Ag Practice Custom Rate Survey
A very useful document that we have produced periodically over the years in MSU Agricultural Economics and MSU Extension is the Custom Rate Survey. This document allows for producers and landowners to view custom rate costs for specific practices such as tillage, planting, baling, harvesting and others across the state. However, in order to produce this publication, we need help surveying producers to gain insight into the costs they either charge for custom services or that are incurred by producers for a specific practice that someone did for them. The more quality responses that are given will help with the accuracy of the information that is placed in the next publication. If a producer is not sure of a cost, they can skip that particular section and fill in the ones that they know.
Thanks for your help with this important publication, and if anyone has any questions about the current publication or the survey, feel free to contact Dr. Steve Martin or Dr. Brian Mills.
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Mississippi’s 2 million-plus acre soybean crop is mostly planted and looks to be in good shape early on, with the only lingering acres yet to be planted.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated that the crop was 86% planted as of May 19, 2024, and 13% in excellent condition and 62% in good condition. The crop is typically close to three-fourths planted by this time of the year.
RAYMOND, Miss. -- Beef cattle prices are the best they have been in nearly a decade for Mississippi’s producers, but they face some tough management challenges to ensure their operations are profitable.
One of summertime’s treats in the South is the prevalence of farmers markets, community social events that allow shoppers to leave with a variety of fresh, local fruits, vegetables and other goods.
Success Stories
Cruising into Madison County, you see a cultivated urban landscape full of brick edifices and manicured lawns spring up around you. Your cell phone announces your turnoff, and you comply, turning onto an older road that soon turns to gravel.
Susie Harmon laughs when she relates her granddaughter’s observation of her favorite pastime.
A Smithsonian Institution exhibit about rural communities continues its journey in public libraries across Mississippi.
