Mississippi agriculture’s post its second-highest result on record

Mississippi soybean growers harvested 2.15 million acres of soybeans this year despite almost the entire state being in various levels of drought.

MISSISSIPPI (WCBI) – Mississippi agriculture’s production value fell 10.3% in 2023 but still posted its second-highest result on record at $8.8 billion. The state’s forestry industry took its usual place as its third most valuable agricultural product at $1.5 billion. Soybeans were the most produced of many Mississippi-grown row crops, holding steady in second place. At $1.6 billion, its production…