By Aimee Robinette Farming has never been an easy endeavor. It comes with many seen and unseen complications and a plethora of possibilities.But this year, agriculture is facing one of its most unusual years in recent memory. With the introduction of a novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, farmers are dealing with more than just the […]
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Best advice you can give about farming? Be attentive and listen to the older farmers. Never stop learning because things change regularly and you may find yourself in a circumstance that you have never been in before, but the older generation has probably been there and done that. First Job Flagging airports for my father
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By: Amile Wilson When Dane DeWeese decided he needed a side-hustle, he had no idea that it would turn into a national business with employees traveling across the country, all while living in Cleveland. “I still don’t quite know how it happened,” DeWeese says. Much to his own surprise, DeWeese has slowly and steadily built
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By Angela Rogalski Seed, insecticide and herbicide reps are more than just people who stop by every now and then to sell farmers and retailers the latest seeds or other farming supplies. Actually, many go above and beyond their job descriptions by educating, opening up dialogues with their customers and even hitting the fields to
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By Mark H. Stowers Photography by Johnny Jennings Smith Stoner’s great-grandfather made his way from Indiana to begin a farm legacy in the Mississippi Delta. For the past century the Stoner family has weathered the ups and downs of farming including the recent south Delta flood that put 72 percent of his crop land under
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By Aimee Robinette Tunica County Ag Agent Anthony Bland’s story is typical of the industry. He grew up on a family farm located on the south end of Tunica County. The love of the land, the smell of the soil often seeps deep in one’s soul. In fact, Bland still lives in the same house
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By Aimee Robinette Belmont Plantation is a much celebrated and world-renowned bed and breakfast nestled in Washington County. It is a whimsical site for weddings, dinners, political events and festivals, but its history is steeped in agriculture. The construction of Belmont started in 1856 and was completed in 1857. “The construction was primarily undertaken by carpenters
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Rice, in America, got its beginnings in the low country of South Carolina. Because of the tidal surge of the Santee and other rivers that would push fresh water into low lying areas, the nutrient rich water could be trapped and held for the growing of rice. By the 1840’s Georgetown County and its surrounding
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By Mark H. Stowers The 2018 Farm Bill declassified industrial hemp as a federally controlled substance and many states broke ground in planting the new crop. But the Mississippi legislature decided to wait on the supposed gold rush new crop. The theory being that the US Department of Agriculture had not yet approved regulations for its
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By Mark H. Stowers Farmers are either in tune with Mother Nature or fighting through the hardships she can sometimes lay down on a turnrow. This past spring the incessant rains flooded the south Delta area to the tune of 550,000 acres of which more than half was agriculture land. Farmers had still had acreage above
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