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Pumpkins carve niche as cash flow for Magnolia state farmers.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 27-OCT-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Pumpkins carve niche as cash flow for Magnolia state farmers.(Mississippi Agribusiness)

Article Excerpt
Pumpkins do not grab the headlines as a significant crop, but they fill a niche for many Mississippi farmers who need to supplement cash flow.

"It's best to spread your effort out with several different enterprises because your farm is a business, after all," said pumpkin producer Clay Meeks of Tippah County, who also grows soybeans and strawberries and raises cattle. "It helps to have money coming in at different times of the year."

Meeks operates Pumpkin Patch Farms in Blue Mountain and is advertising...

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