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  • An adult reads from a picture book to two young children seated in a classroom reading corner.

    MSU Extension Head Start begins program year

    The start of the new program year marks MSU Extension Head Start’s seventh year of serving families in Harrison County and its second year of expanding services into Hancock County. 

  • An adult female Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, crawling on a person’s skin.

    New invasive tick poses major risk to livestock

    RAYMOND, Miss. -- Scientists at Mississippi State University are on the lookout for a new invasive species of tick, and they want Mississippians to know their help is crucial in detecting the pest.

  • Red flowers with orange centers grow on green foliage.

    Have a garden Campfire with colorful biden series

    Having a campfire may be the last thing on a gardener’s mind during the heat of August, but you may reconsider once you’ve seen the Campfire series of bidens.

  • A speaker stands in front of research plots with a Mississippi State University Extension pickup truck in the background.

    Mississippi soybean, corn crops may set yield records

    Mississippi State University Extension soybean specialist Justin Calhoun anticipates a state record-breaking yield in 2026. Calhoun’s update was one of several shared by specialists and researchers with MSU Extension and the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station during the annual Row Crop Field Day at the MSU R.R. Foil Plant Science Research Center Aug. 17.

  • Portrait of Whitney Crow

    Crow appointed to federal advisory committee

    Whitney Crow, an associate professor in MSU’s Department of Agricultural Science and Plant Protection, is one of 21 new members appointed to the federal advisory committee providing independent policy advice and recommendations to the EPA administrator on these issues. 

  • Portrait of Elizabeth Canales

    Canales: Produce shoppers can still save

    Food inflation delivers a major hit on consumer budgets, particularly for low-income Americans, who are more sensitive to price increases.

  • Clusters of small tomatoes range from green to red.

    Organic vegetable production requires careful management

    Organic produce sells for a premium because of the promise made to consumers about the way it was grown and because making good on that promise is challenging.

  • White MSU Extension Logo on Maroon Banner

    MSU Extension hires entomology specialist

    MISSISSIPPI STATE, Miss. -- The Mississippi State University Extension Service recently welcomed a new entomologist to support producers and professionals who work with turf, forages and ornamentals. 

  • Clusters of small pink flowers cover a bush.

    Lantanas celebrate summer in gardens

    Since it’s much too late to plant for this summer’s landscape, gardeners can take notes on what they see elsewhere and make plans for their own garden next year.

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