A Pearl River County man is accused of selling his employer's cattle and pocketing the profit. 39-year-old Mark Inman Jr. turned himself in Monday to the Pearl River County jail on two warrants for felony false pretense. He has since…
The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce will manage a $1,606,446 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to support the seafood industry through the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block…
The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce will begin accepting applications for its Wild Hog Control Program beginning July 26. The application period will close on Monday, August 9. All Mississippi counties are eligible for the application period. Wild hogs…
The 161st Mississippi State Fair will run in October, but it will look a little different because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson said the fair will run Oct. 7-18. The agricultural event featuring Mississippi’s…
Governor Reeves touched on the important role agriculture is playing during the coronavirus outbreak. Today, he was joined by Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson and Extra Table Chairman Robert St. John. They spoke about the impact the coronavirus has had on…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists working at the Port of Gulfport made two first-in-Mississippi pest discoveries in fruit shipments during the month of March. The first discovery was identified as a Cholus sp…