Too Much Rain in Central Mississippi

Cody Parker: “You know, you just about want to cry.” All Central Mississippi row crop farmer Cody Parker could do was watch as torrential rains continued to pelt his corn, soy beans and cotton. Parker stood by as the water rose across his fifteen hundred acres within...

EPA, Army Corps Holds Public Hearing on Yazoo Backwater Pumps

The Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers hosted a public hearing about the Yazoo Backwater Pumps Project earlier this month. “It does demonstrate our interest and commitment in proceeding to find the right solution here, the right approach to...