A new irrigation system on Dee River Ranch utilizes Internet "cloud" communications to control and monitor up to 15 center pivots, providing water tailored to crop needs and weather conditions.

Corn yield potential has been reduced in Mississippi the past couple of years because of “serious environmental limitations,” says Erick Larson, associate Extension and research professor of plant and soil sciences at Mississippi State University

As hearings and discussions resume on crafting the 2012 farm bill, the threat of $30 billion to $35 billion being chopped out of agricultural programs hangs over the negotiations.

George Steinbrenner, owner of the New York Yankees baseball team, died in 2010. Had he died in 2009 or 2011, his family might not have been able to continue its ownership of the team because of estate taxes.

The 31st Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference will be held June 13-16 at the Imperial Palace Resort and Spa at Biloxi, Miss. A June 14 session on “Biomass and Biofuels Production” will be of particular interest to landowners, timber producers, and the general public interested in gaining a better knowledge of how renewable biomass production fits into the production of bioenergy and biofuels.

It may not make the Hit Parade, but “The Cogongrass Blues,” a ditty by The Blues Rangers band, mirrors the woes of landowners in southern states who’ve seen their pastures, forest lands, and wildlife/recreational areas gobbled up by a weed that many liken to an invasion of aliens in a sci-fi movie.

Overall, commodity prices are still well below the 2008 peak, says Dale Cougot, senior economist for the National