by MBJ Staff Published: August 15,2012
Tags: agricluture, crop, farm, farmer, farming, fertilizer, financial results, income, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, publicly traded company, row crop, sales
MADISON — Phosphate Holdings Inc. reported second quarter of 2012 net income of $0.9 million, or $0.10 per diluted share of common stock, compared to a loss of $1.8 million, or $0.21 per diluted share of common stock, for the same period in 2011. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) for the second [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 8,2012
Tags: agriculture, commodity, cotton, crop, drought, dry, education, farm, farmer, farming, higher education, research, row crop, scientist, severe weather, university, Weather
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Despite high heat and long periods without rain, the state’s cotton is looking pretty good, although dealing with reduced acres. Nationally, producers planted 14 percent less cotton this year than last, primarily because of high corn and soybean prices. Mississippi followed this national trend; producers planted 580,000 acres of cotton in 2012 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 30,2012
Tags: agriculture, bean, commodity, crop, drought, dry, education, farm, farmer, farming, higher education, hot, research, row crop, science, scientist, severe weather, Soybean, university, Weather
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Agriculture experts at Mississippi State University say Mississippi’s soybean crop needs more moisture to complete what has at times been a dry season. Mississippi State’s University Extension Service says recent rains, along with irrigation, have helped after a dry spell in June. “We are thankful for the rain that we’ve received this [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 25,2012
Tags: agriculture, crop, email, farm, farmer, farming, livestock, lobbying, poultry, ranch, rancher, scam, scheme, theft, trade association, trade organization
JACKSON — The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation reports it has been made aware of emails circulating stating the recipient has been awarded a “$1,000 Visa Gift Card free of charge” from Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation. This is not a legitimate communication from Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, and there is no such award program in place [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 24,2012
Tags: bean, bug, crop, farm, farmer, farming, grass, home, homeowner, house, invasive species, lawn, legume, pest, pesticide, residence, Soybean
MONTGOMERY COUNTY and WARREN COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) has confirmed the first positive identification of the kudzu bug, Megacopta cribraria, in Mississippi. The insects were discovered in the past week in Montgomery and Warren counties. As its name suggests, the kudzu bug commonly feeds on kudzu, but it can [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 19,2012
Tags: agricultural, agriculture, commodity, crop, drought, dry, farm, farmer, farming, federal government, historic, hot, law, lawmaker, legislative, rainless, river, row crop, Senate, Senator, severe weather, water, water level, Weather
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — With the U.S. Department of Agriculture issuing a drought disaster designation for north Mississippi, Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) said the expanding drought situation across the nation deserves careful monitoring. The USDA has notified Mississippi officials that four Mississippi counties — DeSoto, Panola, Tate and Tunica — have been granted primary natural disaster [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 16,2012
Tags: agricultural, agriculture, commodity, crop, drought, dry, farm, farmer, farming, hot, row crop, water, Weather
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — An ideal growing season through mid-June turned into a hot and dry situation that stressed the state’s crops until widespread rains came after the Fourth of July. The state has experienced very hot and dry weather in the last several weeks, but Mississippi State University experts remain optimistic about the overall potential. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 16,2012
Tags: agricultural, agriculture, crop, farm, farmer, farming, legume, nut, peanut, plant, planting, row crop
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi farmers moved from ninth to seventh this year among peanut-growing states, more than tripling the number of acres planted in peanuts. Fresh figures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture show Mississippi farmers put 50,000 acres into peanuts this year, up sharply from the estimated 15,000 acres planted in 2011. The increase [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 10,2012
Tags: agriculture, biofuel, biomass, college, crop, development, education, energy, farm, farmer, farming, federal agency, fule, grass, higher education, renewable energy, research, university
STARKVILLE — A variety of grass developed at Mississippi State University is getting its moment in the sun as a biofuel ingredient, thanks to a recent U.S. Department of Agriculture announcement. Freedom giant miscanthus, developed by Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station researcher Brian Baldwin and his colleagues, was selected as the crop of choice [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 9,2012
Tags: agriculture, cotton, cotton picker, cotton picking, county government, crop, education, farm, farmer, farming, Museum, planter, planting, row crop, sharecropper, sharecropping
CLEVELAND — The Bolivar County Board of Supervisors has endorsed a proposal for a new center dedicated to the history of cotton. The Bolivar Commercial reports officials with the nonprofit Khafre Inc. told supervisors the center would be located on U.S. 61 in Mound Bayou. Plans are to start work sometime within the next year. [...] [...]
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