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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By Angela Rogalski Agriculture is a vital component of the economy in the Mississippi Delta and farming is a way of life for many. And while some farmers may diversify their interests into many other business ventures or professional careers, planting and growing from the earth still runs deep and remains a strong part of their
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By Aimee Robinette Mississippi State Extension Service Ag Agent IV Jim Burkhalter was no stranger to this field when he took over the reins in Tallahatchie and Panola counties. In fact, Tallahatchie native said he was already involved “up to his neck” in agriculture for 20 years before he joined the ranks of MSU. “In 1997,
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By Mark H. Stowers Farmers can always use another “helping hand” but sometimes those hands are hard to find. And it takes valuable time to find and train workers for today’s high-tech equipment that work each side of the turnrow. Helping farmers work smarter has been a life-long journey since Tim Luster created Delta Precision Systems.
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By Aimee Robinette Residents in the Delta who live or have property located up and down the Mississippi River continue to look for solutions to the biggest case of water woes in the country. The Mississippi River and backwater swirling causes immense flooding each year and those affected want these flooding problems to be addressed.
Ol’ Man River Just Keeps Rolling Residents Keep Rowing Read More »
By Hank Burdine In 1910, the Fine Cotton Spinners and Doublers’ Association of Manchester, England, was a big English syndicate consisting of over fifty cotton milling companies that depended on long staple cotton from Egypt to supply their mills for their production of thread, yarn and cloth that was shipped worldwide. It soon became apparent
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By Mark H. Stowers • Photography by Austin Britt About a mile or so off the main thoroughfare between Silver City and Midnight sits the Hairston Farm Headquarters and shop. At first glance, the structure resembles an old gin. That’s because it actually is.The former gin was picked up and moved more than a half
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By Charlotte Buchanan Lee Frankel and his son Martin operate a successful farming operation between Leland and Shaw. They are not the first Frankels to be involved with farming. Lee’s father Leo and his father before him farmed for decades in the Steiner Community in Sunflower County before the family purchased land in Washington County.
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By Aimee Robinette Preston Aust may not have dreamed of being a Mississippi State University Extension Service agent, but he has cultivated a career that he finds both challenging and rewarding. Born and raised in Belzoni, Aust grew up in a farming family. “My family farmed catfish and both of my grandfathers had row crop
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