by MBJ Staff Published: June 7,2012
Tags: agriculture, commodities, crops, environment, exemption, farmers, farms, federal agency, habitat, insecticides, insects, pests, row crops, state agency, wildlife
JACKSON — The Environmental Protection Agency has approved an emergency exemption that will help farmers in the Mississippi Delta control tarnished plant bugs in cotton, according to Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Cindy Hyde-Smith. The tarnished plant bug has become one of the most damaging pests of cotton in recent years, responsible for an estimated $81 million [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 4,2012
Tags: agriculture, bugs, colleges, education, entolomogy, entomologists, farmers, farms, higher education, insects, research, universities, warm weather, Weather
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Warm weather in January and early February is causing honey bees to be active before they have enough food to eat, and the state’s beekeepers need to monitor colonies for starvation, a Mississippi State University expert said. “Contrary to what many people think, bees do not hibernate in winter,” said Audrey Sheridan, [...] [...]
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University has one of the largest populations of insects in the world, and the university couldn’t be prouder. In 1999, professor emeritus Frank Davis and a handful of his colleagues in the MSU entomology department recognized a lack of mass insect-rearing facilities at universities. They approached Vance Watson, then Vice President [...] [...]
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