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Officials break ground on massive agricultural market complex in Rankin County

AG Commissioner Andy Gipson announces new partnership with JSU

The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Jackson State University announced a new partnership to promote not only the school but the community as well.

Ag Commissioner: 2 bills could prevent State Fair, Dixie National Rodeo from being on fairgrounds if passed

Hattiesburg fertility doctor weighs in on potential Mississippi IVF legislation

Project set to enhance Mississippi's food security to break ground in March

The latest economic development project coming to Mississippi was announced by Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson on Thursday. The Genuine Mississippi Agricultural Market Complex will be located in Brandon and is set to include a food supply, storage, and distribution hub. Gipson announced an initiative called the Mississippi Strategic Agriculture Facilities...

Report: 12.5 million trees died during Mississippi's drought

Mississippi’s trees paid the price for the drought the state endured in 2023. A preliminary report from the Mississippi Forestry Commission indicates that roughly 12.5 million trees died in a 13 million-acre circumference during the hot, dry conditions that ran from the summer months into the fall. The issue even...

Hosemann mulling gubernatorial run? Lawmaker not surprised

With one gubernatorial cycle just ending in Mississippi, another one is already shaping up with Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann expressing interest in climbing one step up on the state’s political ladder. Hosemann, a popular Republican who cruised to a second term in his current role, confirmed to Mississippi Today earlier...

As agriculture has evolved in Mississippi, the state is losing its 'middle class' of farmers | News

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.

Mississippi is losing its 'middle class' of farmers

Mississippi went from having over 300,000 farmers in the 1930s just around 55,000 in 2017. How the "middle class" of farmers has been lost.

Agriculture evolution is killing off the 'middle class' of farmers in Mississippi

“There’s a lot more vulnerability for those farmers when there’s a bad year, so it makes it harder to stay in the game.”