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Still top dog: agriculture is still Mississippi's biggest business.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 29-JUN-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Still top dog: agriculture is still Mississippi's biggest business.(Focus)

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Any discussion about big business in Mississippi has to start with agriculture. It is the top industry in the state, ringing at $6.3 billion. The state's 41,700 farms cover 11 million acres, and nearly one in every three Mississippi workers is employed in the agriculture sector.

The last few years have not been kind to farmers. Caught in the squeeze of soft market prices and high input costs, row croppers and meat producers alike have struggled to stay out of the red.

"The last five years have been a tough a stretch as farmers have ever faced," said Andy Prosser, director of marketing development at the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

There is seemingly nowhere to go but...

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