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Agricultural workers say Mississippi's future looks bleak if changes are not made
Where is our cotton going ... and that there are not enough resources for young farmers to succeed. "We want to see a young person from Mississippi State to be able to get into this industry ...
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Students of the Game: Mississippi Farm Family Never Stops Learning
farm, led by CEO Jeremy Jack ... and it now spans 11,500 acres in the Mississippi Delta. The family farms cotton, corn, soybeans and rice. In addition to Willard, Laura Lee and Jeremy, the ...
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Sharecropping in Mississippi
The Delta plantation system started in the 19th century when white farmers went ... Slavery and cotton production became synonymous with the Southern economy and Mississippi.
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HOSEMANN: Addressing Mississippi’s agriculture crisis: a call to action for our state
This column was submitted by Mississippi Lieutenant Governor and Vicksburg native Delbert Hosemann. As a state whose roots run deep in the soil, Mississippi’s agriculture isn’t just an industry here – ...
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Mississippi Senate committee hears bleak forecast from state's farming industry
(WLBT) - Agriculture is Mississippi’s largest industry and those farmers are raising a red flag to say they’re struggling to make a profit. Tripp Hayes is a corn, cotton, and soybean farmer ...
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Farmers to receive $286 million through American Relief Act
Farmers in Arkansas will receive $286.2 million in assistance from the American Relief Act, with Mississippi County being the ...