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Farmers Strike and Demand Parity Prices
Farmers Strike and Demand Parity Prices
Air / Publish Date: 04/13/1978
Event Date: 04/13/1978 NBC's Jim Ruttle reports on the American Agriculture Movement, a group of farmers who are demanding price 'parity.' They argue that the federal government should raise farm prices to keep up with the prices of resources farmers need to ...
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Two Farmers' Essays: Floods and Droughts
Two Farmers' Essays: Floods and Droughts
Air / Publish Date: 08/26/1993
Event Date: 08/26/1993 Farmers Steven Berntson of Paullina, Iowa and Donald McCraig of Williamsville, VA read aloud essays they've written on how farms, farmers and their families are affected by floods and by drought.
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Russian Farmers Visit Iowa Farm
Russian Farmers Visit Iowa Farm
Air / Publish Date: 07/21/1955
Event Date: 07/21/1955 As part of a cultural exchange program, Russian farmers visit a farm in Iowa.
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Wind Power Is Windfall for NY Farmers
Wind Power Is Windfall for NY Farmers
Air / Publish Date: 08/05/2006
Event Date: 08/05/2006 Dairy farmers in upstate New York find it pays more to harvest the wind, generating electricity on wind farms. But not everyone is happy to see forests of whirling wind turbines on every horizon.
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Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Turn Cow Manure into Electricity
Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Turn Cow Manure into Electricity
Air / Publish Date: 04/11/2008
Event Date: 04/11/2008 Four cheese-making brothers convert cow manure into methane gas, producing enough electricity to run their dairy farm in Wisconsin -- and the homes of 120 neighbors.
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Lost Topsoil: Erosion in America's Corn and Grain Belts
Lost Topsoil: Erosion in America's Corn and Grain Belts
Air / Publish Date: 08/25/1984
Event Date: 08/25/1984 By 1984, American farmland has lost three billion tons of topsoil through erosion -- enough to fill 34,000 Houston Astrodomes. Some farmers are practicing soil conservation, terracing fields, or "resting" them.
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Ranchers vs. Snails: Debate Over Endangered Species Act
Ranchers vs. Snails: Debate Over Endangered Species Act
Air / Publish Date: 07/28/1995
Event Date: 07/28/1995 In 1995, reform of the 1973 Endangered Species Act is called for by ranchers, farmers and fishers whose jobs and livelihood are affected by protection of threatened snails, salmon and plants.
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Biofuel Industry Running on Empty
Biofuel Industry Running on Empty
Air / Publish Date: 02/16/2009
Event Date: 02/16/2009 Minnesota corn farmers who were counting on high gas prices to fuel an ethanol boom have been left behind. Lower gas prices have turned the boom into a bust almost overnight, jeopardizing many of these farms.
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Drought Hotline Opened in '88 by Agriculture Dept.
Drought Hotline Opened in '88 by Agriculture Dept.
Air / Publish Date: 06/24/1988
Event Date: 06/24/1988 Federal officials open a hotline to help farmers respond to the "Drought of '88." This report describes the safety net for farms: an aid program which includes emergency feed, crop insurance and federal subsidies for farmers who agree ...
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Descendants of Former Slaves Return to Somerset Place Plantation
Descendants of Former Slaves Return to Somerset Place Plantation
Air / Publish Date: 08/30/1986
Event Date: 01/01/1800 Descendants of slaves and slaveowners hold a reunion at a former plantation to remember their ancestors.
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History of Middleton Place Plantation
History of Middleton Place Plantation
Air / Publish Date: 03/19/1976
Event Date: 01/01/1741 Middleton Plantation in South Carolina began as a rice plantation 1741, and was the setting for generations of Americans and American history.
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Wind Power Picks Up as an Alternative Energy Source
Wind Power Picks Up as an Alternative Energy Source
Air / Publish Date: 11/30/2003
Event Date: 11/30/2003 More Texas ranchers are becoming wind farmers, harvesting -- and profiting from -- a clean, renewable source of energy. But critics claim the wind turbines are unsightly, and interfere with bird migrations. ...
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Grass Into "Grassoline"? Turning Cellulose into Biofuels
Grass Into "Grassoline"? Turning Cellulose into Biofuels
Air / Publish Date: 11/07/2007
Event Date: 11/07/2007 Microbes found in primordial hot springs, dead plants and living plants such as switch grass can transform cellulose into sugar, which can be fermented into cellulosic ethanol -- a recipe for a promising biofuel.
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Preservation of South Carolina Plantations
Preservation of South Carolina Plantations
Air / Publish Date: 05/20/1986
Event Date: 01/01/1800 Many of the plantations from the Old South have been destroyed or abandoned and left for ruin. There are still some maintained today, such as Drayton Hall in South Carolina.
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Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai's Green Belt Movement To Plant Two Billion Trees
Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai's Green Belt Movement To Plant Two Billion Trees
Air / Publish Date: 11/24/2007
Event Date: 11/24/2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai's Green Belt Movement plans to plant two billion trees worldwide by the end of 2008, to help reduce greenhouse gases.
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