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Southern Gardening

Hanging baskets add color to decks, porches

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Weeks-long drought hard on state’s crops

Barnes earns SBA Veteran Small Business honor

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Extension for Real Life

How to ID and Treat Aquatic Weeds

What's That Weed? For the health of your pond, it’s important to understand which types you have and how to manage them.

Extension Matters Volume 12 Number 1

More Active in Mississippi

Mississippi, it’s time to get moving. Let’s increase our physical movement, improve our eating habits, and make ourselves healthier and happier!

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Extension program boosts local tourism leadership

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Extension Outdoors

Woody cover is critical for bobwhite management

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April 20, 2026 | 1am –May 31, 2026 | 11:59pm
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Latest News

Feature Story
Barnes earns SBA Veteran Small Business honor
Feature Story
Extension program boosts local tourism leadership
Extension for Real Life
How to ID and Treat Aquatic Weeds
Southern Gardening
Hanging baskets add color to decks, porches
Feature Story
Weeks-long drought hard on state’s crops
Extension Matter Features
Extension launches Magnolia Moves Activity Challenge on April 20

Extension Matters
Volume 12 Number 1

What our clients are saying about us

Extension is helping our community grow and offer more projects for our children. We need more of this—the children are our future.

Rosemary Williams, Daycare Owner

Extension by the Numbers

82

Mississippi Counties Served
(all of them!)

90,000

Youth Reached Through 4-H

2,025,287

Direct Educational Contacts

123,852

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