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

One Poplarville farm is turning Mississippi blueberries into teas, baked goods and more to fight industry decline and build a future for local growers.

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 new ...

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

With the planned expansion in Laurel, the poultry facility’s processing capacity is projected to grow from 800,000 to 1.1 ...

A South African teenage farm worker who suffocated to death after falling into a grain storage bin would still be alive had a Mississippi soybean farm followed federal workplace safety standards, ...

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 ...

Mississippi State University opened the nation's first and only interdisciplinary research center targeted at improving on-farm efficiency and precision. The Agricultural Autonomy Institute aims to ...

Teamwork and continuous improvement are the threads that weave together the Jack family and Silent Shade Planting Company. Playing to their strengths earned the Belzoni, Miss., farm, led by CEO Jeremy ...

The suit said the farming company employed white South African workers under the H-2A visa. The US workers allege they were being paid $7.25-$9 an hour while foreign workers were paid $11.83. Black ...

MISSISSIPPI MARIJUANA: Good Day Farm is producing flower, like this package, at its cultivation facility in Mississippi. (Photo courtesy of Good Day Farm) After years of wrangling, medical marijuana ...

Dave Singletary's grassy plot of land off Highway 49 in Florence, owned by his family for more than a century, was once home to pigs and cows. Now the 63-year-old former gubernatorial candidate has a ...