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MSU Extension agents, locations aid storm response

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Extension Matters Volume 12 Number 1

Logging with Integrity

To be a good logger, you’ve got to love the land.

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MSU Extension sets 2 waste pesticide drop-offs

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Extension for Real Life

3 More Kitchen Tools for a Healthy Lifestyle

Healthy meals coming up. No expensive equipment needed!

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Extension for Real Life

Tips for Composting

Do you want to start composting? Are you confused about how to get started or how to maintain the pile?

Tall standing pine trees are viewed looking up into their tops.

Forest carbon credits for state landowners

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Southern Gardening

Daffodils are reliable sign of end of winter

Upcoming Events

Workshop
Seed Starting Workshop
February 16, 2026 | 5:30 –7:30pm
Field Day
Central MS Producer Advisory Council (CMREC PAC)
February 17, 2026 | 8am –2:30pm
Meeting
Central Mississippi Producer Advisory Council Meeting
February 17, 2026 | 9am –2pm
Webinar
How to Successfully Apply for a USDA RD Home Loan
February 17, 2026 | 10 –11am

Latest News

Feature Story
MSU Extension agents, locations aid storm response
Extension for Real Life
How to Grow Seeds in an Egg Carton
Extension for Real Life
Tips for Composting
Extension for Real Life
3 More Kitchen Tools for a Healthy Lifestyle
Southern Gardening
Daffodils are reliable sign of end of winter
Feature Story
MSU Extension sets 2 waste pesticide drop-offs

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

Educational Events