by MBJ Staff Published: March 7,2013
Tags: agriculture, aquaculture, education, Extension Service, farm, farmer, farming, forest, forestry, higher education, livestock, public university, ranch, rancher, row crop, tree
BILOXI — Agricultural producers in the coastal region shared their needs and concerns during a recent Mississippi State University meeting. The sixth-annual Producer Advisory Council meeting was held at MSU’s Coastal Research and Extension Center. Eleven commodity groups made recommendations and requests for research, educational programming and support by MSU’s Extension Service and the Mississippi [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 1,2013
Tags: agricultural, agriculture, aquaculture, Extension Service, farm, farmer, farming, fish, forest, forester, forestry, higher education, livestock, piblic university, poultry, ranch, rancher, row crop, tree
VERONA — When agricultural producers speak, Mississippi State University listens. About 300 commodity producers, crop consultants and MSU representatives met recently at the North Mississippi Research and Extension Center in Verona for the annual Producer Advisory Council meeting. The meeting has been held for more than half a century to give farmers the opportunity to [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 12,2013
Tags: agricultural, agriculture, demand, farm, farmer, farming, food, horticulture, international trade, leume, market, peanut, row crop
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi producers expect peanuts to remain a strong commodity in years to come with a steady global demand and new marketing opportunities. “The demand for peanuts will stay in place because of global economics and population,” said Mike Phillips, plant and soil sciences department head at Mississippi State University. “International markets rely [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 18,2012
Tags: agriculture, crop, earnings, farm, farmer, farming, fertilizer, income, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, publicly traded company, revenue, row crop, sales
MADISON — Phosphate Holdings Inc. reports a third quarter of 2012 net loss of $4.8 million, or $0.57 per diluted share of common stock, compared to net income of $1.5 million, or $0.18 per diluted share of common stock, for the same period in 2011. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) for the third quarter of [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 17,2012
Tags: agriculture, catfish, commodity, corn, cotton, crop, farm, farmer, farming, forestry, hay, horticulture, livestock, poultry, production, rice, row crop, Soybean, wheat, yield
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Significant production levels and high market prices combined to give Mississippi’s agricultural commodities their second year in a row of over $7 billion in total value. Mississippi State University agricultural economists gathered preliminary data from crop production reports, world agricultural supply and demand estimates, industry resources and U.S. Department of Agriculture outlook [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 18,2012
Tags: agriculture, association, board, commodity, development, farm, farmer, farming, research, row crop, soybeans
CANTON — The Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board (MSPB) is encouraging soybean farmers from around the state to share the problems and issues they face in the field, either noticed for the first time this season or those faced year to year. MSPB plans to use the input to aid the selection of research projects funded [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 6,2012
Tags: agriculture, commodity, farm, farmer, farming, plant, planting, row crop, Weather, winter wheat
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Growing winter wheat in Mississippi leaves no rest for the weary, as planting begins just as soon as the summer row crops are out of the field. The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicted the state’s winter wheat was 29 percent planted by Oct. 31. It is on schedule for the five-year average, [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 5,2012
Tags: agriculture, commodity, development, education, farm, farmer, farming, field, higher education, moisture, plant, professor, report, research, researcher, rice, row crop, science, scientist, study, test, university, water
STONEVILLE — Ten years of research indicates that a water management strategy can save rice producers money on fuel and conserve water without hurting yields. Joe Massey, a scientist with the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station and professor in Mississippi State University’s Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, has focused his career on water [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 15,2012
Tags: agriculture, commodity, cotton, farm, farmer, farming, rain, record, row crop, Weather, yield
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Early October rains that could have devastated the state’s cotton crop seem only to have delayed harvest of what should be near-record yields. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated the cotton harvest was a little behind schedule, with just 33 percent of the fields harvested by Oct. 7. However, they rate 67 [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 5,2012
Tags: agriculture, commodity, computer, computing, crop, development, education, farm, farmer, farming, higher education, irrigate, irrigation, moisture, research, row crop, science, software, soil science, Soybean, technology, university, water
STONEVILLE — Mississippi State University scientists are evaluating a free software tool that can increase irrigation efficiency for the state’s soybean producers. MSU Extension Service irrigation specialist Jason Krutz, MSU Extension and research professor Tom Eubank, systems engineer Lyle Pringle and MSU Plant and Soil Sciences professor Joe Massey are field testing a computer program [...] [...]
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