Neonics and politics. Biotech lies. Cotton and skin. Passing the baton. Ag’s ultimate challenge. Bees run the world. Those stories and more to start your day....More
House and Senate bills would expand opportunities and remove barriers for beginning farmers and those who wish to pursue a career in agriculture....More
Springtime’s soggy fields are no guarantee that Mississippi's summer’s row crops will have the moisture they need to thrive until harvest in the fall....More
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., will be the featured guest and keynote speaker for the May 17 annual meeting of Delta Council to be held on the Delta State University campus in Cleveland, Miss....More
The April 11 tornado that swept through areas of Kemper and Noxubee counties in the northeastern prairie region of Mississippi had an impact on the farming community....More
When Kenny Qualls' son, Garrett, was ready to take over management duties on the farm, Kenny quickly turned over the reins, even though his son was only 24....More
So, one can assume professional football players and Texas cotton farmers have nothing in common. Well maybe they do. Baron Batch thinks so. It’s adversity....More
Having been a driving force behind the Senate’s earlier introduction of immigration reform, on Wednesday afternoon (April 17) a broad coalition of agricultural interests convened to explain and back the legislation....More
More than two-dozen extension faculty and staff, along with an architect, were honored by professional organizations related to the Cooperative Extension Service at the agency’s Galaxy Conference Awards banquet....More
On Tuesday (April 16), the EPA’s senior agricultural counsel said clean energy and building bridges with the farming/ranching community will be priorities going forward....More
“We have a confused crop out there after warm weather in January and February then cold weather during March. The growth and yield potential of the crop have been set back. " -- Jeff Hoy, LSU AgCenter....More
The American Soybean Association (ASA) and the Soy Aquaculture Alliance (SAA) have welcomed the White House’s National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan....More