Farmweek

Farmweek is a production of the Mississippi State University Extension Service. Today is a Feature Story edition of our show. Kent Winstead is an award-winning Mississippi logger whose family has been cutting trees for a long time. Southern Gardening gives us some history on how gnomes came to be the guardians of the garden. The Food Factor has tips for using your slow cooker. It can have dinner ready when you get home from work. Farmweek travels to the beautiful tree farm of Roy Thigpen, Senior. He was the 2014 Tree Farmer of the Year.

Farmweek, June 17, 2016, is a feature story edition. Today we will take a step back and look at the year 2011 in Mississippi agriculture. It was a year of Mississippi River flooding and deadly tornadoes. Today Southern Garden will tour Glen Auburn in Natchez. Learn about fish as a source of healthy fat on The Food Factor. The feature story is about "The Sweet Potato Innovation Challenge." Students at Mississippi State University are thinking of ways to make new products out of culled sweet potatoes.

Today on Farmweek... The controversy grows about the USDAs catfish import inspection program. The Food Factor - Want to grill like a pro? Get yourself a thermometer. Southern Gardening - A four part Natchez series begins with a visit to Monmouth Plantation. In the Markets - November bean prices are rising like a thermometer as world cotton supplies continue to outweigh demand. The Feature Segment - Big changes are coming next year in how farmers and ranchers can use antibiotics to treat food animals.

The Supreme Court rules that landowners can challenge EPA over waters in the US. Food Factor offers shopping tips at Farmers' Markets. Watch the Southern Gardening segment for a well rounded landscape. Excess sawtimber supply could bring more lumber manufacturing, but higher cattle placement may bring prices down in the livestock sector. In today’s feature segment, everyone is being affected by increased regulation of the commodity futures market.

Today on Farmweek... The U.S. turns back two shipments of Vietnamese catfish for illegal dyes and anti-biotics. The Food Factor - Keep dogs and chocolate separated or you could poison your best friend. Southern Gardening - Salvia is a proven performer that attracts butterflies and pollinators. The Markets - chicken prices may feel some pressure as summer kicks in... while soybean supplies will be tighter than expected for the net two years. The Feature Segment - Steven Silverman of the National Appeals Division discusses the basics of appealing an adverse decision by the USDA.

Today on Farmweek Today on Farmweek The Food Factor, portion control, find out some practical ways to control how much you eat. Southern Gardening, spiller plants, these plants give your pots an extra zing. The Markets this week, a dip in catfish processing firms-up pond-bank prices while cotton prices are not expected to trade far from their present range in coming weeks. The Feature Segment... New tech on the farm. We'll take you from Australia to Iowa to see the kind of high technology that is headed to farm country.

Today on Farmweek A major ag-lender says the Delta could lose a lot of farmers if the farm economy downturn lasts longer than expected. The Food Factor - Oatmeal, there's more than one kind and Natasha will have some new ways to prepare it. Southern Gardening - The bougain-villa is tropical and its beauty is enough to enchant you. In The Markets - Soybeans are the big winner in this weeks USDA report... but, the trade throws the brakes on the recent rally in the cattle sector. The MSU Trial Gardens in Starkville is featured today. It's a laboratory where tough love is handed out.

Today on Farmweek... The EPA is about to declare officially, that glyphosate is unlikely to cause cancer. The Food Factor has information about kale being a superfood. One cup is packed with more vitamin C than some oranges. Southern Gardening will give suggestions on plants to use to build a shady container for your mother. In the Markets... Fireworks in the soybean pit before prices retreat; prices remain strong for hardwood sawlogs. James Henderson has an analysis. The Feature Segment is about Bobby Watkins, 2015 Tree Farmer of the Year.

Today on Farmweek... U.S. Farmers say more workers are needed to help harvest crops. In The Food Factor...Speed shopping. Speed up the pace of your shopping and slow down the growth of your food budget. In Southern Gardening... Weird Plants. You probably haven't seen many of these but one of them you can eat.

On Farmweek this week... Farm program payments are expected to be the highest in years due to the decline in farm prices. Mississippi residents are learning about the cultural and spiritual aspects of Japanese floral design. The Food Factor... Sweet potatoes - they're nutritious and we'll have some new ways to cook them. On Southern Gardening... Columbine - it's hardy and it grows in a variety of climates. The Markets... The cotton trade ponder what China's long-awaited plans may mean, as analysts fret that part of the cattle sector can't do what it's supposed.