Mississippi

According to data released by ERS earlier this week, food insecurity varies greatly across the nation.  ERS said there are a list of reasons for the difference, including household-level characteristics, State-level characteristics, and State-level policies.  The est...

Earlier this week, USDA Economic Research Service released data showing food insecurity rates across the U.S. The estimated prevalence of food insecurity between 2018–2020 nationwide was 10.7%. Food-insecure households are defined as those that had difficulty at some time during the year providing enough food for all their members because of a lack of resources. The ...

The farming community is trying to address some of the supply chain issues with technological advances. Riley Buss of CHS Inc. said sensors and data are a major part of their supply chain network. "We leverage barges on the Mississippi River to take grain all the way down to Louisiana to enter into the global market.  We ...

The push to improve agriculture transportation infrastructure and access continues nationwide. The American Farm Bureau Federation's Dale Moore said these improvements are vital. He pointed to the aging locks on the Mississippi River system, for example ...

Senate Ag Committee Chair Pat Roberts took part in a discussion on the Senate floor this week about the replenishment of the Commodity Credit Corporation. The Kansas Republican pointed out that failure to do so would not only hurt already-struggling farmers, ranchers, and growers, it would jeopardize the implementation of the 2018 Farm Bill programs ...

Household food insecurity, or the number of American households that do not have enough food, improved last year. According to the USDA, 2019 numbers have returned to pre-2007 recession numbers. "The 2019 food insecurity rate was 10.5% of all US households and that's down from 2018 when 11 ...

USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program has been helpful to producers in states like Mississippi. "Our boxes contain sweet potatoes from Ponotoc, MS,  from Fury Eagles and NW Farms, chicken nuggets from Cook Foods in Morton, MS, ham and smoked sausage from Poke’s Meat in McGee, MS, and  Cook chicken strips from southern New Hands in Mosell MS," noted Andy Mercier from local partner

Last week, Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi introduced Senate Bill 3842, called the Rural Infrastructure Advancement Act. Wicker authored legislation that would establish a Rural Assistance Pilot Program to help rural communities and localities better utilize and leverage existing Department of Transportation funding and financing opportunities ...

Senate Ag Committee Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer led a group of fellow Democrats in releasing a report on the Trump Administration’s trade policies.  The Report says the administration’s agricultural trade aid program “is picking winners and losers in their attempt to aid farmers affected by President Trump’s turbulent trade agenda.”   The Democrats, whi.

A delegation of elected officials from Mississippi is seeking a federal disaster declaration for the state. Mississippi, much like other states near major U.S. rivers, is experiencing record flooding. In a letter to the Trump administration, the state’s lawmakers reported 43 of the state’s 82 counties have been affected by flooding this spring. The state ...