JACKSON, Mississippi, Nov. 1 -- The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2025: * * * Commissioner Andy Gipson Encourages Mississippians to Support One Another by Supporting Food Banks During Federal Government Shutdown Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson is asking Mississippians to support their local food banks and pantries amid the ongoing federal government shutdown and uncertain future of government a  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Oct. 31 -- Mississippi State University posted the following news: * * * MSU research station harvests tradition, opportunity for sugarcane in Mississippi STARKVILLE, Miss. - Each fall, Research Associate Scott Langlois and his crew harvest a small sugarcane crop growing at the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station's South Mississippi Branch, honoring a 40-year-old agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to sell seed cane to new or current  more