Mississippi is the poorest state in the nation, and it ranks nearly last in K-12 school spending and per-pupil funding. Years ago, the state’s reading scores reflected those challenges.

Instead of looking down on the Gulf South, they’re seeing it as a model. Mississippi went from being ranked the second-worst state in 2013 for fourth-grade reading to 21st in 2022.

A June 30 report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated national cotton acreage would be 10.1 million acres, down 10% compared to last year. Cotton acres in Texas, the nation’s leading ...

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In addition to excessive rainfall, polluting gases also promote drought in other areas, further complicating agriculture and ...

U.S. Farm Report and AgDay is hitting the fields to check on cotton harvest progress and yields with the 2023 Cotton Harvest Tour this year, which is sponsored by Deltapine®.

That percentage doesn’t tell the complete story, however. While farmers in the West and southeast Texas have endured weeks of ...

In America's hottest city, Black residents die by suicide at twice the national average. Cultivating the land might be their ...

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