ROY HOWARD COMMUNITY JOURNALISM CENTER- Mississippi’s blueberry farms are shrinking and fewer farmers are entering the field.

Mississippi farmers are set to receive new federal support under a U.S. Department of Agriculture program aimed at helping ...

As Mississippi’s blueberry industry faces a steep decline, one Poplarville farm is finding new ways to keep the state fruit ...

WHEN IT COMES TO FEEDING AMERICA. >> HEAVY ROUNDS OF RAIN CAN QUICKLY TURN ACRES OF LAND ON FARMS AND MAKING MISSISSIPPI INTO MUD. >> WE’RE DEALING WITH A LOT OF RAINFALL OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. I ...

Soybeans have been in the headlines a lot this year. Between a trade war with China, rising costs for farming equipment and ...

In the early 1930s, Mississippi had over 300,000 farmers, the most ever recorded for the state in federal census records. The last survey, from 2017, listed just around 55,000. In the 1930s, the ...

LUMBERTON—Farmers in southeast Mississippi are facing rising production costs, making it harder to stay profitable. With crop prices fluctuating and economic uncertainty ahead, many are searching for ...

A national Black farmers' group with members in Mississippi recently announced plans to opt out of a major new federal aid program. Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association president Thomas ...

Mississippi’s farmers and their brethren across the fruited plain are in a mighty struggle to survive. So says Mississippi Delta planter Mike Sturdivant Jr., one to believe. Sturdivant’s family owns ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Mississippi farmers said they’re facing some of the toughest economic pressures in decades. High costs, low crop prices and the continues fallout from tariffs are leaving many ...

The costs of farm production, like supplies and labor, have increased dramatically in recent years while international market forces have driven prices down, leaving farmers facing losses after ...