by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | Centennial Celebration|News
A typical day for the 2022 Young Farmers & Ranchers Excellence in Agriculture winner, Alex Deason, sees him moving from field to field…putting in moisture censors here, consulting with farmers on crops there. All to find that goal of getting the best out of each...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | Centennial Celebration|News
For anyone who loves sweet corn, this should be music to your ears…it sure is for the Garner family in Adams County. This is their first go at sweet corn in their operation of 5,500 acres of corn, soybeans and cattle. Logan Garner, the eldest Garner child, gives her...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | Centennial Celebration|News
For Lowndes County Extension Agent Reid Nevins, education and agriculture go hand-in-hand. Growing up on a hog farm, Nevins learned at an early age the ups and downs of farming. He takes all these life lessons with him in his own operation and in Extension. “I just...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | Centennial Celebration|News
With her husband, Dan, Tange James, the 2022 Farm Woman of the Year, grows produce, on their land halfway between Calhoun City and Grenada. It’s been in the family for nearly 60 years. To say Tange pictured herself here growing up would be an understatement. Tange:...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | Centennial Celebration|News
Jana Everett, the MFBF 2022 Teacher of the Year Jana Everett works as an elementary school teacher at Henderson Ward Steward Elementary in Starkville. Everett was selected due to her efforts to engage her second grade students while integrating agriculture into the...
