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• By Larry Oldham •
Flooding is challenging Mississippi families, homes and farms again, hence, this should be a review for many readers. The first Mississippi Crop Situation post about flooded soils was published in May 2011.
There is...
To some people, farming is an idyllic way of life, but producers face some unique stressors that can impact their well-being.
“There are so many unknowns in the farming business,” said Emily Carter, Mississippi State University Extension agent in Sharkey...
A sharper focus on the economic impact of the lower Delta backwater flood of 2019 helps predict the implications of continued flooding this year.
Mississippi State University Extension Service researchers compiled data on the overlooked costs of the backwater flood...
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” When asked this question in my younger years, my response was never “a farmer.” Not because I didn’t want to be one, but back in the day, not many...
This work traces the struggles of five generations of Olivers from the late 1800s to the present in the Mississippi Delta.
In the 1870s, James Samuel Oliver arrived in the Mississippi Delta by swimming across the Mississippi River—with a fresh...
All of Mississippi’s 2019 cotton crop has emerged, but it’s off to a slow start.
Of approximately 700,000 acres of cotton planted statewide this year, 57% is rated fair or worse by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as of July...
U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-MS, has asked President Donald Trump to approve use of temporary pumps in the Yazoo Backwater Area to begin removing floodwaters that have contaminated the region for months on end.
In a letter sent June 13...
Cotton Planting Described As Mixed Bag In 2019.
• By Carroll Smith,
Editor •
This year’s planting season has been a mixed bag with Mother Nature taking the reins in producing unusual weather in some areas of the Cotton Belt. Other parts...
“I’m just a cotton pickin’ Coast girl with a camera and a pen.”
I didn’t grow up around cotton and didn’t know what a boll of cotton looked like until I was 18 years of age in 1978, as...
