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 [...] [...]
Four aerial applicators were recently recognized for exemplary environmental stewardship. Selected pilots were ranked highest among their peers based on criteria established through the A.C.E. Pilot Program. Those pilots selected for recognition are Ellis Russell of Planters Air Service Inc. in Alligator; Kelly Peeler of Producers Flying Inc. in Yazoo City; Matt Brignac of Brignac [...] [...]
Peyton Collins was horrified when a little girl told her she thought spaghetti grew on trees. The Clinton wife, mother and compulsive gardener says its a sad irony that despite Mississippi’s agrarian roots, it is losing its grip on good food and farming at the consumer level. “I think its just stunning that we have [...] [...]
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 11,2013
Tags: agriculture, bank, borrow, co-operative, farm, farmer, farming, finance, financial institution, loan, patronage
RIDGELAND — In April, member-borrowers of First South Farm Credit will receive patronage refund checks for 2012 totaling more than $12 million as part of the patronage refund program. Daniel Viator, chairman of the First South board of directors, said, “This is the 18th consecutive year we’ve paid a patronage refund. Over that period of [...] [...]
JACKSON — A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Good) and issuer credit rating to “a-” from “bbb+” of Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company. The outlook for both ratings has been revised to stable from positive. A.M. Best wrote: “Mississippi Farm Bureau’s ratings reflect its solid risk-adjusted [...] [...]
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