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by Lynn Lofton Published: March 1,2013
Tags: agriculture, Andy Prosser, catfish, cotton, MDAC, peanuts, poultry, soybeans, sweet potatoes, timber
Agriculture remains the number one industry in Mississippi with one out of every four residents employed directly or indirectly in that industry. In terms of the state’s best cash crop economically, the production of chickens and eggs is our number one commodity, with soybeans at number two and forestry at number three. “Our economy is [...] [...]
Chip Morgan of the Delta Council isn’t in the business of trying to predict what Congress will do. But of this he is certain: Thad Cochran, Mississippi’s senior senator, will be on hand when the Senate Agriculture Committee puts its final stamp on a new Farm Bill extension. As the Agriculture Committee’s new ranking member, [...] [...]
When Allan Nations bought Stockman Farmer magazine in 1977, the magazine was about conventional feedlot production with cattle “finished” by being fed grain before slaughter. Then in 1984 Nations went to New Zealand on an international farm tour, an experience that changed his life. It was the first time he heard a rancher refer to [...] [...]
Heading toward its quarter-century anniversary, TimberCorp Inc. has managed to turn a profit every year. However, there were some slim times at the land management company that has thrived through natural disasters, invasive species and a recession/housing market collapse. “About three or four months of opening the company, I needed to buy a gate for [...] [...]
by Ted Carter Published: March 4,2012
Tags: agribusiness, Alabama immigration law, Arizona immigration law, federal immigration policy, ice, Illegal immigration, INS, Jan Brewer, Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, Phil Bryant, Randy Knight
Gov. Phil Bryant says he has no idea what the costs would be to Mississippi’s agricultural sector if a tough anti-immigration law caused undocumented immigrants to leave the state en masse as they have in Georgia and Alabama. While Georgia and Alabama sustained serious economic losses from crops that went un-harvested after the workers left, [...] [...]
by Lynn Lofton Published: March 4,2012
Tags: agriculture policy, cotton marketing, Delta Research & Extension Center, Greenville, Mississippi State University, production agriculture, rice, risk management, Steve Martin, Stoneville, Washington County
He has the same name as a famous comedian and even though he’s serious about the work he does, Mississippi’s Steve Martin can be humorous too. He serves as the head of the Delta Research & Extension Center and extension professor at the Mississippi State University facility in Stoneville. His areas of research include production [...] [...]
Mississippi’s Catholic leaders have spoken out strongly against the state’s plans to adopt a stringent Alabama-style immigration law, but Gov. Phil Bryant’s supporters set aside “Catholic Day” at the Capitol last Wednesday to champion just such a law. Bryant joined with Mississippi Tea Party and the Mississippi Federation for Immigration Reform and Enforcement to detail [...] [...]
A pair of Mississippi agriculture economists say 2012 crop winners should be soybeans, corn and — to a lesser degree — cotton. But don’t expect farmers are sleeping all that well as March arrives and planting choices must be made, said John Michael Riley, an agriculture economist with the Agricultural Extension Service at Mississippi State [...] [...]
If tweeting farmers seems like a far-fetched idea, think again. Much of agriculture is now high tech and that includes farmers who are turning more and more to social media for a variety of reasons. “Just like the rest of the population, farmers’ use of Facebook, blogs and other social media has increased and is [...] [...]
When it was built in 1994, the Lee County Agri-Center was one of the first such centers in the state and was thought of as a regional center. Hopes were high that the 150,000-square-foot complex would not only pay for itself but bring in additional revenue for the county. The facility has not lived up [...] [...]
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