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Landscapers’ illegal workers trial rescheduled

Associated Press — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:31:59 +0000

RIDGELAND — A federal trial for a landscaping business that allegedly used illegal immigrant workers has been moved to April 2. The Clarion-Ledger reports the jury trial was scheduled for today in U.S. District Court in Jackson, but attorneys for Love Irrigation said they need time to prepare. U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate approved the [...]

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Economy, weather hurting turfgrass industry

MBJ Staff — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:31:36 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The continuing decline of the housing market and the lack of new construction are taking its toll on Mississippi’s turfgrass industry. Wayne Wells, Mississippi State University Extension turf specialist, said, “Sod production relies heavily on construction, so when there isn’t as much, sod producers feel the hit. There is some business to [...]

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MSU scientists studying airport landscaping

Wally Northway — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:05:03 +0000

STARKVILLE — It has been two years since U.S. Airways flight 1549 made an emergency landing in the Hudson River when a flock of Canada geese struck the engines just minutes after the plane took off. Bird and airplane collisions cannot be completely avoided because the two share the same flying space. But scientists at [...]

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Ark. company buys closed Brookhaven plant

Associated Press — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:26:29 +0000

BROOKHAVEN — An Arkansas-based agriculture products company has bought the former Specialty Minerals plant in Brookhaven. Holmes Morel, president of M&M Milling Inc. of Texarkana, Ark., tells The Daily Leader that the company hopes to be in operation in six months and could hire as many as 50 workers. Morel says he will spend more [...]

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Nursery industry feeling economic pinch

Associated Press — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:59:37 +0000

PORTLAND, Ore. — Like his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, David Niklas feels the quickening of spring as the season ramps up at his wholesale nursery in a farming community south of Portland. Niklas and his workers busily package plants for shipment. These days, his flowers and vegetable seedlings have fewer places to go, as the [...]

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The last step of the project

Nash Nunnery — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:01:40 +0000

A project is never finished until the last of the landscaping is completed Despite the thousands and thousands of dollars invested into new construction, the project isn’t complete without the landscaping. Whether it is a home, manufacturing plant or multi-storied business complex, landscaping is truly the proverbial icing on the cake that completes and compliments [...]

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