by MBJ Staff Published: October 29,2012
Tags: acre, acreage, agriculture, commodity, drought, dry, farm, farmer, farming, feed, field, fire ant, forage, harvest, hay, livestock, meadow, pest, rain, rainmy, Weather, wet, yield
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi’s hay producers increased acreage and yields this season in spite of variable rainfall across the state. “Hay production systems in the central part of the state had a really good season,” said Rocky Lemus, Mississippi State University Extension Service forage specialist. “We’ve been blessed with quite a bit of rain in [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 15,2012
Tags: agriculture, commodity, cotton, farm, farmer, farming, rain, record, row crop, Weather, yield
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Early October rains that could have devastated the state’s cotton crop seem only to have delayed harvest of what should be near-record yields. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated the cotton harvest was a little behind schedule, with just 33 percent of the fields harvested by Oct. 7. However, they rate 67 [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 5,2012
Tags: agriculture, commodity, computer, computing, crop, development, education, farm, farmer, farming, higher education, irrigate, irrigation, moisture, research, row crop, science, software, soil science, Soybean, technology, university, water
STONEVILLE — Mississippi State University scientists are evaluating a free software tool that can increase irrigation efficiency for the state’s soybean producers. MSU Extension Service irrigation specialist Jason Krutz, MSU Extension and research professor Tom Eubank, systems engineer Lyle Pringle and MSU Plant and Soil Sciences professor Joe Massey are field testing a computer program [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 3,2012
Tags: agriculture, aquaculture, catfish, commodity, education, farm, farmer, farming, fish, higher education, international, mission, professor, train, trainer, training
STARKVILLE — Commercially grown catfish in North America or Africa face similar challenges, a fact that sent one Mississippi State University veterinarian on a training mission to Nigeria in June. Dr. Skip Jack, a professor of pathobiology and population medicine at MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine, spent almost three weeks teaching Nigerian catfish farmers, veterinarians [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 2,2012
Tags: agriculture, commodity, crop, drought, farm, farmer, farming, rain, row crop, sweet potato, Weather, yam
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi’s soil and climate are ideally suited to producing sweet potatoes, a crop that gives the state a No. 2 national ranking. Harvest began about Aug. 20 on Mississippi’s 22,500 acres of sweet potatoes. North Carolina comes in first with 64,000 acres. Acreage in both states varied little from last year. The [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 27,2012
Tags: agriculture, cafeteria, children, commodity, crop, defense, diet, education, farm, farmer, farming, federal government, food, fruit, grant, health, military, nutrition, produce, public school, student, vegetable
DESOTO COUNTY — Either by fork or fingers, the second- and third-grade students of Chickasaw Elementary in Olive Branch dived into some Magnolia-state raised blueberries and cantaloupes as a part of a farm to school awareness program. Picking a blueberry up with her fingers, second-grader Mary Katherine Stephens, 8, liked the tiny cup of fruit [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 24,2012
Tags: agriculture, anticiaption, commodity, crop, dry, farm, farmer, farming, forecast, grain dsorghum, harvest, market, rain, row crop, Weather, yield
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Timely rains followed by sunny days provided optimal growing conditions for Mississippi’s grain sorghum crop, and yields may be higher than anticipated. Mississippi producers planted about 63,000 acres in grain sorghum in 2012, up from 50,000 acres in 2011. The state ranked No. 8 nationally in grain sorghum production in 2011. Erick [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 24,2012
Tags: agriculture, commodity, crop, farm, farmer, farming, harvest, market, price, record, rice, row crop, yield
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi producers have the bulk of the state’s rice crop safely in storage, and yields may approach the record set in 2007 of 160 bushels an acre. Nathan Buehring, rice specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, said September’s weather was nearly ideal for rice harvest. “Isaac slowed us down and [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 12,2012
Tags: acre, acreage, agriculture, commodity, crop, farm, farmer, farming, harvest, legume, peanut, planting, row crop
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Many Delta fields that once turned white with cotton are now yielding a below-ground crop and helping propel Mississippi up the list of peanut-producing states. The state has an estimated 47,000 acres of peanuts this year, up more than 200 percent from the 14,000 acres grown in 2011. The U.S. Department of [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 4,2012
Tags: commodity, crop, damage, disaster, farm, farmer, farming, flood, flooding, forest, forester, hurricane, livestock, loss, lumber, natural disaster, rain, ranch, rancher, row crop, severe weather, storm, timber, tree, tropical storm, tropical weather, Weather, wind, wood
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Even as the remnants of Hurricane Isaac were leaving Mississippi last Friday, Mississippi State University Extension agents were assessing its impact on crops that were so close to harvest. Lodging, or laying down, can be a significant harvest challenge in wind-blown fields, especially corn. Extension corn specialist Erick Larson is cautiously optimistic [...] [...]
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