the second half of united states farm report is coming up. . . >>> today on united states farm reportwner cattle issue is a federal powers court case. >>> pecans to the list of crops destroyed by the drought. >>> and the christmas tree tax problem putting a unwanted light on check off programs. >> united states farm report brought to you by nationwide agro business, the number one farm insurance in the united states, by yamaha, real world tough, and by the 2012 chevy silv era do hd. >>> hello and welcome to united states farm report. because of a check off program to help promote fresh trees has fallen victim to tax rhetoric. the outcome may have implications for other commodity organizations like corn, dairy or soybeans. it's fair to argue that the programs don't provide value for the money but i will leave that defense to the program backers. one thing is clear, that is every effort should be made to separate check off from taxes. easiest way may be one i have worked for for years, make check offs fully refundable. let's the get . >> good morning. it appears the supreme court will b

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farming was thee profession in the united states praked by 70% of the population. he identified a man who was received the accommodation for running a model scientific farm, and olmstead arranged to work with this man as an apprenticeship. he was having the first pang of wanting to be a social reformer, and he very much liked the idea of being a scientific farmer. that would be a way to accomplish that. the reason why is while he didn't have much formal schooling, he was very, very well read, and so he thought he could read the latest agriculture rail journals, learn the latest best practices in farming, and then he could disseminate the information to the fellow farmers, much of whom were ill lit rat and -- it literate and be a social reformer. he started off on his own for life as a farmer. true to his word, he really was very talented as a farmer, very good as growing crops. true to his word, he was a social reformer. he read the latest agricultural journals, gleamed the best practices, the latest cutting edge practices in farming, december seminated the informat

state farm. >>> 23 million. that's how many people in the united states are addicted to drugs or alcohol according to a recent estimaterly the population of texas. tonight in a 9news now special health alert we sit down with an interventionist. she helps families confront family members addicted to drugs or alcohol. >> reporter: as the sun sets a darker side to life in maryland's capital city emerges. drug dealers, many selling crack cocaine, come out on street corners. it is where this interventionist and her hill dog lucy have rescued addicts on the brink of self- destruction. one was stephanie who kept coming back to these streets even when her life was clearly in danger. >> one time in particular i got jump and all my clothes came off and i took off running naked with crack in my hand. i got away with it. they didn't get my drugs. >> reporter: stephanie was heavily addicted to crack and heroin when a friend brought joanny into handle. gammle is a former addict herself. more on that later. she videotapes them and gets them on to dr. phil and that gets them to rehab. >> hard at home? >> nothing is harder than the dr

what's more, farming was the profession in the united states practiced by 70% of the population. so olmsted identified a man whop received a commendation for running a model scientific farm. and then olmsted arranged to work with the man as sort of an apprenticeship. and at this point olmsted was also having the very first pangs of wanting to be a social reformer. t and so he very much liked the idea of being a scientific farmer. that would be a waryy to accomplish that, and the reasonw why is while olmsted didn't have much formal schooling, he was very, very well read. and so he thought that he could read the latest agricultural journals, learn the latest best practices in farming, and then he could dissemimate this f information to his fellow farmers, many of whom were illiterate, and this way heli could act as a kind of socialsoi reformer. so olmsted completed his a apprenticeship and started off s on a life of his own as a farmer. wor and true to his word, he was very good at growing crops. true to his word, he also wound up being a social reformer. he would read those latest

united states. they have to be grown and transported in these bags according to u.s. specifications. but only 2% of the national harvest makes it to the united states. it is a very difficult market for korean farm irs to break into. not so the other way, he fears. >> translator: i'm worried about the orange bomb. there's a 40% tar i have. i'm worried it will take over the need for apples and pears. >> reporter: the crucial different in farming is expensive small scale in korea versus cheaper mass production in the u.s. not surprising when you consider korea only has $4.2 million acres. the u.s. has 400 million acres. farmers have been protesting for years. this summer, they even managed to close off one of the main roads in seoul. the government will invest $20 billion over the next ten years to help soften the blow of the fda for korean farmers. in compensation and investment to boost competitiveness. but no one has been in contact with him. >> translator: there is no direct investment come iing to the farmers, to help us. the money they are talking about is to help people learn a new skill so they can change their profession. >> reporter: many already phased out over ten years. after that, he

. >> right now outdoor farming in the united states uses 20% of our fossil fuels, 20%. t.'s about a $700 billion nut, and we -- and we import that oil. what if we didn't have to do that? >> we all want to. how? >> if you use hydroponics with low energy l.e.d. lighting and grow your food next to where you live. there's no transportation costs. >> by virtue of the vertical farm reducing the carbon footprint. >> period, that simple. all you have to do is do it. >> hold on. one more problem. >> i've got solutions. >> i see that. i like this. so, okay, fine. we can reduce our carbon footpri footprint. >> right. >> we can get better food for ourselves and children. we can learn more because we're involved with the verticality of our food sourcing, it's fun for us. we can grow fancy tomatoes and have a good time and it's great. >> i like that. >> the co-op board or the building management company. >> right. >> or the urban planning building management regional zone director person, or theç lawyer for those people. >> yes. >> may not like it when i head up to the roof of my build

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his remarkable path from mexico to the united states is the subject of a new memoir, "becoming dr. q: my journey from migrant farm worker to brain surgeon." an honor to have you on this program. i just want to touch this hand. >> i am honored to be here with you. tavis: it is my delight. let me jump into it. i was thinking that if herman cain had his way, you would have been electrocuted, trying to halt the fence from mexico to the united states. let us deal with this now. what is your sense of the immigration debate? you have to be the poster tough for what happens in america when we treat with disney -- with dignity and america -- dignity and respect the people who come to america. >> i read the newspaper today. it breaks my heart when i hear things like that. i look back at my life, my history, when i first came in the mid to late 80's. i was welcomed. this country opened its arms. it said, "the immigrant farm worker, pay your taxes, and you will eventually become a u.s. citizen." now, even in my own life as a brain surgeon, i hear, and sometimes about how i should not be here, how it took someone else's spot.

united states. nebraska and have been very concerned about their farms and ranches and land and water. 31, they have opposed this pipeline --3 to one, they have opposed this pipeline. it looks like transcanada, a foreign company, essentially drew a straight line. they basically are proposing a pipeline route that would make them the most money instead of thinking about what it would do to our farms and ranches in the united states. host: before we get to our first call, you mentioned transcanada. explain what it is and why they are in charge of this or why they are running this process as opposed to the united states where the pipeline is actually moving through. guest: transcanada is a canadian pipeline company. lately, they have been essentially starting to build pipelines that would serve the interests of pretty much every major oil company in the world. it is essentially the new gold rush in terms of oil, but unfortunately, it is very dirty. it is worse for our climate and our land and our water. host: we're talking about the proposed keystone pipeline with the international program director of

united states. very yocurious thing. we shove a lot of american rice down haitian throats and put a lot of farm tlers out of business.verty. president clinton several years ago actually apologized for that tactic. it happens all over the world. whether it's africa or the middle east or hot spots for terrorism, when all of a sudden, you are out of a job and you are looking at the big u.s. as the guy who did it to you, you go, wait a minute. maybe we can do something about that and not a pretty way. so there's all sorts of things that happen all around the globe and it ties in from tariffs and protectionist policies like you just pointed out to actually subsidizing people on the ground here in the united states. >> all right. well, thomas, thank you very much. we appreciate it. and viewers, let us know what you think about this. whether we need to make a dramatic change to the subsidies and benefits we pay america's big farms. >>> well, a polish airliner left from newark airport yesterday. and then it was forced to make an emergency landing today as it approached warsaw, poland. it is incredible video. the 220 passenge

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potatoes are the leading vegetable crop in the united states, with annual total production being about 41 billion pounds. and they've been a staple ron lehr's family farm since the 1930s.his third genetion farmer grows more th 2,500 acres of the vegetable just outside of bakersfield, and knows just what to look for in a perfect potato. >> looking for a good potato, it could dend on the variety that you were looking for. it's, uh--as long as they're nice and firm and not tting soft and dehydrated. ty, where ron's spuds grow, is actually california's largest potato growing region. the tubers love the hot days and cool nights the area offers. which is also why brian kirschenman's fami started farming here a ntury ago. >> wl, we're a family business. um, our family's been growing potatoes for over 100 years in california. ludwig kirschenmann's probab-- rumor has it ludwig kichenmann brought one of the fst potato crops to cifnia befo the turn of the century. >> brian grows about 4,500 acres of potatoes at his familfarm, but unlike ron, he grows sller potatoes that are called chippers, which are used mostly for potato chips and french fries. so what makes a

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thanksgiving day in the united states and president obama has performed a seasonal rite of pardoning two-tiered days. -- two turkeys. the two birds will spend the rest of their lives on a farm in virginia without fear of ending up on a dinner plate. you are watching that "journal." >> 24,000 people a day, 18,000 of them children. 800 million living on the edge of starvation. we need to stop the dying and start a living. we need to stop the hunger and start the hoping. the world food program, feeding the hungry. >> welcome back. the euro zone debt crisis has entered new and dangerous territory with investors hesitating to buy up german government bonds and trading its agency suggesting for instead is threatening the country's aaa status. nicolas sarkozy and angela merkel met for another emergency conference on thursday. this time, together with the new italian prime minister. there was no breakthrough on major issues. for many people in europe, the thought of giving more power to brussels is deeply unpopular and raises new questions about the eu and its institutions. could the debt crisis turn into a crisis of democracy? >> behind-the-scenes, he is a german member of that eu

united states army. not only to serve my country but to get the,gi bill to continue my education. then i saw young men and women from all across america. from farms and ranches and it matedm made me realize the strength in this country is not from commonality but our great diversity. i had a younger sister named gift of god and christa was a special girl because she suffered from severe epilepsy. she never once complained. she never said across word and it could or would take her an hour or two to line um... up her clothes and do our homework and get her lunch b bag ready. i'm the five minutes bed to - bus kind of guy, you know? well krista saw the baseball movie called field of dreams. very inspiring movie that takes place in the corn field in iowa and decided for her 23rd birt

united states. >> reporter: but it wasn't patriotism that got so many investors to build farm factories out in the desert. it was cheap land, cheap water, and cheap power, all financed through cheap credit to those with the right connections. economist magda qandil says there's a name for this practice. >> crony capitalism. basically, you have an entrepreneur who is well connected to people with high authority, and through this connection they are able to seize a lot of benefits in the form of land allocation, in the form of access to cheap credit, you end up milking a lot of benefits for yourself. >> reporter: and small farmers? many ended up here, in cairo. an estimated four million left the farm over the last 20 years, in part because of laws that increased rents to family farmers by as much as 600%. small farmers flooded the cities looking for menial work. qotb, the cairo chauffeur and security guard, was one of them. >> ( translated ): life was getting harder on me and my father, income was getting limited so i came to cairo. i left so much behind, i left my heritage and land of origin, but i

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his remarkable path from mexico to the united states is the subject of a new memoir, "becoming dr. q: my journey from migrant farmnor to have you on this program. i just want to touch this hand. >> i am honored to be here with you. tavis: it is my delight. let me jump into it. i was thinking that if herman cain had his way, you would have been electrocuted, trying to halt the fence from mexico to the united states. let us deal with this now. what is your sense of the immigration debate? you have to be the poster tough for what happens in america when we treat with disney -- with dignity and america -- dignity and respect the people who come to america. >> i read the newspaper today. it breaks my heart when i hear things like that. i look back at my life, my history, when i first came in the mid to late 80's. i was welcomed. this country opened

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farm bureau and others saying no, it is a fundmental right. property rights are the fundmental right for natural rights in the united states. and natural rights in philosophical way. and once you start to abridge those kinds of rights for what might be short-term political expediency. you are attacking the basic foundations of our political system. i think it is fundmentally crucial that this thing, that we scale back and abuse of imminent domain. and it is true it has no affect. why is he afraid of it passing. >> that was restrained. ab? >> the issue divides everybody. halle barber is siding with yald trump because he is desperate to attract large successful corporations to his state. that is understandable goal. but at the same time steve is right. no one ever thought in the united states of america that some company could come in and get the state to wrestle your property from you to give it to them. it is a tough, tough issue. and that level of unemployment it will be interesting to see the results. >> quickly 10 seconds . >> these people would be paid for the land and not just taken from them it is all about the govern

united states. and are the stars of the cable show the fabulous beekman boys now they are out with a new cookbook called the beekman 18 note to heirloom cookbook welcome ... >>and you have your farmingn today >>you never know what you're going to step into on television >>today we are making butternut squash lasagna roles very simple to make ... butternut squash is combined with comments sakes parmesan cheese spices this recipe looks so elegant and only takes one hour ... there are 112 recipes in the book we call them heirloom and what we mean by this their recipes that develop a story around your table ... a repetitive shared collection these all came from our family is i am from the south and joshes from wisconsin we adapted them over the years from our lives on farms these are very seasonal recipes and that's how the book gets divided but what's great about this book ... to become an heirloom and your own family we have a place for you to include your own family's heirloom recipes right in this book ... so let's cook ... spoon a little bit of the mixture which is mashed butternut squash, crushed almonds, breadcrumbs eggs, parmesan cheese, spices you spread this out and roll this

united states was tilted against farmers specifically. ordinary people generally but farmers specifically. they had a very specific complaint, namely falling prices for farm products. the price of corn went down by half between the 1870s at 1890s. cotton was a little more. this was a very serious problem for farmers because farmers typically operate under conditions of that and debtors are seriously disadvantaged when prices fault. if you are a $100 when week is $1 a bushel you have to grow 100 bushels to pay it back. but if it is $0.50 you need 200 bushels to pay it back. the fundamental goal for the trick behind managing a money-supply is to get the money supply to grow at the same rate as the economy as oil hole. if you do then prices overall will remain stable. the fall in prices was a consequence of the success in the american economy. the economy was growing faster than the money supply so prices were falling. farmers were disadvantaged by this. their spokesman william jennings bryan claimed the way to alleviate their distress was to expand the money supply. this made perfectly good economic and financial sense but it seemed to those people who were

>> well, the farm bill, you know, when you put all the subsidies together, you are talking about $1,500 per household in the united states's about a $200 billion package. but where it gets really interesting is there's so many gnarly, squirrely subsidies that get thrown into this stuff. it's really difficult to nail anybody down on the exact amount that we're subsidizing anything. and that's the big fake in america today. >> and so overall, though, don't we save money? i guess it's supposed to be an issue of, yes, we subsidize them, but then we have more corn and more cows and -- actually, we have less cows but the point is meat becomes cheaper and food becomes cheaper. is that not true? >> in some cases, it causes retaliation by different nations. so we have higher sugar prices, famously. higher dairy prices, famously. and some cases, things like peanuts actually increase in price. so it depends on the food group. and it also depends on the cost to the farmer and then the cost at the shelf. two different things. and that's what people have to remember. you know, when we're subsidizing something at the front end, sometim

united states and made us more vulnerable for attack. >> what is your formula for turning the economy around? >> my farm loe -- formula is found at michelle isbachmann.com. it begins with a tax code. i am committed to the full repeal of obama care, the full repeal of dodd-frank. i wrote both pieces of legislation. i call it the jobs and housing destruction act. let me add this on dodd-frank. todd-frank mandated that 400 rules have been written. 26% of those have been written so far and the estimate is that just the 26% of rules written will require annually 11 million man-hours. just by way of comparison, building the empire state building, at that time the tallest building in the world, required 7 million man-hours. this is the level of course cost we're going to have added on to the economy. it won't add, it will subtract from the economy. so i'll repeal those two pieces of legislation. for four years i've been working on the area of legalizing american energy production. that's 1.4 million jobs that we can create. it will increase america's domestic supplies by 50%. i want to see the price of gas get

>> well, the farm bill, you know, when you put all the subsidies together, you are talking about $1,500 per household in the united states it gets really interesting is there's so many gnarly, squirrely subsidies that get thrown into this stuff. it's really difficult to nail anybody down on the exact amount that we're subsidizing anything. and that's the big fake in america today. >> and so overall, though, don't we save money? i guess it's supposed to be an issue of, yes, we subsidize them, but then we have more corn and more cows and -- actually, we have less cows but the point is meat becomes cheaper and food becomes cheaper. is that not true? >> in some cases, it causes retaliation by different nations. so we have higher sugar prices, famously. higher dairy prices, famously. and some cases, things like peanuts actually increase in price. so it depends on the food group. and it also depends on the cost to the farmer and then the cost at the shelf. two different things. and that's what people have to remember. you know, when we're subsidizing something at the front end, sometimes it doesn't come out the back end the sa

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we hope, to the individual and the family and every community and on every farm in every state and every possession of the united states ." the president goes on to say "it is national and it is homey at the same time. for example i'm buying not one stamp but ten stamps each to go into a little book for each of my ten grandchildren and the first savings bond is being made out in the name of mrs. roosevelt as beneficiary. it's fitting that the president and his purchase should be a sort of symbol of the determination of all the people to save and sacrifice in defense of democracy. in a larger sense, this first defense bond and first defense stamps sold to the president constitute tangible evidence of a partnership, a partnership between all the people and their government entered into to safeguard and perpetuate all of those precious freedoms which government guarantees. in this time of national peril what we all must realize is 25 the united states government is you and i and all other families next door, all the way across the country and back again. it's one great partnership." that ends the quote from preside

memorable moments in the united states senate, but one of the most memorable is when i filed an amendment on the floor of the senate to pull nancy pelosi's earmark in the farm bill that was slipped in in the dead of night in conference called an air dropped earmark, and i put this amendment on the floor of the senate, and it was very awkward because the members, the leaders of my party were agas that i would take on the speaker's earmark in an open amendment process on the floor of the senate, and they were more upset passed the amendment, and they red faced the floor and said ugly things at that moment, and it was shocking to me that it was controversial that they had done that, but it told me a lot about how the place worked, and why it was important to be independent and strong and stand up for a process that's fair based on merit and has the taxpayers' interest at the top of the liers, so i think this -- list, so i think this legislation will go a long ways towards changing that culture, changing the quid pro quo of the earmark world and get us back to a merit-based process where every dime we spend of taxpayers' money is spent competitively, based on m

farm worker doing hard labor all day long. they were used as cheap labor. let's think about asian-american history in the united states of america, it is with a lot of pain that i studied this. what i think about pain, i can't think about any real strong asian american leader that can speak to the pain, address the racism and address those that have the happenings throughout the asian american history in the united states. so what i think i about -- i can't think about any political leader or any social activist, any religious leader that rarely spoke and addressed these issues, it really saddens me. i think with his movement, with the rainbow push coalition, he wasn't just addressing the african-american community, b all communities. i think the person of the asian american racial ethnic background that we can embrace them as our leader, someone who breaks down barriers and works for social justice, not just for the african-american community, but for the asian community, the latino community, the hispanic community, and so forth. when i study ezra, it is talking about purity. the israelites were exiled and brought b

united states senate. one of the most memorable is when i filed an amendment on the floor of the senate to pull nancy pelosi's earmarks out of the farm bill that had been slipped into the farm bill in the dead of night in conference. called an airdropped earmark. and i put this amendment on the floor of the senate and it was very awkward. because the members, leaders of my party were aghast that i would take on the secret earmark in an open amendment process on the floor of the senate. and they were even more upset when i almost passed the amendment. one of my colleagues came to me red faced on the floor and said ugly things at that moment. it was shocking to me that it was so controversial that i had done that. but it told me a lot about how this place worked. and why it is important to be independent and strong and stand up for a process that is fair based on merit and has the taxpayers' interest at the top of the list. so i think this legislation will go a long way towards changing that culture, changing the quid pro quo of the earmark world, and get us back to a merit-based process where every dime we spend of taxpayer money is s

leading agricultural county in the entire united states and only county outside of california ranked in the top 10. from small businesses, great land more farming, weld county is also home to the university of northern colorado and the uponee national grass lands. it's home to over 19 different towns, each one with a unique identity that makes this area distinctiony. . it's home to thriving interest and some of the nation's leading pioneers. one of my favorite events every year is the fourth of july greeley stampede and parade. it reminds me what it means to call colorado home. it embodies everything that is great about heading west. and i am proud to recognize their 150th anniversary. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from ohio rise? ms. kaptur: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. kaptur: mr. speaker, with thanksgiving approaching, let us think about our fellow americans and ask ourselves the question, what we can do to serve them this coming week and into the future. you know average incomes for americans

a farm in colorado that, until his generation, didn't have running water and didn't have electricity. his generation was the first generation to go to college. when i got here, he was a united states senator, his brother was a united states congressman, and it never would have happened if it hadn't been for the pell grant. wait was the pell grant that allowed those boys from a far-away corner of colorado, to be the first generation that got their foothold in a college and were able to propel themselves from that to remarkable leadership of our country. it shows when ordinary americans are capable of when the pell grant gives them that launching pad. and i really appreciate that you brought up the effects on indian country as well. and senator blumenthal i know wanted to say a few word. mr. blumenthal: yes, madam president, i want to thank my colleague from rhode island for organizing this colloquy and senator tester, you've been a tireless advocate of opportunity for all the people of the united states, and particularly your state, and so i'm honored to follow you in this discussion. you know, claiborne pell, whose name is on the grant, is really an example of how an individual ca