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January 21, 2025 - Filed Under: Agriculture, Catfish, Corn, Cotton, Soybeans, Apiculture: Honey Bee Health, Goats and Sheep, Poultry, Small Animals, Specialty Crop Production, Forestry

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Growers in south Mississippi recently shared their research and programming needs with Mississippi State University’s agricultural specialists, and producers in the state’s central and northern areas will soon have their turn.

The MSU Extension Service and Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station will host Producer Advisory Council meetings at three of their research and Extension centers across the state.

Collie dog stands in the snow.
January 17, 2025 - Filed Under: Animal Health, Small Animals, Family, Pets

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Remembering the “four P’s” of freeze safety -- people, pets, plants and pipes -- is an adage heard constantly this time of year, but doing so will be even more critical than normal during the week of Jan. 20-24 as temperatures are projected to dip below freezing and stay there for several days in Mississippi.

Caring for pets in prolonged cold weather will not involve many adjustments for owners of indoor pets, but protecting outside pets and livestock in these conditions requires extra attention.