By Angela Rogalski • Photography by Rory Doyle Jeff Tarsi is vice president of retail operations, North America, for Nutrien Ag Solutions. Tarsi says Nutrien Ag Solutions is pro internships in a big way. “We have a massive intern program across North America,” Tarsi says. “We hire in excess of 200 summer interns a year […]
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By Mark H. Stowers • Photography by Rory Doyle Farmers have always been entrepreneurs. It starts with planting a seed and bringing it to fruition. But along the way, creativity ensues and as that seed grows, other business ideas are born along with it. Whether it’s working to keep input costs, repair costs and just
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By Angela Rogalski Matching South African workers who need employment with farmers in the United States is a process that has become beneficial for all involved. Most times the South African people who come to America for farm labor work are looking to make money to send back to their families in South Africa, while
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By Mark H. Stowers Peyton Potter was born into farming in Washington County and he’s the third generation to toil the Delta area acreage that that continues to provide for his family. Growing up on his dad and grandfather’s farm, the forty year-old Potter followed along in the path they made on the turnrow and
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By Mark H. Stowers AIn 1986, Carl Deloach moved from Bolivar County to Leflore County to farm for himself. Cotton, soybeans, rice, corn and wheat were some of the crops that have been cultivated over the years. These days, his son Bubba works the acreage just north of Itta Bena. “He (Carl) was raised on
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By Mark H. Stowers Since 1971, Jerry Locke has been getting his hands dirty on the family farm in Quitman and Panola Counties. He did spend a year in construction after high school before coming home to the turnrow. With his father, Locke farmed cotton, soybean, corn, but this season has filled his acreage with
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By Aimee Robinette For over thirty-six years, Woodward Eubanks and Sons, LLP, name has been synonymous with trucking. With a fleet of thirty trucks, the Eubanks provide on-time delivery through dependable drivers that can haul what you want, when you want. It all started in 1982, when Woodward Eubanks saw a need to haul rice
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By Mike Lee Most young men go through high school with one of two goals in mind after graduation; to further their education in college or to start a career. Occasionally though, a teenager does both and Waylon Greer of Independence, Mississippi is one such man. Excelling both scholastically and athletically, Greer graduated Independence High
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By Mark H. Stowers • Photography by Austin Britt The Farm Shop—a place where the work gets done to keep the farm moving ahead. Whether its repairs, creating a time saving device or getting equipment ready for the field or just about anything else, the farm shop and headquarters can be a productive and busy
Silent Shade Planting Co.- An award winning farming operation Read More »
I was excited to receive the new Delta Ag Journal. I receive many ag type publications, but not one that is solely Delta focused like this. It is rewarding to see this publication share the good works on all things related to agriculture taking place right here in our Mississippi Delta. Laura J. Giaccaglia Extension
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