Mississippi Business Journal » youth http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Sun, 19 May 2013 19:38:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Livestock auction sets new records, passes $5M milestone http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/13/youth-livestock-auction-nets-more-than-300k/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=youth-livestock-auction-nets-more-than-300k http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/13/youth-livestock-auction-nets-more-than-300k/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:36:56 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=69733 JACKSON — After a week of intense competition, 42 animals and their exhibitors qualified for the 44th annual Dixie National Sale of Junior Champions, Mississippi’s premier youth livestock auction. Thirteen hogs, 12 lambs, nine goats and eight steers were auctioned off at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds’ Trade Mart. For the first time, the animals were [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/13/youth-livestock-auction-nets-more-than-300k/feed/ 0 Senators opposed to rule changes regulating youth employment in agriculture http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/28/senators-opposed-to-rule-changes-regulating-youth-employment-in-agriculture/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=senators-opposed-to-rule-changes-regulating-youth-employment-in-agriculture http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/28/senators-opposed-to-rule-changes-regulating-youth-employment-in-agriculture/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:32:56 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=54845 WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) are supporting legislation to stop a proposed new federal rule restricting youth employment on farms and ranches. The senators are original cosponsors on the Preserving America’s Family Farm Act (S.2221), which was introduced last week by Senators John Thune (R-S.D.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/28/senators-opposed-to-rule-changes-regulating-youth-employment-in-agriculture/feed/ 1 Summer youth employment hits historic low http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/08/31/summer-youth-employment-hits-historic-low/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=summer-youth-employment-hits-historic-low http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/08/31/summer-youth-employment-hits-historic-low/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:37:31 +0000 Wally Northway http://msbusiness.com/?p=29607 WASHINGTON — From April to July 2010, the number of employed youth 16 to 24 years old rose by 1.8 million to 18.6 million, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. This year, the share of young people who were employed in July was 48.9 percent, the lowest July rate on record for the series, [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/08/31/summer-youth-employment-hits-historic-low/feed/ 0 City youth participating in program http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/07/13/city-youth-participating-in-program/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=city-youth-participating-in-program http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/07/13/city-youth-participating-in-program/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:03:04 +0000 Wally Northway http://msbusiness.com/?p=1643 PASCAGOULA — The City of Pascagoula is once again participating in the Mississippi Department of Transportation’s Urban Youth Corp Program. The Urban Youth Corps Program is a youth employment and training service program, established to: offer meaningful full-time or productive summer work for individuals between the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, in transportation-related settings; [...]

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