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A crate of sweet potatoes sit in the foreground with many other crates in the background along with a digger and loading equipment.
November 5, 2024

RAYMOND, Miss. -- Despite another year of dry, hot conditions during the growing season, Mississippi’s sweet potato crop looks excellent overall as producers head into the final weeks of harvest. Lorin Harvey, sweet potato specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, said 85% of the crop has been harvested as of Oct. 30. He has been surprised by the yields that many producers are seeing.

Harvested peanuts rest on the vine in the field after harvest.
November 4, 2024

RAYMOND, Miss. -- Mississippi’s peanut producers are close to wrapping up harvest for 2024. Producers planted 25,500 acres of peanuts, a 30% increase from last year. This year, growers returned between 4,000 and 5,000 acres to peanut production.

Cotton harvester
October 29, 2024

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Agricultural producers and consultants are encouraged to register for the annual Mississippi State University Row Crop Short Course.

Success Stories

Volume 10 Number 3

For J. W. “Bill” McKie (pronounced Mackey), working for the Mississippi State University Extension Service was more than just a job—solving agricultural problems for Mississippians was McKie’s calling.

Three women standing in front of a maroon and white Mississippi State University banner.
Volume 10 Number 3

More than 80 grade-school students from Choctaw Tribal Schools visited Mississippi State University in March to participate in Choctaw Preview Day.

A Black man wearing a baseball hat and smiling, standing holding a pecan treebranch.
Volume 10 Number 3

Many Clay Countians know Art Sanders as the man who brought an abandoned pecan orchard back to life.

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