This video from mid-summer 2008 features produce farmer Chip White, surveying the damage from an overnight hail storm. It is pretty common for TV news crews to use weather stories to explain the world of agriculture, and this is a good example of that. WATCH VIDEO
This video from spring 2008 explains the value of having an ethanol plant nearby as an added market for corn growers. At that time, ethanol production was coming under fire as being over-subsidized. Some corn growers in Western NY were concerned that public sentiment would turn against the use of ethanol. WATCH VIDEO
This video from summer 2008 demonstrates the importance of action clips as part of TV news coverage about farming. The GPS unit itself has very little interest visually, but the supporting shots (the moving machine, the farmer driving, and farm field scenery) give the reporter much more useful material to build the story. WATCH VIDEO