Are you finding it harder to make ends meet? Many people are having to adjust their spending with rising prices on everything from groceries to gasoline. But even as prices rise, most families can find a little room in their budgets by taking a close look at where their money goes each month.
April is Financial Literacy Month. What better time to take a good look at your budget? Photo by Adobe Stock/RomanR
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Row crop growers in Mississippi expect to plant more corn in 2025 than they did last year, but not as much cotton or as many soybeans.
The National Agricultural Statistics Service, a unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, released its annual prospective plantings report March 31. Surveys are conducted with farm operators nationwide during the first two weeks of March each year to collect data on which row crops they plan to plant and how many acres.
When it comes to taking care of your lawn and garden, there is plenty of advice passed down through generations. While it may seem like sound information, it may not be true.
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Horse riding for children. Horse riding for veterans. Horse riding for special needs and behavioral health.
Equine-Assisted Services, delivered by the Mississippi State University Extension Service, are now housed at the Mississippi Horse Park in Starkville. From left are Olivia Holden of Southaven, a senior interdisciplinary studies major; Hannah Leflore of Brandon, a junior wildlife, fisheries, and aquaculture major; Amy Knight, an MSU communication instructor and mom of Cameron Knight, therapeutic riding participant; Narsis Whigham, Extension agricultural technician; Lori Irvin, Equine-Assisted Services coordinator; and Abby McBride of Ashland, a senior biochemistry major.
Have you ever considered growing your own food, raising chickens, or building a stockpile of preserved goods in your pantry?
Start your own backyard garden and orchard by following these steps.
GULFPORT, Miss. -- Every day at Gaston Point Head Start Center starts the same as teachers and staff strive to prepare each child for excellence in school.
The day at each Mississippi State University Extension Head Start center begins long before the first child arrives as classrooms are prepared for the day. Activities are set up, lesson plans finalized and hall decorations checked to make sure there is a warm, welcoming space for children and families.
I recently came across a remarkable papaya plant thriving since 2014 inside a greenhouse, and it has now grown into a productive tree.
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Entering this spring, beekeepers will be tasked with rebounding from the worst winter in over a decade for winter bee mortality.
A nonprofit organization, called Project Apis m., surveyed more than 700 U.S. commercial beekeepers and found they lost 62% of their colonies between July 2024 and February of this year.
We’re going to talk about something no one likes talking about – growing older. Aging gracefully isn’t just about adding years to your life, it’s also about adding life to your years!
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Fruit production requires considerable effort, and some fruits require much more care than others -- facts specialists with the Mississippi State University Extension Service keep in mind as they provide research and information support to the industry.
MSU has ongoing blueberry research at the South Mississippi Branch Experiment Station in Poplarville and the Beaumont Horticultural Unit, and muscadine research at Beaumont and the McNeill Research Unit. MSU also has trials and research on blackberries, wine grapes, elderberries, passion fruit and strawberries.
