Mississippi Business Journal » temperature http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Mon, 20 May 2013 18:59:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Plant hardiness maps increase state’s average low temperature http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/21/plant-hardiness-maps-increase-states-average-low-temperature/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=plant-hardiness-maps-increase-states-average-low-temperature http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/21/plant-hardiness-maps-increase-states-average-low-temperature/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:49:24 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=52772 STARKVILLE — New plant hardiness maps released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture increased Mississippi’s average low temperatures by 5 degrees. Eric Stafne, Mississippi State University assistant Extension professor for fruit crops, said the maps provide good average information, but individuals still must make careful planting decisions. “With fruit crops, I am more concerned with [...]

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