STARKVILLE, Miss. (WJTV) – Harvest for two of Mississippi’s most significant row crops is well underway, with soybeans and cotton both ahead of schedule. As of October 6, 2024, the U.S ...

"We're concerned for farmers." Farmers devastated as severe weather threatens key crops: 'This is a difficult year' first ...

Hussein Gharakhani and Xin Zhang, both assistant professors in Mississippi State’s Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, are working to develop a robot that can harvest cotton. (Photo ...

Hurricane Devastates Cotton Crops Just Before Harvest 400,000 to 800,000 Bales Could Be Lost Cotton seed modules during a harvest at a farm in Bronwood, Ga., in 2022.

The moment he was “old enough to carry a sack”, Jordan joined his family in the fields - planting, tending to, and picking cotton. And because harvest time for cotton is between September and ...

Taylor County cotton farmers are glad to turn the page on 2024 — if for no other reason than in the hopes of a better harvest in 2025. So how did last year’s cotton crop fare? “Not good ...

Water levels in the Lower Mississippi River have dipped unusually low for a third year in a row, restricting how much grain can be transported downstream as harvest season gets underway.If levels ...