TODAY ON AGDAY
MAY 18, 2015
OPEN HEADLINES:
TODAY ON AGDAY - ONE OREGON COUNTY IS VOTING ON THE FUTURE OF GMOS BUT IT COULD ALSO IMPACT RESEARCH AT THE STATE’S LAND GRANT UNIVERSITY. IN AGRIBUSINESS....CAN 2010 TEACH US ABOUT MARKETS IN THE NEW YEAR? A LOT OF OUR PRICE ACTION MOVEMENTS AND THE PRICES THAT WE’VE SEEN THOSE MOVEMENTS FROM HAVE BEEN VERY SIMILAR TO 2010. MACHINERY PETE IS HERE WITH A LOOK AT MARKET TRENDS FOR SMALLER USED TRACTORS, AND FIND OUT WHY RESEARCHERS SAY ‘MEN’ SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN OSTEOPOROSIS SCREENINGS. AGDAY-BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE DEPENDABLE, LONG LASTING CHEVY SILVERADO…
OREGON GMO VOTE:
GOOD MORNING I’M CLINTON GRIFFITHS. THE GMO DEBATE TAKES US TO OREGON WHERE ONE COUNTY IS SET TO VOTE ON BANNING GMO’S. BUT IT COULD ALSO SET THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH AT THE STATE’S LAND GRANT SCHOOL...AND THAT’S OUR TOP STORY ON AGDAY.
TPA:
A TV COMMERICAL TOUTING THE BENEFITS OF TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY IS NOW AIRING ON MAJOR NEWS NETWORKS AS CONGRESS DEBATES THE MEASURE. THE COMMERCIAL IS PAID FOR BY “TRADE BENEFITS AMERICA” - A COALITION REPRESENTING AN ASSORTMENT OF BUSINESSES, INCLUDING MAJOR AG PLAYERS. AFTER CLEARING A PROCEDURAL HURDLE THURSDAY ON T-P-A, IT APPEARS THE SENATE WILL ATTEMPT A VOTE THIS WEEK. SENATE LEADERS NEGOTIATED CHANGES TO THE T-P-A WHICH APPEASED DEMOCRATS WHO HELPED BLOCK THE ORIGINAL VERSION.
DROUGHT RELIEF:
LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, 21-PERCENT OF TEXAS WAS IN THE MOST EXTREME CATEGORY OF DROUGHT. BUT THINGS HAVE CERTAINLY TURNED AROUND.
ITC OSTEOPOROSIS:
AFTER A LIFE-TIME OF WORKING ON A FARM OR A RANCH, THE OLE’ BONES MIGHT BE CREAKING WHEN YOU CLIMB OUT OF BED. BUT IT MIGHT BE MORE THAN JUST A HEAVY WORK-OUT CAUSING THOSE ACHES. NEW RESEARCH SHOWS THAT ONE IN FOUR MEN - OVER THE AGE 50 - COULD BREAK A BONE FROM OSTEOPOROSIS. THAT’S RIGHT. LOW BONE DENSITY IS NOT JUST A WOMEN’S MEDICAL CONDITION. IN THIS REPORT PROVIDED BY NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH, CLARK POWELL REPORTS ON WHY THERE’S A NEW PUSH TO ADD MEN TO OSTEOPOROSIS SCREENING GUIDELINES.
CLOSE:
ACCORDING TO DOCTORS AT NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH, THE SCREENING FOR OSTEOPOROSIS CAN EITHER BE THE STANDARD BONE DENSITY SCAN, OR A C-T SCAN -- WHICH IS SOMETIMES USED TO SCREEN HEAVY SMOKERS FOR CANCER. THAT’S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE THIS MORNING. WE’RE GLAD YOU TUNED IN.
