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S&W LANDWORKS

A Multi-Faceted Dirt Moving Business By Mark H. Stowers Chris Sandifer has spent plenty of time playing and working with dirt so he made a career out of it. For the past twenty-five years, he spent time time working outdoors and decided to create his own company, S & W Landworks. “Initially I began farming, […]

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Southern Ginners Association

Keeping Cotton on the Forefront By Mark H. Stowers In 1967, the Southern Ginners Association was created. Actually, it was the combination of existing Ginning Associations that covered five southern states – Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. “State associations came together and basically we formed a five state 501C6 Trade Association Organization,” says Executive

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Irrigation Methods

Water Resource Management is Vital By Angela Rogalski Furrow irrigation dominates in the Mississippi Delta. Dr. Drew Gholson is coordinator for the National Center for Alluvial Aquifer Research at Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville. Gholson says that over eighty percent of the Mississippi Delta utilizes furrow irrigation as opposed to pivot irrigation. “Furrow

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45-Acres of Education

Alcorn State Extension/Research  Farm & Technology Transfer Center By Mark H. Stowers Just outside Mound Bayou sits 45-acres of  fertile Delta soil that is leased out to the Alcorn University Extension Service.  It is at this location the extension service has created the Alcorn State University Extension/Research Farm & Technology Transfer Center. The land is

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From Gucci to Goats

One Woman’s Journey to Self-Reliance By Angela Rogalski When Jake Keiser went from Gucci to goats it was an exercise in self-reliance. Keiser was a city girl with no adult experience of living anywhere other than in the urban world. And about ten years ago, this began to bother her. “I lived in Tampa, Fla.

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The Farm Shop

A Second Home to a Group of  Hard-working Young Men By Mark H. Stowers Farm shops come in all shapes and sizes. Farmers construct, renovate, and remodel to produce a space that is both efficient and spacious enough to house all the necessary items that are needed to run a smooth operation. The farm shop

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Zach Gaylor

Serving Farmers in Bolivar County By Mark H. Stowers County Ag Extension agents have to be a library of knowledge on all things agriculture in their county. Along the way they continue learning and figure out just how to disseminate that knowledge in the best ways. For most, it’s face to face interaction but for

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Nobile Family Farms

Much More Than  Just A Business By Angela Rogalski • Photography By Meagan Little It all started with a pea patch, a passion for the land, and strong familial ties. Andrew Nobile and his wife Mary Britton Nobile own Nobile Family Farms in Holcomb, Miss. The farm is filled with acres of fresh produce, beautiful

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