing
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State Senator John Bearden speaks at a public hearing regarding the continuation of the Cache River-Bayou DeView Channelization Project. He talks about how discontinuing this project would be a breach of moral commitment made when the project was first authorized.
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Tractors Line a Field in Protest
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Farmers hoping for 100% parity on crops line their tractors in a field in protest.
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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).
