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Late soybean planting leaves crop vulnerable to storms

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:50:55 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Heavy rains in early April delayed soybean planting in Mississippi and Louisiana. Farmers said the optimal time to plant soybeans is early to mid-April, but excess rain caused area farmers to plant in late April and May. “We had to wait for our fields to dry up,” local farmer Noble Guedon told [...]

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Late cotton planting could boost pest species

Associated Press — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 20:18:14 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Farmers are finally catching up on cotton planting, but experts are worried that the late start could expose the crop to more insects than if wet weather hadn’t delayed planting. Mississippi farmers had intended to plant corn on many acres in hopes of cashing in on high prices. But winter and spring [...]

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Soybean producers take advantage of break in clouds

MBJ Staff — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 20:04:18 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Many Mississippi farmers celebrated Memorial Day in their tractor seats as they took full advantage of about a week of good weather to make significant strides in planting. A nearly unbroken string of rains kept farmers mostly out of the fields through the early-spring planting window. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s May 26 Crop [...]

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Board releases research videos to help soybean growers

MBJ Staff — Wed, 29 May 2013 16:30:23 +0000

CANTON — The Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board (MSPB) is hoping its research videos will help the state’s growers overcome the challenges they face during the planting season. After facing weather delays earlier this spring, soybean planting is finally well underway in Mississippi. This also means an application of herbicides to crops for many farmers. The [...]

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Ag officials say late planting reaching historical proportions

Associated Press — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:43:22 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Planting of Mississippi row crops has fallen behind schedule following a spate of wet weather, according to industry experts and government officials. Ernie Flint, an agronomist at the Mississippi State University Extension Service, says many of the state’s farmers are running about month behind but still have time to catch up before [...]

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Farmers waiting for blue sky; rain stymies planting

MBJ Staff — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:28:00 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Farmers should be nearly finished planting corn and going strong with soybeans, rice and cotton, but instead Mississippi fields are quiet as rain keeps tractors in the barn. As of late April, the state had gone more than five weeks with only an occasional day or two suitable for planting. Mississippi corn [...]

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In-state rice planting intentions drop to 36-year low

Associated Press — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:42:50 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi farmers expect to have more than one million acres in corn this year and about 120,000 acres in rice — the largest corn acreage in 53 years and a 36-year low for rice. A U.S. Department of Agriculture planting survey shows Mississippi farmers plan to plant 1.95 million acres of soybeans, [...]

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Bad market conditions have peanut growers exploring options

MBJ Staff — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:32:51 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — A significant decline in price potential has last year’s peanut growers looking to other crops in 2013. According to the recent U.S. Department of Agriculture Prospective Plantings report, acreage is declining in every peanut-producing state except Oklahoma. Mississippi is expected to post the greatest percentage decline, down 58 percent from the previous [...]

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Ag Department suspends Georgia company’s dealer license

MBJ Staff — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:30:20 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) has suspended the seed dealer license of Johnston Seed Company Inc., of Ashburn, Ga., for 15 violations of the Mississippi Pure Seed Law. The settlement resolves allegations that Johnston Seed Company failed to comply with state-issued stop sale orders for seed not in compliance with [...]

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State’s cotton to make more room for corn in 2013

MBJ Staff — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:25:41 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Corn is the anticipated biggest winner and cotton the biggest loser as Mississippi producers shuffle commodity acres to take advantage of market conditions. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its prospective plantings report March 28. In it, the state’s corn acreage is predicted to reach 1.05 million acres, a 28 percent increase [...]

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