Coastal wetland conservation and restoration projects along the Mississippi Gulf Coast and beyond are running into a distinct challenge: there often aren’t enough locally sourced native plants readily available to complete these efforts.
The Mississippi State University Extension Service is meeting this problem head-on by enlisting plant enthusiasts to grow and sell these marsh plants. The effort is organized as the Native Plant Producer Network, or NPPN, and it was started in 2023.
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Hunters and birders in Mississippi who spot ducks wearing backpacks in the next five years do not need to get their eyes checked.
A new Mississippi State University Extension Service waterfowl study aims to arm landowners with practical habitat management recommendations that will support mallard populations in the Southeast. MSU Extension is teaming with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, or MDWFP, to track the movements and migration patterns of female mallards for the research.
early 100 professionals from across Mississippi met for two days in late October to build Trust-Based Relational Intervention, or TBRI, skills used in their daily work with trauma-exposed children and families. Participants at the Building Bridges Conference work with children and youth who come from hard spaces such as the foster care system.
What are we going to eat? That’s a question I get almost every day – whether it’s breakfast, lunch, dinner, or a snack. If you are looking for a few new options, check out some of the recipes we’ve featured on The Food Factor.
These simple five-minute peanut butter and jelly apple nachos are the perfect treat! Photo by Michaela Parker
If you’re like me and try to have plants blooming in the yard throughout the year, you may value camellias like I do. This time of the year, my camellias brighten my landscape with their beautiful blooms.
Dillon Russell is an Extension Associate working in Dr. Drew Gholson’s irrigation program at the National Center for Alluvial Aquifer Research. Drew and Dillon visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast Studio in Stoneville to discuss the new Mississippi Master Irrigator Certification program. To learn more about the program or to enroll, visit http://extension.msstate.edu/agriculture/crops/master-irrigator
Dr. Damon Darsey, a rural emergency medical physician and the Mississippi Highway Patrol’s medical director visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville again to discuss safety as modern gun whitetail and duck seasons approach. Dr. Darsey stresses checking your equipment, letting people know where you are hunting, and making basic medical needs available in your clothes or packs. They also discuss the importance of communicating with 9-1-1 dispatchers.
Chris Bennett is a journalist for Farm Journal. Chris writes on all things farm related, and during November, that often relates to hunting. Chris is a repeat guest on the Crop Doctors’ Podcast, and he recently sat down with Jason and Tom to tell a story about a stolen set of deer antlers that found their way back to the hunter over a decade after being stolen.
Tucker Miller and Jeff North boast 100 years of experience between them in business as independent cotton consultants in Mississippi. They spent an afternoon with Jason and Tom in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio at Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville to sway tales and share wisdom about the changes and advancements in crop production in Mississippi in their time in the business.
Dr. Carl Bradley is an Extension Plant Pathologist with the University of Kentucky Research and Education Center at Princeton, KY. Carl called into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss fungicide resistance in pathogens that commonly infect soybeans in the South. Carl, Tom, and Jason talk about how fungicide resistance develops, some fungicide chemistries that are particularly susceptible to resistance development, and strategies to manage fungicide resistance in soybean.