By Bonnie Coblentz MSU Extension Service

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On Mon, 06/29/2020 - 10:24 AM

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Knowing that many Mississippians share a love for home-grown tomatoes, two Mississippi State University Extension Service agents designed programs just for them.

Easy home tank mix aids tomato gardens

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On Fri, 06/19/2020 - 10:34 AM

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Successful Mississippi gardens are filling up with beautiful tomatoes, but unless gardeners stay alert and act, these plants can succumb to summer insect pests and diseases.

Credit card fraud rises in national crisis times

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On Tue, 06/09/2020 - 04:01 PM

Adding insult to injury, attempts at fraud always increase during times of crisis, a reality many Mississippians are experiencing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Credit card fraud rises in national crisis times

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On Mon, 06/08/2020 - 10:39 AM

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Adding insult to injury, attempts at fraud always increase during times of crisis, a reality many Mississippians are experiencing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Survey of 2019 MS backwater flood helps reveal 2020 losses

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On Thu, 05/21/2020 - 11:49 AM

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- A sharper focus on the economic impact of the lower Delta backwater flood of 2019 helps predict the implications of continued flooding this year.

State row crop planting delayed by wet weather

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On Mon, 04/27/2020 - 10:30 AM

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Wet weather that won’t let up has resulted in a very slow start to Mississippi row crop planting, and time is running out for corn.

Pandemic creates challenges in marking major milestones

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On Mon, 04/27/2020 - 09:43 AM

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Starkville High School senior Christian Leach has photographic proof of the day he sat in his front yard and signed to run track for Mississippi College this fall.

Stinging caterpillars are active in the state

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On Wed, 04/22/2020 - 11:21 AM

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Mississippi does not have to deal with plagues of locusts like those ravaging other parts of the world, but it does have to contend with a stinging caterpillar that is on the increase this spring.

Stinging caterpillars are active in the state

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On Tue, 04/21/2020 - 03:17 PM

State’s poultry industry hurt by Easter tornadoes

By By Bonnie Coblentz MSU Extension Service, READ MORE > 486 Reads
On Tue, 04/14/2020 - 09:10 AM

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Tornadoes and damaging storms that swept through the state Easter Sunday afternoon and evening, killing 11 Mississippians also caused devastating losses to growers in the poultry industry.

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