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Beekeeper removing honeycomb from beehive.
June 26, 2025

RAYMOND, Miss. -- A Mississippi State University expert says he has no evidence that Africanized honey bees are established in Mississippi contrary to reports from Mississippi media outlets June 26.

A fly has red eyes and a dark body.
May 15, 2025

In response to the continued expansion of screwworm flies into southern Mexico, the U.S. suspended live animal imports from Mexico on May 11, 2025, halting imports of feeder cattle from Mexico.

Brown bat flying at night.
May 8, 2025

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Mississippi’s first confirmed rabies case in a decade is a reminder that proper vaccination of domestic animals is helpful in preventing infection.

Success Stories

A group of men and women standing in front of a barn and alongside three horses.
Volume 11 Number 1

Horse riding for children. Horse riding for veterans. Horse riding for special needs and behavioral health.

A smiling man standing in front of a green tractor.
Volume 11 Number 1

Fenton Pope looked around his native Covington County a quarter-century ago and saw what he believed was an alarming amount of farmland out of production.

Six people, including two women, three girls, and one boy, wearing maroon polo shirts and smiling at the camera.
Volume 10 Number 2

She knew she wanted to teach even when she was just a kid, but Dr. Molly Nicodemus also realized pretty quickly that she wanted to teach older students at the college level. Now an associate professor in the Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences at Mississippi State University, Nicodemus has embraced a new teaching role with adolescents and teens as a volunteer leader for the Winston County 4-H Horse Club.