Louisiana Agri-News Network

Professional and Proven Experience

        The Louisiana Agri-News Farm Director is . . .

                           Don Molino

           

                                                             

 

 

Don has worked for state networks longer than anyone else in Louisiana.  His experience gives him a better understanding of what radio affiliates need in the way of agriculture programming and no one keeps in touch with the Louisiana farming community like Don.  He has a B.S. degree in broadcast journalism from Texas A & M University and has done post-graduate work in broadcast journalism.  Farm broadcasting has been part of Don’s life since his early days as a radio and television news anchorman in Dallas.  Don has also been farm director of the Mississippi Radio News Network and news director of the Mississippi Agricultural and News Network.  Don is a past Vice President of the National Association of Farm Broadcasters (NAFB) as well as a former Southern Region Vice President of the NAFB.

 

I spent 4 days in Cuba, covering a trade mission of the USA Rice Federation as they made more contacts for selling US rice to Cuba when the trade embargo is lifted.

1)  me posing next to a statue of Ernest Hemingway in the tiny fishing village of Cojimar about three hours outside Havana where Hemingway got the inspiration for "Old Man and the Sea."

There are no commercial billboards in Cuba, only political billboards about the revolution and Fidel Castro and how the US is continuing to hold down the Cuban people by keeping the trade embargo in place

Believe it or not, this is a taxi in Havana. There is just enough room in the back for two people to fit snugly. It has a motor scooter engine and runs out of petrol quite frequently

These are two taxis outside our hotel one morning..a '54 Plymouth and a '57 Plymouth. Both seemed to be running fine.

Me outside the offices of the Cuban Chamber of Commerce. The President of the Chamber was the highest ranking Cuban official we met.  Fidel was not seeing anyone..dadgummit

Just about all the buildings in Havana are in bad need of repair, including paint. Most of them we saw hadn't seen a paint brush in probably 50 years.
Note the building that someone had started painting but ran out of paint and wasn't able to get any more.  Also note the laundry hanging outside the apartment..a very common sight in Havana.

 

 

The 2008 FARMER OF THE YEAR


(From left to right) Dr. Mike Strain, The2008 winner of Farmer of The Year Richard Fontenot, his wife Rhonda,
 Dr. Bill Richardson, and Ronnie Anderson



(From left to right) Randy Richarson of  Dodge, Rhonda Fontenot, and Richard Fontenot



(From left to right) Former LSU Football Coach Jerry Stovall, and LN General Manager Jim Engster



The Farmer Of the Year Banquet held at White Oak Plantation



Richard Fontenot recieves his proclaimation from LN's Don Molino



Don Molino At Work In The Field



Jefferson Davis Parish rice farmer Kevin Berkin,
Chairman of the Louisiana Rice Promotion Board,
explains to Don Molino, Louisiana Agri-News Network,
the rice farmers of our state donated 12-thousand
pounds of rice to the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank as
part of "September--National Rice Month" celebrations.
This is the 17th year Louisiana rice producers and
mills have donated rice to the food bank.

Agri-News Programming

 

5:00 AM         Louisiana Cotton Report

• 3 ½ Minutes Summary of current events in the cotton industry

Part 1- :60 sec

:60 sec Network Commercial

Part 2- :90 sec

6:05 AM         Morning Report

• 10 Minutes   Featuring market information, state and national agri-news and market analysis.

Part 1 - :90 sec

:60 sec Network Commercial

Part 2 - :90 sec

:60 sec Local Avail

Part 3 - :60 sec

:60 sec Network Commercial

Part 4 - :60 sec

:60 sec Local Avail

Part 5 - :30 sec

7:05 AM         Market Preview

• 5 Minutes     Analysis of the previous day’s market activity and what is expected today.

Part 1 - :60 sec

:60 sec Network Commercial

Part 2 - :60 sec

:60 sec  Local Avail

Part 3  :60 sec

9:45 AM         Opening Market Report

• 2 Minutes     Opening grain and cotton prices.

:60 sec of programming

:60 sec Network Commercial

10:35 AM      Mid-Morning Market Report

• 3 Minutes     Features the latest prices from all major commodity markets including market analysis.

Part 1 - :60 sec

:60 sec Network Commercial

Part 2 - :60 sec

11:25 AM      Livestock Market Report

• 2 Minutes     Mid-day cattle and hog prices.

:60 sec of Programming

:60 sec Network Commercial

12:15 PM       Noon Report

• 5 Minutes     Latest prices from all major commodity markets and agri-news.           

Part 1 - :30 sec

:60 sec Network Commercial

Part 2 - :60 sec

:60 Local Avail

Part 3 - :60 sec

1:50 PM         Closing Market Report

• 2 Minutes     Closing grain and cotton prices.

:60 sec of Programming

:60 sec Network Commercial

2:25 PM         Closing Livestock Market Report

• 2 Minutes     Closing cattle and hog prices.

:60 sec of Programming

:60 sec Network Commercial

3:05 PM         Closing Market Report

• 3 Minutes     A report on the day’s closing prices at the major commodity exchanges and market analysis

Part 1 - :60 sec.

:60 sec Network Commercial

Part 2 - :60 sec

 

 

 

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