Mississippi Business Journal » predation http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Sun, 19 May 2013 19:38:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 EPA approves MDAC’s request for corn treatment http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/19/epa-approves-mdacs-request-for-corn-treatment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=epa-approves-mdacs-request-for-corn-treatment http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/19/epa-approves-mdacs-request-for-corn-treatment/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:14:09 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=54275 JACKSON — Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Cindy Hyde-Smith reports the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved an emergency exemption that will provide protection to corn producers throughout the state from blackbird predation of newly planted corn. Mississippi corn growers throughout the state have suffered million dollar losses in recent years due to heavy blackbird predation, Smith [...]

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