by MBJ Staff Published: March 29,2013
Tags: agriculture, commodity, farm, farmer, farming, plant, planting, probation, row crop, seed, state agency, suspend, suspension
JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) has suspended the seed dealer license of Johnston Seed Company Inc., of Ashburn, Ga., for 15 violations of the Mississippi Pure Seed Law. The settlement resolves allegations that Johnston Seed Company failed to comply with state-issued stop sale orders for seed not in compliance with [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 29,2013
Tags: acreage, agriculture, corn, cotton, demand, farm, farmer, farming, market, planting, row crop
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Corn is the anticipated biggest winner and cotton the biggest loser as Mississippi producers shuffle commodity acres to take advantage of market conditions. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its prospective plantings report March 28. In it, the state’s corn acreage is predicted to reach 1.05 million acres, a 28 percent increase [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 28,2013
Tags: cattle, college, education, Extension, forage, grass, higher education, livestock, public university, ranch, rancher, research, science, university
STARKVILLE — Studies at Mississippi State University are finding that when it comes to providing forage for livestock, native grasses may be best. Sam Riffell, an associate professor of wildlife ecology and management in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, is examining the benefits of replacing exotic grasses, commonly used in Mississippi grazing pastures, [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 26,2013
Tags: agriculture, commodity, cool, crop, development, farm, farmer, farming, harvest, higher education, plant, public university, row crop, Weather, wheat, winter wheat, yield
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Cool temperatures through March kept some Mississippians comfortable, but they slowed the development of wheat, the state’s only row crop grown through winter. Erick Larson, corn and wheat state specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, said wheat acreage is high this year, with 420,000 acres planted in the fall. State [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 25,2013
Tags: agriculture, expand, expansion, facility, forest, forestry, fund, funding, lumber, plan, plant, sawmill, timber, tree, wood
ATLANTA — Georgia-Pacific is developing plans for potential investments, which total nearly $400 million, in its plywood and lumber operations. The company has approved funding for significant engineering and is evaluating facilities in a number of southern states, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas. The effort would increase Georgia-Pacific’s overall [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 19,2013
Tags: agriculture, bee, beekeeper, farm, farmer, farming, garden, gardener, honey, honeybee, pollinate
PEARL RIVER COUNTY — The Pearl River County Master Gardeners hope to boost the population of the Blue Orchard bee in south Mississippi with a project intended to attract this native pollinator to area backyards. The group, a volunteer organization facilitated by Mississippi State University’s Extension Service and committed to consumer horticulture education and community [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 18,2013
Tags: agriculture, aquaculture, catfish, farm, farmer, farming, federal government, fedferal agency, fish, import, importer, importing, international trade, investigation, Politics, subsidized, subsidy
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is welcoming a U.S. Department of Commerce antidumping decision that he says will give farm-raised catfish producers in Mississippi and the nation “some relief from unfair, low-priced foreign imports.” Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sánchez late last week informed Cochran that the U.S. Department of Commerce [...] [...]
JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce is now accepting proposals for Mississippi’s FY 2013 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. The purpose of the program is to solely enhance the competitiveness of Mississippi’s specialty crop industry. Projects funded through the program must address at least one of the following priority areas — research, [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 13,2013
Tags: agriculture, bill, environment, farm, farmer, farming, federal agency, federal government, legislation, legislative, pollution, producer, ranch, rancher
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has endorsed legislation that would provide relief to small farms from Environmental Protection Agency fuel storage requirements that are set to take effect in May. Cochran is an original cosponsor to the Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act (S.496) that would amend the EPA Spill Prevention, Control [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 12,2013
Tags: Chicken, death, fatality, fine, food, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, penalty, poultry, processing, processor, workplace safety
MOSELLE — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Southern Hens Inc. with 43 safety and health violations following the death of a worker who slipped and fell into an unguarded screw conveyor while cleaning the conveyor at the company’s Moselle facility. OSHA initiated the inspection Sept. 9, 2012, in [...] [...]
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