Archive for the ‘Agribusiness & Timber’ Category
This is a specific focus of a weekly MBJ edition.
Folks in the Delta know exactly what it is. They might call it Delta Research and Extension Center or Delta Branch Experiment Station — or they might just call it “Stoneville.” Whatever the name, they know the work being done at the Mississippi State University-operated agriculture research complex is vitally important to farmers across the [...] [...]
The winner of the race between the two candidates vying to be the next Mississippi agriculture commissioner Mississippi agriculture commissioner is sure to draw attention. If Democrat Joel Gill wins, he will return his party to the office it held until current Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Lester Spell, who is not seeking re-election and had switched [...] [...]
A small Central Mississippi community is pushing to get an idled poultry operation up and running again, looking to recoup hundreds of jobs that were lost when it declared bankruptcy. Now, Equity Partners Inc. has the challenge of not only finding a buyer for the sprawling poultry complex in Forest that includes the assets of [...] [...]
John Michael Riley, Ph.D., grew up on a farm and had a love for math. And he has parlayed his passion for agriculture and numbers into a career. The agriculture economist with Mississippi State University Extension Service, Riley is “The Numbers Guy.” Researchers and scientists, farmers, elected officials, media — if they are looking for [...] [...]
Situated not a cotton spindle’s throw from historic Highway 1 near the unincorporated community of Scott sits the “think tank” for the Mississippi Delta farmer. There aren’t any ivy walls or backpack-toting coeds on this campus but rest assured, knowledge is at the core of the Scott Learning Center, where cotton, soybeans and corn are [...] [...]
Aside from politics and sports talk, there is little question that the conversation in Mississippi always comes back to food and where to get a taste of some homegrown country goodness. Mouth-watering fresh fruits and vegetables are produced abundantly in a state known first and foremost for agriculture and one has to look no further [...] [...]
According to the final Nielson television ratings, the “Six Million Dollar Man,” “Charlie’s Angels” and “MASH” were the top three network television shows in 1977. In October that year, a 30-minute newsmagazine program devoted to Mississippi agriculture quietly debuted statewide on Mississippi public broadcasting stations. And not unlike the Energizer Bunny, “Farmweek” keeps going and [...] [...]
To the casual observer, there doesn’t appear to be enough hours in the day for Randy Knight. Elected as president of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation last December, the 48-year-old Knight isn’t just a figurehead for the organization which is considered the voice for Mississippi farm families. He’s a dairy farmer and rancher himself. “Leaving [...] [...]
An assistant professor at the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station has developed a technique that removes harmful bacteria from seafood and fresh produce using X-Ray technology. Bakarat Mahmoud, an assistant professor at the station, uses an RS 2400 X-Ray machine to irradiate the foods, removing bacteria like e-coli, salmonella, listeria, shigella and vibrio from [...] [...]
A cold winter that killed kudzu plants even on the Gulf Coast led to the eradication of soybean rust in Mississippi, but one state plant pathologist doesn’t want growers to become complacent. Tom Allen, Extension plant pathologist for the Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville, said rust was detected on kudzu plants in January [...] [...]
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