Marijuana seeds could infiltrate Mississippi crops
Mississippi is seeing the effects of Marijuana legalization in other states and countries. Andy Gipson, Commissioner of Agriculture said that the majority of seed that...
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Dairy insurance soon offered to Mississippi farmers
by Alex Paton
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) has announced a new insurance plan for dairy producers that insure against unexpected declines in...
Peanut farmers seeing varied field conditions
by Alex Paton
Peanut growers are experiencing a mixed bag of conditions across the southeastern United States in general and Mississippi in particular. Malcolm Broome, executive director of...
Soybean farmers face challenging season
by Alex Paton
At about 2.2 million acres, soybeans are easily the state’s biggest row crop with a flexible planting window that puts them in the clean-up position...
Rice crop slowed by spring temperatures
by Alex Paton
Spring’s cool temperatures have rice producers playing the waiting game in Mississippi. The crop is 60 percent planted, but very little of it has emerged,...
Featured Senator Cochran: cotton farmers to benefit from new legislation
by Alex Paton
U.S. Senator Thad Cochran announced that cotton producers in Mississippi and around the country will benefit from a bipartisan effort to enact agriculture policy changes...
Farmers given opportunity to give back to local communities
by Alex Paton
The Farmers Grow Communities program is giving farmers the opportunity to give back to local non-profits. “We randomly select winners in more than 1,300 counties...
Mississippi farmers could see a rise in exports
by Sarah Ulmer
WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Senator Thad Cochran has thrown his support behind a new effort to help more export opportunities to Mississippi farmers by lifting a...
Drought programs preparing for next shortage
by Sarah Ulmer
JACKSON, Miss.- While drought conditions may be subsiding across the state, officials and farmers are continuing to prepare for the next time the rain decides...