PRAIRIE — Buyers shopping the Mississippi State University horse auction may be surprised to see bulls in the online photo lineup this fall. This is the second year for horses in the annual Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station’s production sale to be auctioned online with eBay-style bidding. All the animals are available for viewing at www.auction.msucares.com. The bulls pictured ...

Alcorn State University’s sale last week of nine bulls produced from embryo transfers marked the start of a program that will provide a handful of high-quality cattle for sale annually for years to come. “This is the first sale we’ve had from any of the bulls coming from our embryo transfer service,” said Melissa Mason, a research assistant at Mississippi ...