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Rain, cold cause crop plantings to lag far behind

Ted Carter — Fri, 10 May 2013 20:23:27 +0000

Weather weirdness has become the new normal for Mississippi farmers this spring as they watch for forecasts of warm, dry days they would routinely expect in most years. Even before temperatures in the low 40s or even lower combined with the near daily rainfall, planting averages were falling far below last year’s levels and levels [...]

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In-state rice planting intentions drop to 36-year low

Associated Press — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:42:50 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi farmers expect to have more than one million acres in corn this year and about 120,000 acres in rice — the largest corn acreage in 53 years and a 36-year low for rice. A U.S. Department of Agriculture planting survey shows Mississippi farmers plan to plant 1.95 million acres of soybeans, [...]

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State’s cotton to make more room for corn in 2013

MBJ Staff — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:25:41 +0000

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 [...]

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State’s ag production tops $7B for second consecutive year

MBJ Staff — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:09:59 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Significant production levels and high market prices combined to give Mississippi’s agricultural commodities their second year in a row of over $7 billion in total value. Mississippi State University agricultural economists gathered preliminary data from crop production reports, world agricultural supply and demand estimates, industry resources and U.S. Department of Agriculture outlook [...]

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When corn wouldn’t grow, maze-maker turns to grass

MBJ Staff — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:02:08 +0000

CHICKASAW COUNTY — With persistence, hard work and a little help from technology, one Mississippi sweet potato farmer has created an unusual maze. “My farm is not that big, and after the disaster in 2009 when we lost about 90 percent of our sweet potato crop, we were looking for something else to do to [...]

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Corn prices high, but low river remains huge concern

MBJ Staff — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:25:05 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The drought across the nation’s Corn Belt is contributing to record high grain prices and near-record low river levels, both of which are impacting Mississippi’s corn. Corn prices are at $8 per bushel and have been trading in that range for the past couple of weeks. This is compared to about $5.20 [...]

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Drought shrinking ranchers’ profits; consumers to feel impact

MBJ Staff — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:40:59 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Pictures of wilting corn in the Midwest may dominate the evening news, but the 2012 drought is also shrinking livestock’s profit potential nationwide. John Michael Riley, agricultural economist with Mississippi State University’s Extension Service, said the drought means livestock, dairy and aquaculture producers will continue to see higher feed prices. “Cattle will [...]

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Weather smiling on this year’s corn crop; farmers optimistic

MBJ Staff — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:03:42 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — June’s frequent rains and cool nighttime temperatures seem custom-made for corn, and the result is optimistic farmers looking at a great crop with tremendous yield potential. Erick Larson, grain crops agronomist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, said the crop is as much as 10 days early and looking good. “We’ve [...]

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EPA approves MDAC’s request for corn treatment

MBJ Staff — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:14:09 +0000

JACKSON — Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Cindy Hyde-Smith reports the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved an emergency exemption that will provide protection to corn producers throughout the state from blackbird predation of newly planted corn. Mississippi corn growers throughout the state have suffered million dollar losses in recent years due to heavy blackbird predation, Smith [...]

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For Mississippi farmers … Cost uncertainties temper cheers for prospect of higher crop prices

Ted Carter — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 06:01:23 +0000

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 [...]

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