STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Growers in south Mississippi recently shared their research and programming needs with Mississippi State University’s agricultural specialists, and producers in the state’s central and northern areas will soon have their turn.

The MSU Extension Service and Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station will host Producer Advisory Council meetings at three of their research and Extension centers across the state.

PAC meetings present opportunities for growers to meet with MSU commodity experts and share ideas for research and educational projects.

The Central Mississippi Research and Extension Center will host producers on Feb. 18 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the McKenzie Arena, located at 1200 Seven Springs Road in Raymond. To register online, visit http://msuext.ms/centralpac25. For disability accommodation or to register by phone, contact Rebecca Leigh at 601-857-2284 or r.leigh@msstate.edu.

Producers in northern Mississippi will gather on Feb. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the North Mississippi Research and Extension Center. The meeting will be at the center’s Magnolia Building, located at 5395 Highway 145 South in Verona. To register, visit http://msuext.ms/northpac25. For disability accommodation or registration by phone, contact Paige Kirk at 662-566-2201 or paige.kirk@msstate.edu.

The meetings will begin with general sessions before breaking off into several commodity groups. Some of the groups are agronomic crops, apiculture, aquaculture, beef, dairy, equine, forestry and wildlife, goats and sheep, horticulture, poultry, sweet potatoes and swine.

Online registration for the meetings is encouraged, but on-site registration for each meeting will be available beginning at 8 a.m. Each meeting includes a free catered lunch.