of us farm report. 'm john bits. each year we are fortunate to visit all corners of farm country and this week we are featuring some of our favorite stories. we begin in the hoosier state forest the company celebrated its 70 fifth anniversary of high-powered way. >> powerful engines and sleek chrome lines and unique artistic flair. all the makings of accustomed bike tour on orange county choppers. they were commissioned to mark the 70 fifth anniversary of the indiana state company. >> my husband would love it if we did, and so with my three is. >> not everyday you see mechanical high-powered pieces of art like fees. >>> orange county chopper was made famous by the popular discovery channel tv shows. we watched the show on lott and see a lot of the things they do but the trike is unbelievable. >> an eye-catching display no doubt, if the salute to american agriculture with the flair to hollywood. from the custom painted body to the cornhusker head. >> the use of old planter played as the design for the ram

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the other thing, not to dismiss commissioner lee's question, but isn't it possible for us to farm out this whole project, at least get some bids on it? there must be some specialty companies out there that can do this. that are set up to do this. >> to address her question, commissioner lee, state law requires us to keep those records. to answer your question, commissioner murphy, we are proposing to contract out a significant portion of the project, and rfp. there are vendors in the city, in the area, that are doing business with the city that have the capability to do this type of scanning. the issue is we need to ensure the records are indexed so that we can find the record that goes back to the 1930's that applies to today. not all of them have the same information, so we have to double check -- commissioner murphy: i understand and would be in agreement. the staff that you have now, supervise the indexing. what if somebody comes into the process quick? we do not want to be talking about this five years from now, and we will be. commissioner hechanova: commissioner walker. commiss

us to work -- we couldn't do without it. our cattle would die of thirst, and we couldn't farm. f we didn't have a solar pump to constantly supply us with water, we wouldn't be able to send our two daughters to university. thanks to the pump, we are now able to earn money year-round and are able to pay for their studies. >> his wife ada antonia sommarriba martÍnez fetches a few more eggs. she's preparing the summer soup for the afternoon meal. >> everything's fresh. the vegetables, the beans, the eggs -- our lives have improved since we got the pump. >> the family runs a large farm -- but now, none of their livestock die of thirst. five years ago, the farm got a new irrigation system from hamburg, germany. engineer josÉ benito rodrÍguez from the company enicalsa helped install it. since then, he pays regular visits to juan de dios. he also fixes the unit when necessary, but luckily it requires few repairs. forty farmers in the leon area now get their power from solar panels -- and josÉ benito rodrÍguez is their point of contact. some of the funding for the initiative also comes f

anymore because glenn's all taken it's very expensive to begin farming here we have a chance to do as much land is needed because it's not used we visit a dairy farm or run by sue came to russia for greener pastures and ended up milking the country's potential to the fullest. russia is speeding up the reforming and modernization of its forces the military hasn't been a top priority since soviet times but on the kremlin's set right and it's on his time button reports change is long overdue. the russian armed forces the pride of the nation or are they the russian forces are falling behind enough for a behind some of their larger rivals new equipment is a priority there's also a dire need for reforms in organization recruitment training pay and military doctrine the government has promised six hundred forty billion dollars over the next ten years to buy new weapons but russian arms manufacturers are no longer what they used to be me she just. me now is in need of contemporary modern equipment and if the russian defense industry can't yet provide us with what we need. broad new purchases include this london ship the mistral bough

anymore because the land gold taken it's very expensive to begin farming here we have a chance to take as much land as needed but it's not used if we visit a dairy farm or run by ex-pats who came to russia. to milk the country's potential to the fullest. close up she has been to you stuck. to the most ambitious football club in the world. only. argy goes to the far east where the timber industry the legendary siberian tigers where the native community loses its way in the modern world. and where the country's mineral wealth starts its way across the ocean. to the mars creature russia. this is the line from moscow russia is speeding up the reform modernization of its forces the military hasn't been a top priority since soviet times but the kremlin is now eager to set that right and as. reports change is long overdue year. the russian armed forces the pride of the nation or are they the russian forces certainly falling behind and have fallen behind some of their larger rivals new equipment is a priority there's also a dire need for reforms in organization recruitment training pay and military doctrine the government has promise

recognize that the soul center of the oil is up around one very welcome aspect of this for us that is farming in americans is that it shines a spotlight on president obama president obama promised as a candidate as a senator to recognize you're going genocide immediately after getting elected we hope that this reminds the president was obligation to his own commitments and also reminds them of that he needs to do the right thing and the congress should do the same car has already suspended our military economic and political ties with paris and now we hear that turkey's ambassador to france warning everyone is going to suffer from the move why do you think that this is such a sensitive question for modern day turkey. well first let me just point out that in two thousand and one i believe it was when the french parliament initially recognized the armed genocide i'm not exactly sort of your but when they did subsequent to that recognition trade between terrorists and actually increased so turkey is pretty much a paper tiger they make very vocal threats that ultimately don't follow through they

the surrogate used in dan yes, ma' danielle's case, as well as all the surrogates are used, are sent to a nice farmo live out their days. but john is not sure. >> it sounds like what you tell your kids when the dog dies. he's gone off to this lovely little farm. >> reporter: he also worries it puts mankind on a slippery slope toward human cloning. >> once we've cloned man's best friend, how far behind might man be? it seems to, you know, be tilting closer to that. >> reporter: that, however, is not an issue that appears to concern danielle. >> giving me kisses. >> reporter: just a few weeks ago, the clone arrived at danielle's home in new york city. >> i couldn't believe it. it's amazing. everything is the same. everything. even his personality is the same. what trouble used to do, he does. >> reporter: so his name is double trouble? >> double trouble, yes. first one is trouble, second one is double. >> reporter: she is convinced double trouble is very similar to the original trouble, but the truth is, there is no guarantee. >> you're not really getting your dog coming back to life. you are getting

us. now the farms of rural america produce around thirty nine percent of the world's corn every year but not all of it ends up on dilute tables instead of feeding the hungry almost half of the u.s. corn supply goes to making ethanol the waterpower american cars as artie's christine reports this has many asking which is more important food or fuel. it is a process that comes. with the price tag for the american way not just from farm to food. but from farm to fuel and this is where it all starts where the thieves are planted and the corn grows it is the most simple part of a process that has become anything but simple the production and use of ethanol one largely considered an environmental one has become very political being blamed for everything from the power of the state of iowa to world hunger fifteen percent right now all of the food increases in this country that you've seen in the last year are directly associated with this policy that policy a subsidy paid by the u.s. government to encourage the production and use of corn ethanol it lasted thirty three years and cost more than tw

we said to the supreme court that a farmer always should have the right to use his seeds from year to year if on his own farm and the most had partnership to my wife and myself by that time was that no one no corporation no individual should ever have the right to put a patent on higher life forms like a seed or plant. when i use the term higher life form i mean any lifeform whether it's a bird be an animal face or even a human being. if you have a patent on that gene that's in doubt poland and it gets in your field you don't longer own your seeds or plants so you could have one plant g.m.o. and all these could be regular organic but true patent law they can claim all of your plants. because you don't know which one is g.m.o. which is not. in one thousand nine hundred six when it was introduced farmers were told three main things had always be a bigger yield or it would be more nutritious and less chemicals and within three and four years we found out that the total opposite happened we're now using more chemicals in ever before and more powerful and more toxic chemicals because it has become a super wheat t

reason it could be whether it's poor see poor crops they'd no longer consume us out almost takes her rights away have a farm even taken months and her to court so all her freedom of speech expression is taken away total domination and controlled by a multinational over a farmer has like stamping the primer into into the ground he has no longer any rights for it and that's basically what the judge ruled in my case against montana's case against me now monsanto's patent law is over not go farmers rights. and we hope that the supreme court will change that and give the rights back to the partners where they belong not to multinational corporations. in all of north america there are hundreds of farmers under the same threat as percy schmeiser only a few of them have had the courage to come foolish to talk about. david runyan from indiana is one of the few that is standing up to months on zero but even he took half a year before going public with his story and santa as investigators arrived on my farm it was price of one thirty at night pm they. did not identify themselves i really did not know who they were unt

counter productive. >> send e-mails to mailbag at united states farm report.com or call and leave us ompetition where have you to speak fast to keep up. the second half is coming right up. . >>> this week on united states farm report you may not have noticed a try tip to the grocery store is more affordable. >>> a female auction near makes a name for herself. >>> and a dairy farmer added for his ways and welcoming personality. united states farm report brought to you by the enlist weed control system. . >> hello and welcome to united states farm report. i'm al pell. as winter returned in many parts of farm country the thought of getting back in the field seems distant on many operations, even so we have a lot to share with you including stops in colorado, tennessee and wisconsin. all that's ahead but first let's get started the headlines. >> reporter: thank you. and hello. it may be hard to believe for anyone at the store lately but food prices fell throughout 2011. the index from the united nations shows prices peaked in february of last year. although some retreated the whole year a

much a farm but a brewery to create the farm. >> to create something more than just the standard farm. give us a few extra options as far as farming goes. it's me against the global market at this point. we need some kind of a buffer in there. >> reporter: alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> adam fry does have supporters for his plan. legislators will submit a bill in annapolis to open the door to farmhouse brewing. >> alex gets has assignments on these days. >> we're all voting for that. >> exactly. >>> let's take a look at temps and conditions right now. 51. west/northwest winds at 15. barometer on the way back up. a nice end to a january weekend after this. ,,,, [ beep ] [ man ] you have one new message. [ mom ] hi scooter. this is mommy. the progresso chicken noodle you made is so good. the vegetables are cut nice and thick... you were always good at cutting your vegetables. and it's got tender white-meat chicken... the way i always made it for you. oh, one more thing honey... those pj's you like, the ones with the feet, i bought you five new pairs. love you. did you see the hockey gam

farm. he dwroud chase us. now he sits on the golf cart.>>reporter: house mate sugar and awesome. >> 46.6. >>reporter: how much does she need to lose. >> vet recommends 30 pounds. >>reporter: you may have the furtherest to good. >>reporter: is it lucky the 84 pound lab mix. >> he is over weight and has been for quite some time. >>reporter: is it oliver the 10-year-old beagle weighing in at 38 pounds. >> a little bit of a belly hanging. >> you have a belly. >> yes. >>reporter: it might not be boot camp but it is a sort of paw camp at the animal inn in morris town, new jersey dog put through fit needs regem like they have never seen. >> pool. play and seems like they sit around like fat lump. even the dog tread mill. now this might all look a bit over the top but obesity problem with pet. >> this equals 93 million dog and cat are over weight. >>reporter: extra fit needs. >> dog kept at lean fit weight it lives 2 and half years longer. >>reporter: we talk about dog years but what about dog pound pounds? about the lab began camp at 90 pound. >>

overseas and i interviewed many people and in the end we have a young american now running the farm he's been with us of six years with his family we should look at the manure more what do you think it's good it's nice how nice color. colors are the easiest thing to manage is people that cause the problem probably number one problem i saw with people was they never had to take on responsibility for themselves now we've kind of. made this a team effort here where people have personal responsibility and. we go as far as to tell them each day what they have to do and what has to be faced and certain forms to fill out so that we can see they did their job either you love money or you love russia without that you can't work it because the frustrations of the bureaucracy is the main thing there are just too many laws every day you just finding new ones in a farm in the west a husband and wife and an accountant an external accountant could run the farm here i've got fourteen people in the office it really is the sense that in order for you to get a desired it's a very long road in the west it's faster we ne

. >> basically create something that's a little more than just a standard farm. give usns as far as farming goes. it's me against the global market at this point. we need some kind after buffer in there. >> reporter: wjz eyewitness news. >> he does have supporters for his plan. legislators who will submit a bill in annapolis to open the door here to farmhouse brewerying. >>> next up on wjz, a big crash on a florida highway. fog and smoke combine and it's blamed for ten deaths. >>> good morning. i'm andrea fujii. rallying against same-sex marriage. what the governor's wife said that has opponents fired up. that's ahead in a live report. >>> along the way a turn around. baltimore's catholic schools are finally make the grade. i'm gigi barnett. the details are just ahead. >>> if you're about to head out for your morning commute, just one accident to get in your way. we'll tell you where it is and if it's blocking any lanes. that's in just a few. now over to marty. >>> it's the latest novel from margie jane clark. it talk abouts her -- we talk about her latest mystery. it co

public debate has reny focused on the widespread use of antibiotics in animal farming.es are often given to help the livestockorent feio but that has lead to resistant strains of bacteria entering the food chain. many now reject factory farm fo. t op must expect to spend more to do a better quality in their supermarkets. >> your up-to-date on all the siss ke wchg -tv. we will have more later on in the night. ♪ captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- ♪ ♪ ♪

farm. >> just give us a few extra options, as far as farming goes. it's me against the global market at this point. we need some kind of a buffer in there. >> reporter: alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> adam fry does have supporters for his plan. legislators who will submit a bill to open the door to farmhouse brewing. >>> still to come on wjz eyewitness news. police in mississippi begin a nationwide search. but is a former governor to blame? >>> shocking insight. new 911 tapes uncover about demi mao. >>> cooler, nice weekend. i'll have the exclusive five- day forecast. >>> for updates and all the day's day's news, and the updated forecast any time, log onto wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a section of floor collapses. at least 13 workers were injured after they were sent tumbling 30 feet from the ground. the damage comes on the heels of a similar incident last month, at a cleveland casino with the same developer. osha inspectors are looking into the accident. >>> the search is on for a recently-pardoned murderer in history. his name is joseph

. >> washington's getting used to winter's return. farms down south are scrambling to protect the food supply from bone chilling temperatures. >> the mid-atlantic is digging in and out from a foot of lake- effect snow. brianne carter has more details from arlington. >> good morning. this has been a shock to the system with a mild wetherbee had earlier in the season. it is the kind of cold out here that's max you in the face the minute you walk outside. locally we are at the a skating rink in arlington, a place that normally eats up when the weather cools down, but it is too cold. for the second day in a row it is bone chilling cold. >> the cold as they i have experienced in a long time. >> after a mild start to the winter, these temperatures are more than a shock to the system. some the frigid forecast is bad for business. >> when it gets really cold or india, the number will drop. people like it when it's warm. >> last night it was too cold for people at the of skating rink. >> i think we had 15 total. >> a drop in the usual crush of custo