Representatives from the three Golden Triangle counties have formed a steering committee to explore the possibility of forming an umbrella organization charged with spurring economic development in the region. The committee held its first meeting last week, representing the first step toward a partnership among entities that have traditionally carried on a governmental and industrial [...] [...]
Dr. Carla Huston, associate professor in the Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine at Mississippi State University, has been named the state’s top veterinarian. The Mississippi Veterinary Medical Association presented her with the Mississippi Veterinarian of the Year award was at the 2012 MVMA winter meeting in Starkville. Huston earned her bachelor’s, doctor of veterinary [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 18,2012
Tags: agriculture, dietetics, food science, Jane Anderson, life sciences, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi State University, nutrition, Okolona, Shiloh Quintana, STARKVILLE
Sylvia Byrd and two nutrition students in Mississippi State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences were honored at a statewide awards function March 8. Byrd is an associate professor and director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics in MSU’s Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion. She has been named the Outstanding Dietetic [...] [...]
by John Woods Published: March 12,2012
Tags: Big Daddy, Charlie Thomas, Dr. John Woods, Eagle Ridge Conference and Training Center, fatal attraction, gobbler, Hinds Community College, jake, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Decoys Inc., outdoors, Raymnd, STARKVILLE, tomfoolery, turkey hunting, Workforce Development Center, www.mississippidecoys.com
The trick to turkey hunting is what the hunters colloquially call “tomfoolery.” The ploy is for the hunter to sit still in a totally camouflaged manner making hen calls to fool a gobbler into thinking this is a hen. If the calling is seductive enough and the gobbler a little over zealous in his love [...] [...]
The rescuers of once-distressed Cadence Bank have moved the regional banking company’s headquarters from Starkville to Birmingham, Ala., but are living up to pledges to make Starkville a hub for the operations end of an expanded community banking business, economic development leaders say. The new $4.1 billion Cadence Bank, N.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cadence [...] [...]
Starkville native Paul S. Zimmerman is a new fundraiser for Mississippi State University‘s James Worth Bagley College of Engineering. The Oktibbeha County resident began his official duties in the college in November as an assistant director of development. He is a 2000 MSU business administration graduate who previously worked in sales for 13 years at [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 18,2011
Tags: agriculture, Bryant-College Station, chickens, commodities, Coyt West, farming, Hazlehurst, Laurel, McComb, Mississippi Poultry Association, Mississippi State University, MSU, poultry, Sanderson Farms, soybeans, STARKVILLE, Texas
Fifty-one years after graduating from Mississippi State University, Coyt “Bud” West returned to his alma mater to be honored by the industry he served. On Nov. 17, West’s colleagues, friends, family, and MSU faculty and administration gathered at the university’s poultry science building to honor West as he was inducted into the Mississippi Poultry Association’s [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 18,2011
Tags: agriculture, aquaculture, catfish, Jimmy Avery, Mississippi State Extension Service, Mississippi State University, MSU, STARKVILLE, Stoneville, Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Vietnam catfish
Mississippi State University has recognized Extension professor Jimmy Avery with a Spirit of Excellence Award. As Mississippi’s only Extension catfish specialist, Avery has spent the last several years working to revitalize an industry in which Mississippi excels. That leading position has been hit hard recently due to foreign imports and falling prices. He coordinated efforts [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 21,2011
Tags: Burger King, Clay Chandler, Columbus, CottonMill Marketplace, E.E. Cooley Building, Haley Barbour, January, John Arthur Eaves, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, STARKVILLE
The $70-million CottonMill Marketplace mixed-use development in Starkville looks like it could begin in January, according to a story in the Columbus Commercial Dispatch this morning. The two phases of the project will total about $120 million, according to Mississippi Business Journal reporter Clay Chandler. The first phase will include the renovation of the old [...] [...]
The newest and youngest member of the Mississippi Transportation Commission, Northern District Commissioner Mike Tagert of Starkville has been on a unique learning curve since he joined commission after winning a special election in early February. “There are a lot of projects on the table, and I inherited a budget in mid process,” said Tagert. [...] [...]
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