House and Senate bills would expand opportunities and remove barriers for beginning farmers and those who wish to pursue a career in agriculture....More
The USDA has renewed a historic agreement with U.S. dairy producers to accelerate the adoption of innovative waste-to-energy projects and energy efficiency improvements on U.S. dairy farms....More
Matt Fannin, an associate professor in the LSU AgCenter Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, has been appointed as associate director for analytic and academic programs in the Rural Policy Research Institute....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
The USDA is extending for five years its agreement to work with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other partners to help develop a viable biofuel for the aviation industry....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
FDA Commissioner told that catfish producers believe imported fish should be held to the same inspection, certification and labeling standards applied to domestically-produced catfish....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
"For this great nation to have a future we must invest today and every day in its wealth-producing capacity, one pillar of which is and always has been our inland waterway system." -- Peter Stephaich, chairman of Campbell Transportation Company....More
