MADISON, Wisconsin, May 29 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: A map showing the percentage of abandoned farmland within a 36-square-kilometer area. Most of the more than 30 million acres of cultivated land abandoned between 1986 and 2018 is concentrated in the Great Plains and the Mississippi River valley. Farmland is often a battleground in the fight against climate change. Solar panels and energy crops are pitted against food production, while well-inte  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, May 30 -- The Mississippi State Auditor issued the following news release on May 29, 2024: Today State Auditor Shad White announced that Brittney Phillips, a former clerk at the Rankin County Tax Collector's Office, has pleaded guilty to embezzlement. Phillips was arrested in November of 2023. Phillips is guilty of embezzling cash from the Rankin County Tax Collector's Office by not registering car tags and taking the cash payments. Phillips was served with a $36,583.47 d  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, May 30 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: Two Mississippi State University faculty members are serving on national boards that provide insight and advice to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and Congress. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack recently reappointed Mark Lawrence, professor in the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine, to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education and Economics Adviso  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 30 -- The Oceantic Network, formerly the Business Network for Offshore Wind, issued the following news release on May 29, 2024: Oceantic Network today announced three winners of its 2024 Rising Star Student Scholarship, which supports college-bound high school seniors who have demonstrated impeccable academic achievement and a keen interest in pursuing a career in offshore wind and ocean renewable energy. The 2024 scholarship winners hail from Mississippi, New Jersey, a  more