Bill protects cattle producers from dealer payment default

Feedstuffs

Bill protects cattle producers from dealer payment default

Legislation ensures that cattle sellers receive payment should a livestock dealer become insolvent. 

Mar 16, 2020

Quick turnaround between the purchase and resale of cattle by a dealer often leaves the rancher who originally...

Army Corps Head: Pumps ‘absolutely essential’

WJTV-TV Jackson

Army Corps Head: Pumps ‘absolutely essential’

Local News

JACKSON, Miss (WJTV)— For years, people in the Mississippi Delta have been asking for some sort of relief from what appears to be annual flooding–right around the planting season.

Now, it seems the solution they wanted...

Cockrell Meets With Hyde-Smith During Plant Tour

Magee News 

Cockrell Meets With Hyde-Smith During Plant Tour

By Patrice Boykin

LCI Manufacturing Plant Manager Marlene Cockrell toured Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith of their facility during a recent visit on Tuesday, February 18, 2020.

LCI Manufacturing is production plant manufactured by employees...

Contract awarded to build helicopters at Columbus plant 

WTVA-TV Tupelo

Contract awarded to build helicopters at Columbus plant 

By Melvin Carlock 

COLUMBUS, Miss. (WTVA) -- The U. S. Army awarded a contract to purchase helicopters built in Columbus.

Sen. Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith announced the $122.6 million contact for Airbus Helicopter.

Th...

Officials Outline Details of Upcoming Railroad Overpass

Pine Belt News

Officials Outline Details of Upcoming Railroad Overpass
 
By Haskel Burns

Against the backdrop of a stationary Canadian National train, Mayor Toby Barker – along with other city, county and state officials – laid out the plan for a $5.39 grant that will help build an overpass over...