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MSU scientists honored

MBJ Staff — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 04:49:46 +0000

Wayne Ebelhar, a research professor with the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, recently received recognition for outstanding career achievements by the Southern Branch of the American Society of Agronomy. Ebelhar has conducted research at the Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville since 1980. His research emphasis has been on nutrient management for cotton, [...]

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Martin moving north

MBJ Staff — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 01:31:18 +0000

Steve Martin has been named head of Mississippi State University’s North Mississippi Research and Extension Center. He currently serves as the director of the Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville, where he has been an administrator since 2008. Martin began his career with MSU in 1997 as a graduate research assistant in the Department [...]

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Ag researcher sees good times ahead for farmers

Lynn Lofton — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 06:01:48 +0000

He has the same name as a famous comedian and even though he’s serious about the work he does, Mississippi’s Steve Martin can be humorous too. He serves as the head of the Delta Research & Extension Center and extension professor at the Mississippi State University facility in Stoneville. His areas of research include production [...]

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Avery honored with award

MBJ Staff — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:06:15 +0000

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 [...]

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Delta Branch Experiment Station continues to grow

Wally Northway — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 06:00:59 +0000

Folks in the Delta know exactly what it is. They might call it Delta Research and Extension Center or Delta Branch Experiment Station — or they might just call it “Stoneville.” Whatever the name, they know the work being done at the Mississippi State University-operated agriculture research complex is vitally important to farmers across the [...]

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Rice producers make team

MBJ Staff — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:58:42 +0000

Tim Walker, an agronomist at Mississippi State University’s Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville and Curtis Berry, a rice producer from Tunica, were participants in the Rice Foundation’s International Leadership Development Program, which included traveling to Mexico and Cuba. The Foundation’s five-member leadership team attended Cuba’s International Trade Fair held in Havana. More than [...]

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Chip Morgan on Delta Council

Stephen McDill — Tue, 11 May 2010 05:13:03 +0000

STONEVILLE- MBJ-TV photojournalist Stephen McDill visits with Delta Council vice-president Chip Morgan to discuss the economic development organization’s work in the Mississippi Delta regional.

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Delta Council Turns 75

Stephen McDill — Mon, 10 May 2010 02:31:33 +0000

STONEVILLE- MBJ-TV photojournalist Stephen McDill travels to Stoneville, the home of Delta Council, one of the state’s oldest economic development organizations.

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Martin new leader in Stoneville

MBJ Staff — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:03 +0000

Steve Martin has been named head of Mississippi State University’s Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville. Martin assumed his duties as head of the regional facility Nov. 1. He was named interim head of the center in July 2008, following the appointment of then DREC head Joe Street as associate director of the MSU [...]

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Committee approves spending projects in Mississippi

MBJ Newswires — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:57:35 +0000

Funding to support four defense projects in Mississippi has been approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee as part of the FY2010 Military Construction and Veterans’ Affairs Appropriations Bill, according to Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.). The Mississippi projects are: Columbus Air Force Base — $10 million for an aircraft maintenance administration facility to provide adequate workspace [...]

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