Mississippi Business Journal » MSU Extension Service http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Cashing in on drought http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/19/cashing-in-on-drought/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cashing-in-on-drought http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/19/cashing-in-on-drought/#comments Sun, 19 Aug 2012 06:01:12 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=61525 The rains of early June and in the days that followed the Fourth of July appear to have ensured a highly prosperous year for Mississippi’s corn and soybean growers. August rains have helped, as well, said John Michael Riley, an agriculture economist with Mississippi State University. That the rains came as drought stunted or killed [...]

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