Mississippi Landmarks Volume 14, Number 1
volume 14, number 1 RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION VICE PRESIDENT’S Mississippi LandMarks is published quarterly by the Division of Agriculture, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi State University. More Mississippians are living away from the farm than PRESIDENT in any other time in the state’s Mark E. Keenum history. As our population VICE PRESIDENT becomes more urban, we Gregory A. Bohach often hear that people are disconnected from agriculture DIRECTOR, MSU EXTENSION SERVICE and, therefore, do not value it as Gary B. Jackson they once did. In response, we humbly submit these facts: We DEAN, COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES all eat food, wear clothes, live in homes constructed with forest DEAN, COLLEGE OF FOREST RESOURCES products, and use some sort of transportation. Everyone in DIRECTOR, FOREST AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER the world depends on agriculture for some aspect of daily life, DIRECTOR, MISSISSIPPI AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY and we are thankful for the Mississippi producers who work to EXPERIMENT STATION provide our food, fiber, and fuel. George M. Hopper We also are proud to play our part in helping those producers DEAN, COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE leverage the latest scientific discoveries to help them remain Kent H. Hoblet efficient, sustainable, and profitable. Preliminary estimates for the 2017 crops indicate agriculture continues to contribute more than Mississippi LandMarks is produced by the $7 billion to the state’s economy. Several commodities saw gains Office of Agricultural Communications. over 2016, including poultry, soybean, and cotton. EXECUTIVE EDITOR Part of our work with producers includes the annual Row Elizabeth Gregory North Crops Short Course, which took place in December at The Mill in Starkville.
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