Posts Tagged ‘sweet potato growers’

Sweet potato industry planning for future disasters

by Wally Northway Published: April 17,2011

Tags: Mississippi State University Extension Service, sweet potato growers

Two years removed from the worst disaster they had ever experienced in history, the state’s sweet potato growers are brimming with optimism. Perhaps more than a half-dozen farmers will put in a crop this year for the first time, and market prices are solid. Still, growers learned a lesson from 2009, when adverse weather wiped [...] [...]

Sweet-er potatoes

by Wally Northway Published: August 1,2010

Tags: Mississippi agriculture, Stephen Bailey, sweet potato growers

With weather on their side, so far, growers are looking to rebound from disastrous 2009 So far, so good. Mississippi’s sweet potato growers aren’t ready to celebrate yet, but the 2010 growing season is off to an excellent start — maybe the best ever. If those conditions hold, many farmers might just survive the worst times [...] [...]

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