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Article: Mississippi agriculture tour focuses on farming techniques for sweet potatoes.
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- July 18, 2004
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By Jennifer Farish, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jul. 18--ALGOMA, Miss. -- Sweet potatoes were among the focal points Thursday during a tour demonstrating farming research and techniques.
Sweet potato crops in the United States tend to "ebb and flow," but sweet potato acreage has stayed fairly steady in Mississippi, said Mike Williams, an entomologist with Mississippi State University.
"Mississippi is the third largest sweet potato producer in the country, with about 15,000 acres of sweet potatoes," Williams said.
More than 40 farmers were on hand for the tour, which also ...