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

JACKSON, Miss. — Forty-four farms in Mississippi exploited local Black workers by paying higher wages to immigrants who were in the United States on temporary work visas, the U.S. Labor Department ...

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

Forty-four farms in Mississippi exploited local Black workers by paying higher wages to immigrants who were in the United States on temporary work visas, the U.S. Labor Department said Wednesday. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—As many Americans transition to work from home, farmers don’t have the option to log on remotely. At Mississippi State University, life on the farm marches on amid the COVID-19 ...

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, ...

FILE - Young cotton plants cover acres on a farm in Bolton, Miss., July 13, 2018. The U.S. Labor Department announced Wednesday, June 28, 2023, that it had completed an investigation that found 44 ...

JACKSON, Miss.JACKSON, Miss. — Forty-four farms in Mississippi exploited local Black workers by paying higher wages to immigrants who were in the United States on temporary work visas, the U.S. Labor ...