Farms have long been the life-blood of Region 8 and KAIT documented numerous moments in the lives of farmer from seed to harvest.
For questions regarding these clips, please contact the Archives & Special Collections.
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Cotton Inc. Tests New Cotton Gin Incinerator
KAIT-TV
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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Hurley Firm Representative Presents Plan to Pay Farmers
KAIT-TV
A representative from Hurley Firm presents a plan on how soybean and rice farmers will be paid at a press conference. He states this will not prevent farmers from taking legal action against the company for putting their beans up for collateral.
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Interview about Increase in Rate of Labor
KAIT-TV
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
KAIT-TV
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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People Discuss 1975 Spring Planting Session
KAIT-TV
Craighead County extension agent James Miesner discusses the spring 1975 planting session and how the prices of crops will most likely affect what farmers decide to plant. KAIT8 reporter Cal Wasson also interviews a farmer, possibly in Missouri, about the price point needed to keep cotton profitable.
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Riceland Foods Announces Expansion and New Facility
KAIT-TV
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
KAIT-TV
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.
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Woodland Discusses Changes in Agriculture
KAIT-TV
National Farmers Organization (NFO) vice president DeVon Woodland discusses the changes in agriculture, indicating small farms will have to cooperate to compete with large-scale corporate farms.
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Farmers Attend Rice Legislation Meeting
KAIT-TV
Farmers attend a public meeting concerning rice legislation at the Lawrence County Courthouse. Agricultural Council of Arkansas executive director Cecil Williams, Jr., and farmers Noel Baker and Larry Corbett speak at the meeting. Williams speaks with KAIT8 reporter Don Goodwin on the international rice market and federal rice legislation.
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Ginner Responds to Weaver & Sons Notice
KAIT-TV
KAIT8 reporter Cal Wasson interviews a gin company manager concerning a notice he received from John C. Weavers & Sons indicating they are unable to fulfill their contract. The ginner states what their next actions might be and how this will affect cotton farmers. The footage also shows people working in a cotton gin and a farmer harvesting cotton.
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People React to Rice Act Failing to Pass
KAIT-TV
KAIT8 reporter Cal Wasson interviews with a man, likely a rice farmer, and Craighead County agricultural extension agent Albert M. Swaty after the Rice Act of 1974 failed to pass Congress. There is also footage of a rice field and mill.
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Spurlock on a Minimum Wage Increase and Farm Workers
KAIT-TV
KAIT8 reporter Donald Goodwin interviews Craighead County gin operator M. G. “Mabe” Spurlock on the federal minimal wage increase and how it could affect farmers.
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State Police Inspect Tractor Accident
KAIT-TV
Arkansas State Troopers and reporters inspect the site of a tractor accident near Jonesboro. The tractor backed over a man and he was severely injured. [no audio]
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Wine Producer Reacts to Proposed Elimination of Out-of-State Wine Tax
KAIT-TV
KAIT8 reporter Don Goodwin interviews an Arkansas wine producer on what affects the elimination of a tax on out-of-state wines will have on wine production and sales in the state.
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Man Discusses the Lack of Cottonseed
KAIT-TV
A man discusses the lack of available cottonseed to replant this season and how a cold rain would wipe out the current crop. There is also footage from a seed company and a prop plane.
