Approximately 500,000 acres of corn were harvested statewide in 2018, including from these Northeast Mississippi rows in Noxubee County.
Lonnie Fortner was the first row-crop producer in southwest Mississippi to use many of the same precision ag technologies that are now commonplace.
Lonnie Fortner and his wife, Karen, rely on the Mississippi State University Extension Service to help them improve the profitability of their farm, Bayou Pierre Farms.
During his tenure as an engineer at Boeing, Ottis Bullock helped build machines that went into the air and to the moon, but he always had an interest in the trees that grew from the ground where he came of age.
Ottis Bullock, Marion County timber producer, uses Mississippi State University Extension Service education to enhance his growing operation.
After working all day, Deidra Rollins knew the last thing she wanted to do was spend every evening and weekend at the ball field. But she wanted something she and her daughter, Tory, could do together. So she stopped by the local Mississippi State University Extension Service office.
Deidra Rollins volunteers with 4-H, the youth development program delivered by the Mississippi State University Extension Service.
Kay Little has always loved maps. As a child, she would spend hours studying an atlas with her father, who drove a truck.
So it was no surprise to her parents when, in the late 1980s, she announced she was going to work toward a college degree in drafting technology to learn how to run software capable of making maps.
Kay Little, the GIS administrator for Madison County, and a coworker examine a map of Madison County, Mississippi.
Ashantis Wigley is forging her future college and career path at Humphreys County High School by sharpening her discipline, drive, and patience through the Mississippi State University 4-H Youth Development program.
Ashantis Wigley shows off some of the ribbons she won in state 4-H competitions.
When retired teacher Billy Tigrett retired for the second time from Walmart, he gave some thought to living off his retirement, social security, and 401K.
He didn’t think about it long.
Billy Tigrett’s old, rusting, light blue Ford truck sits in the grass on his Prentiss County farm as the sun beams.
It’s that time of year again for shopping, eating, delivery trucks and poinsettias. Yep—it’s the Christmas season. (Photo by Gary Bachman)
Deer hunters know all too well the power of a deer’s sense of smell, or more technically speaking, its olfactory system. A change of wind direction can give deer just a whiff of human scent and send them running and send a hunter back to the truck empty handed.
