2005 Episodes
December 30, 2005 (#3117)
Japan continued its ban on U.S. beef, agricultural subsidies stalled World Trade Organization talks, and Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on the Gulf Coast. These are but a few of the issues that confronted rural America over the past year. In this retrospective, Market to Market looks back at 2005 -- and examines the challenges confronting rural America in 2006. Episode Detail
December 23, 2005 (#3116)
Yard waste and hog waste become one farmer's "treasure."
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December 16, 2005 (#3115)
The 149 members of the World Trade Organization met in Hong Kong this week to try and resolve differences on a new global trade pact. But stalemate and finger-pointing were the orders of the day, with the debate over farm trade again providing a main point of contention.December 9, 2005 (#3114)
Trade ministers from the 148 nations of the World Trade Organization meet in Hong Kong on Dec. 13 for the start of a six-day summit. Though optimism for a breakthrough on global trade is fading, ministers will strive to establish a framework for a world trade pact. The biggest obstacle to a deal remains farm trade and the trade-distorting subsidies that support it.December 2, 2005 (#3113)
West Marshall Middle School might be in Iowa where agriculture is the leading industry. But, that doesn't guarantee that the rural students there are experts on farming. In fact, some of the teachers were noticing how many of their students didn't know anything about the farmers in their area. To fix this, they created Ag Day.November 25, 2005 (#3112)
Women farmers own nearly half of the country's farmland. Yet, they often don't get the recognition they deserve for their hard work on the farm. Some are farm wives, others are partners on the farm with their husbands, and there are those who farm on their own. Independent filmmaker Cynthia Vagnetti has devoted her life to documenting farm women across America.
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November 18, 2005 (#3111)
Women farmers own nearly half of the country's farmland. Yet, they often don't get the recognition they deserve for their hard work on the farm. Some are farm wives, others are partners on the farm with their husbands, and there are those who farm on their own. There are organizations popping up around the country specific to the needs of all types of farm women.
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November 11, 2005 (#3110)
A unique program teaches rescue personnel how to handle emergencies from behind the farm gate to where farm and city meet.
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November 4, 2005 (#3109)
"Healthy" frying provides one group of farmers a market for their soybeans and their own oil product.
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October 28, 2005 (#3108)
Thanks to the volunteer efforts of more than a dozen rural and urban churches, "Fields of Hope" helps people in developing nations produce their own food.
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October 21, 2005 (#3107)
To help remedy the honeybee shortage for crop pollination, North Carolina started a cost-sharing bee program.October 14, 2005 (#3106)
Approximately 36 million Americans face hunger. To change this, thousands of farmers across the country are coming together to get food to those in need. They are doing this through an effort called "Harvest for All", a partnership between America's Second Harvest and the American Farm Bureau Federation.
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October 7, 2005 (#3105)
A .com entrepreneur sets out to tackle an agricultural niche' market.
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September 30, 2005 (#3104)
Wihout a government price program, many farmers have quit growing tobacco and have turned to value-added projects in hopes to reap high returns similar to those of the golden leaf.September 23, 2005 (#3103)
West Marshall Middle School might be in Iowa where agriculture is the leading industry. But, that doesn't guarantee that the rural students there are experts on farming. In fact, some of the teachers were noticing how many of their students didn't know anything about the farmers in their area. To fix this, they created Ag Day.September 16, 2005 (#3102)
An innovative Natural Resources Conservation Service program in northeastern Nebraska brings farmers in to the no-till fold.
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September 9, 2005 (#3101)
The gulf ports may be under repair and in partial operation, but the ripple effects are still being felt upriver in farm country.
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September 2, 2005 (#3052)
Graeme Quick is from Melbourne, Australia and is considered worldwide as a grain harvest expert. He has spent 40-plus years helping farmers around the globe become more efficient in the field. He teaches them about combine performance and grain quality. Before returning to his homeland in late 2003, Quick spent seven years teaching farm machinery at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.
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August 26, 2005 (#3051)
For the past nine years, dairy prices have been all over the place. The volatility in prices is just one of many troubling issues the dairy industry is facing.
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August 19, 2005 (#3050)
Farm auctions are engrained in the culture of rural America. They are social events for farmers, as well as a way for them to buy and sell used equipment. While used machinery at auctions saves farmers money, in recent years, prices have increased to amounts comparable to those of new equipment.
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August 12, 2005 (#3049)
Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns stopped in Iowa as part of his listening session tour for the 2007 Farm Bill.August 5, 2005 (#3048)
The arm-twisting is over and the votes are all counted. But the repercussions from the razor-thin tally on the Central American Free Trade Agreement in the U.S. House of Representatives are far from over. Anti-CAFTA forces will swear to that.
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July 29, 2005 (#3047)
The Corn Belt has faced extreme heat all summer, with some places getting little to no rainfall. Precipitation across the state of Illinois has been 4 to 10 inches below normal. Farmers in the northwest part of the state are suffering the most from drought, leaving many of them concerned about their yields come harvest time.
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July 22, 2005 (#3046)
Yield losses associated with soybean rust range from 10% to 80%. While scientists work on a solution, farmers should inspect fields frequently.
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July 15, 2005 (#3045)
A unique program teaches rescue personnel how to handle emergencies from behind the farm gate to where farm and city meet.
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July 8, 2005 (#3044)
In a fundamental policy shift, the Bush administration is proposing changes to America's primary food aid program, "Food for Peace." Rather than relying on U.S. farmers to supply all of the food, the President wants to purchase a portion of the food closer to where it is needed. And critics are calling for more reforms to the 50-year-old program.
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July 1, 2005 (#3043)
Approximately 36 million Americans face hunger. To change this, thousands of farmers across the country are coming together to get food to those in need. They are doing this through an effort called "Harvest for All", a partnership between America's Second Harvest and the American Farm Bureau Federation.
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June 24, 2005 (#3042)
To help remedy the honeybee shortage for crop pollination, North Carolina started a cost-sharing bee program.June 17, 2005 (#3041)
There are more choices than the local cooperative for farmers to market their grain. So what are the cooperatives doing to survive?
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June 10, 2005 (#3040)
A .com entrepreneur sets out to tackle an agricultural niche' market.
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June 3, 2005 (#3039)
Brazil has been called a "sleeping giant" for decades because of it's unrealized potential in agriculture. Today that potential is being realized courtesy of soil science that has made Brazilian land productive and economic policies that encourage production.Rural Brazil is a new frontier, and Americans are some of its pioneers.
May 27, 2005 (#3038)
The High Court rules the beef checkoff is "government speech" and therefore does not violate cattle producers' First Amendment right to free speech. The decision could impact dozens of commodity promotion and research programs.
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May 20, 2005 (#3037)
Wihout a government price program, many farmers have quit growing tobacco and have turned to value-added projects in hopes to reap high returns similar to those of the golden leaf.
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May 13, 2005 (#3036)
An innovative Natural Resources Conservation Service program in northeastern Nebraska brings farmers in to the no-till fold.
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May 6, 2005 (#3035)
Rhett Davis, formerly the police chief in Powers, Oregon, is using horses as a tool to help keep at-risk teens out of trouble.
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April 29, 2005 (#3034)
Farm auctions are engrained in the culture of rural America. They are social events for farmers, as well as a way for them to buy and sell used equipment. While used machinery at auctions saves farmers money, in recent years, prices have increased to amounts comparable to those of new equipment.
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April 22, 2005 (#3033)
For the past nine years, dairy prices have been all over the place. The volatility in prices is just one of many troubling issues the dairy industry is facing.
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April 15, 2005 (#3032)
Veterinary officials predict a shortage of large animal veterinarians as vet school students focus on small animal practices.
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April 8, 2005 (#3031)
In a fundamental policy shift, the Bush administration is proposing changes to America's primary food aid program, "Food for Peace." Rather than relying on U.S. farmers to supply all of the food, the President wants to purchase a portion of the food closer to where it is needed. And critics are calling for more reforms to the 50-year-old program.
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April 1, 2005 (#3030)
The Navajo Nation is one of the largest reservations in the country. Walter Whitewater is a member of the Navajo Nation and he is working with Lois Ellen Frank, a Santa Fe-based photographer, chef and author, to revive the Native American community's pride in its food traditions.
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March 25, 2005 (#3029)
The Navajo Nation is one of the largest reservations in the country. Walter Whitewater is a member of the Navajo Nation and he is working with Lois Ellen Frank, a Santa Fe-based photographer, chef and author, to revive the Native American community's pride in its food traditions.
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March 18, 2005 (#3028)
The task of whittling down the trade deficit fell to someone new this week.
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March 11, 2005 (#3027)
From "The Other White Meat" to "Don't Be Blah," the pork industry has ridden clever marketing campaigns -- along with soaring consumer demand -- to profitable times. Trade problems in the competing beef industry also have aided the pork sector.
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March 4, 2005 (#3026)
Yield losses associated with soybean rust range from 10% to 80%. While scientists work on a solution, farmers should inspect fields frequently.
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February 25, 2005 (#3025)
Brazil has been called a "sleeping giant" for decades because of it's unrealized potential in agriculture. Today that potential is being realized courtesy of soil science that has made Brazilian land productive and economic policies that encourage production.Rural Brazil is a new frontier, and Americans are some of its pioneers.
February 18, 2005 (#3024)
Spurred by consumer demand, abundant corn supplies and wide profit margins, U.S. ethanol production is booming. The growth largely is being driven by farmer-owned plants like the one going up in north central Iowa.February 11, 2005 (#3023)
The Port of Tillamook Bay is generating power with manure from area dairy producers.
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February 4, 2005 (#3022)
Graeme Quick is from Melbourne, Australia and is considered worldwide as a grain harvest expert. He has spent 40-plus years helping farmers around the globe become more efficient in the field. He teaches them about combine performance and grain quality. Before returning to his homeland in late 2003, Quick spent seven years teaching farm machinery at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.
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January 28, 2005 (#3021)
There are more choices than the local cooperative for farmers to market their grain. So what are the cooperatives doing to survive?
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January 21, 2005 (#3020)
Rhett Davis, formerly the police chief in Powers, Oregon, is using horses as a tool to help keep at-risk teens out of trouble.
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January 14, 2005 (#3019)
Paul Ramsey lives in California, but he grew up in Iowa. Fond memories of summers on his uncle's farm influenced him to restore the operation. Today, Ramsey shares his farming experiences; especially with urban youth who never have set foot on rural ground.
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January 7, 2005 (#3018)
These are good times for pork producers. Extraordinary domestic and foreign demand for pork laid the groundwork for an outstanding year in 2004. The high protein diet craze helped feed that demand.
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