Want a light lunch, dinner or side dish? This bruschetta salad might be just what you're looking for!
As a meal or side dish, this bruschetta salad is fantastic!
One of my favorite gardening experiences is seeing plants spontaneously appear in various spots in my home garden and landscape.
I love these plant volunteers, and I let them flourish in unexpected places around my garden. Their surprise appearances make the garden feel alive and ever-changing.
Close your eyes and think back to your childhood.
Mississippi’s state tree, the Southern Magnolia, has become a popular choice in many yards across the state. Known for their beautiful white flowers and ornamental, leathery leaves, Southern Magnolias make the perfect addition to any yard if the conditions are right for the trees to thrive.
We all have a unique story of how we got to where we are today. Sometimes we have planned and mapped out our path and sometimes our paths happen in an unexpected way. Andrea Curran has a love for horses and a unique path that took her from a grade school teacher to a land and ranch real estate business owner. Through creativity and hard work she has combined her love for agriculture and people and built a successful business of her very own. Throughout this episode of TTR, Andrea describes her passion for Mississippi State, how she grew her own real estate business, and her time as a volunteer at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
Closed captioning can be viewed on Taking the Reins-Mississippi State on YouTube.
Young people had the unique opportunity to learn interesting things about the soil, plants that grow in it and animals that feed on top of it at a recent field day.
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Despite encouraging milk prices, margins still project to be tight for Mississippi dairy farmers in 2024.
The latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasted this year’s average all-milk price at $21.60 per hundredweight nationally. Josh Maples, an agricultural economist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, said this is an improvement from last year, but still below 2022 levels, when prices hovered around $25 per hundredweight.
There’s nothing like spending time in the great outdoors! Whether you’re camping or hiking, or even gardening or lounging, it’s important to protect yourself from ticks.
Take precautionary steps to help prevent you from being bitten by a tick (Photo by Adobe Stock)
RAYMOND, Miss. -- Longtime dairy farmers David and Will Gilmer made the tough decision six years ago to get out of the dairy cattle business. The father-and-son team decided to transition their farm to beef cattle. However, the beef cattle business comes with its own stressful challenges.
Wheat harvest was complete across most of the state by late June, wrapping up a crop that was quite small compared to recent years and in fairly average condition.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated wheat harvest was 94% complete by June 23, well ahead of the 5-year average for harvest. Mississippi growers planted just 70,000 acres in 2023, and the crop has averaged 96,000 acres since 2021.
RAYMOND, Miss. -- Heat-related illness is a concern for anyone as summer temperatures rise, but older adults are at greater risk of being negatively impacted. Extreme heat -- when temperatures rise above 90 degrees and combine with high humidity for two or more days -- is even more dangerous and can be deadly.
