Mississippi Business Journal » dirt http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Contractor offers dirt; supervisors love gift http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/21/contractor-offers-dirt-supervisors-love-gift/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=contractor-offers-dirt-supervisors-love-gift http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/21/contractor-offers-dirt-supervisors-love-gift/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:07:27 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=68481 DESOTO COUNTY — Officials say a dirty gift will save DeSoto County tens of thousands of dollars. A contractor working near the new jail just south of Hernando offered 5,000 cubic yards of dirt — about 400 truckloads, the Commercial Appeal reported. The Board of Supervisors endorsed the plan unanimously last week after Sheriff Bill [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/21/contractor-offers-dirt-supervisors-love-gift/feed/ 0 After 114 years, researchers finally complete soil study of entire state http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/14/after-114-years-researchers-finally-complete-soil-study-of-entire-state/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=after-114-years-researchers-finally-complete-soil-study-of-entire-state http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/14/after-114-years-researchers-finally-complete-soil-study-of-entire-state/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 13:01:58 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=57075 ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — After 114 years, Mississippi State University and other agencies have completed an acre-by-acre map of Mississippi’s soils — more than 30 million acres. It’s part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey begun in 1899 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Resources Conservation Service. “To map over 30 million acres is a [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/14/after-114-years-researchers-finally-complete-soil-study-of-entire-state/feed/ 1 Supervisors uphold residents’ appeal of dirt pit permit http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/14/supervisors-uphold-residents-appeal-of-dirt-pit-permit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=supervisors-uphold-residents-appeal-of-dirt-pit-permit http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/14/supervisors-uphold-residents-appeal-of-dirt-pit-permit/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:49:27 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=52393 BILOXI — Harrison County supervisors have voted 3-2 to uphold an appeal by residents in the western part of the county who opposed a dirt pit in their neighborhood. The Sun Herald reports the people who live on and near the site told the board the area already has four dirt pits, one of which [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/14/supervisors-uphold-residents-appeal-of-dirt-pit-permit/feed/ 0 Supervisors side with commission; deny dirt pit appeal http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/08/supervisors-side-with-commission-deny-dirt-pit-appeal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=supervisors-side-with-commission-deny-dirt-pit-appeal http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/08/supervisors-side-with-commission-deny-dirt-pit-appeal/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:44:43 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=52049 HARRISON COUNTY — Harrison County supervisors have denied an appeal by a business to open a dirt pit on Mississippi 53. Chris Fore of Gulf Coast Land Holding, LLC, wanted a conditional-use permit for a 70-acre dirt pit on the state road but was turned down by the county’s Planning Commission. The Sun Herald reports [...]

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