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.
Frankel Farms Father/Son Duo Continuing a Family Tradition Read More »
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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By Angela Rogalski Mississippi Land Bank, ACA has been serving communities in Northern Mississippi for over 100 years. As part of the Farm Credit System, Mississippi Land Bank, ACA has been providing agriculture and rural America with consistent, reliable credit and related financial services for generations. Rob Taylor is Vice President and Branch Manager of
Mississippi Land Bank Cleveland Branch Serving Bolivar and Sunflower Counties Read More »
By Angela Roglaski Women have been an important part of agricultural history since America’s early days. From bookkeeping to tending to the family garden, the contributions that women made to the business were vitally important to the family operations and the family food supply. But since the growth of the women’s movement in the 1960s–1980s,
Farming Female-Style Actively Involved from Planting to Harvest Read More »
Farmers have plenty of hurdles each growing season. Weather, insects, plant diseases, rising input costs and commodity prices. But the one thing they rely on as the foundation of their passion has an out of control tax problem – their land. Farm land has a complex taxation situation that has grown over the years forcing
Mississippi Property Tax Alliance – Non-Profit Groups Seek to Slow Tax Value Increases Read More »
By Patrick R. Shepard It’s been said that the founding members of the Mississippi Agricultural Consultants Association (MACA) were visionaries whose revolutionary concepts are comparable to those of early technology entrepreneurs, including Steve Job and Bill Gates. Charter members such as Mills Rogers, Charlie Craig, Russell Black and Kim Kimbrough saw the need to simplify
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By Greta Sharp Father and daughter Randy and Victoria Darden don’t always see eye to eye when it comes to running L&R Farms in Onward, a community just outside Rolling Fork. But, they both love the land that has been in their family for generations. In early spring, they watched rising floodwaters cover their fields.
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By Mark H. Stowers Farmers spend a lifetime building their farms with land and equipment. Every year they work to continually improve each. When it comes time to call it a day, some have the luxury of passing down to the next generation, but others have come to the end of the turnrow. Renting out
A Valuable Resource – The Farmer’s Friend for Equipment Needs Read More »
Valley View Agri-Systems, located in Cleveland, continues to provide farm storage facilities across the Delta and state. Valley View Agri-Systems was founded in 1980 by Fred and Susan Cathcart. K&D Associates was purchased and integrated into the Valley View brand in 2000. In 2012, Jim Cochran purchased the company; and is currently the CEO/Owner. Hal
Full Service – Providing Farm Storage Facilities and Parts Across the Delta and Beyond Read More »