This article is the final installment in a three-part series on the relationships between pesticides and row crops, farmers and beekeepers, and factors influencing honeybee health. This story features MSU beekeeping specialist Dr. Jeff Harris and a discussion of Varroa mites and Varroa Sensitive Hygienic bees.
This article is the second installment in a three-part series on the relationships between pesticides and row crops, farmers and beekeepers, and factors influencing honeybee health. This story focuses on the Mississippi Honey Bee Stewardship Program.
This article is the first installment in a three-part series with Mississippi State scientists on the relationships between pesticides and row crops, farmers and beekeepers, and factors influencing honeybee health.
Mississippi State University Extension Service agent Shelaine Pennington and MSU Extension health specialist Dr. David Buys discuss Pennington's skin cancer scare and tips for lifestyle changes for Skin Cancer Awareness Month.
Healthy aging includes addressing mental health concerns, such as depression. Mississippi State University professor Dr. Joe Wilmoth and MSU Extension Service agent Romona Edge offer tips for helping older adults.
Fire ants can cause serious allergic reactions in some children and pets who share play areas with the pests.
This story introduces a program that applies the tried-and-true Extension Service method of teaching and learning to forestry. The goal is to encourage landowners to invest in higher-quality seedlings when replanting.
Gardeners know what not to do when pruning crape myrtles, but the frequent reminders against crape murder can leave some gardeners wondering if it's possible to prune these plants at all.
Farmers markets are excellent sales outlets for growers who want a direct market to consumers who want locally grown produce.
Farmers markets are a growing business in many small and large communities. But what drives them? This story looks at what they offer that consumers feel is valuable enough to warrant their time, money and extra effort.
Farmers markets present obvious benefits for both customers and growers, but the operations also provide an avenue for rural and urban community development.
Proper storage can help reduce infestations of stored-food pests, which commonly occur in grain products such as flour and cereal.
Mississippi State University is collecting data to support the production of a crop that is new to the state -- sesame. Existing grower information is limited, but interest in the crop is growing.
This story looks at ways Mississippi State University researchers are using unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, in agricultural applications. It also looks at the research and production potential of these craft.
Article outlines many of the potential roles drones can play in university research, and the advantages they can offer in speed, cost and data collection.
Back to school article dealing with the topic of over-scheduled kids and how to manage the activities that truly are priorities.
MSU experts say communication and supervision are essential to help children learn to safely navigate the Internet.
Many children get sick when the school year starts up, and germs may be lurking in an unexpected place: the lunch box. Mississippi State University Extension experts offer tips on keeping lunches and lunchboxes safe and clean.
This story uses reader-friendly language to summarize a finding being presented May 19, 2014 at a scientific conference.
The Mississippi State University Extension Service has assessment teams visiting farms to report damage to the Board of Animal Health and the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. The Winston County teams near Louisville witnessed significant property losses, including residences, barns, poultry houses, equipment, fences, poultry and animals.
The Mississippi State University Extension Service is providing staff and materials for two American Red Cross shelters -- one in Louisville and one in Tupelo, Mississippi -- as a result of the April 28 tornadoes.
The value of soybeans in Mississippi expanded $1 billion in six years, largely through the efforts of the Extension Service to make farmers better managers. The story takes a historic look at this significant row crop.
Mississippi State University Extension Service is not slowing down or avoiding modern technology as it approaches its 100th birthday on May 8.
When every extra expense makes a difference in profitability, farmers often wonder which management decisions are worth the extra cost. Mississippi State University researchers studied rice seed treatments for effectiveness in managing crop pests.
Honeybee health continues to be a serious concern for beekeepers, fruit and vegetable growers, almond producers, and researchers. As the debate about pesticide use continues, Mississippi farmers and beekeepers, along with other stakeholders, have developed a voluntary program of cooperative standards called the Mississippi Honey Bee Stewardship Program.
Mississippi has the dubious honor of having more documented glyphosate-resistant weed species than any other state. Mississippi State University scientists are leading the charge in the fight against glyphosate-resistant Italian ryegrass with a research-based plan of attack.
Mississippi State University researchers and Extension Service professionals are addressing the complex challenges of preserving the state’s water supply through several studies and outreach initiatives.
Mississippi State University scientists are working to find out why some pregnancies are successful and others are not. They are studying the reproductive stage that remains one of the most mysterious -- the time just before conception.
A partnership with the Memphis Zoo brought a colony of threatened toads from the Colorado Rockies to Mississippi State University. Researchers there joined the ranks of those trying to learn how to get the animals to breed in captivity. They had no success until they simulated hibernation in the refrigerator.
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