Mississippi Sweet Potato Council

10/18/2025

10/15/2025

Don’t forget about registering for the 2026 Annual Sweet Potato Convention.

07/03/2025

With Gov. Tate Reeves’s signature of Senate Bill 2383 - the sweet potato will be the official state vegetable of Mississippi!

The small town Vardaman, Mississippi is dubbed the “Sweet Potato Capitol of the World”, producing around $82 million for the state according to Mississippi State University.

“Farmers in Mississippi work hard to produce the safest, most nutritious and affordable sweet potatoes out there,” said Lorin Harvey, sweet potato scientist and assistant agronomy professor. “I’m always glad to see them get any recognition for producing such an important vegetable in our state.">>> https://www.wlox.com/2025/04/17/sweet-potato-become-state-vegetable-july-1/

06/18/2025

Plates are in go see your county tag place now if you pre- ordered. Thank you for your patience and support of our industry. This has been a long time coming thank you again for your support.

06/09/2025

Mississippi Sweetpotato license plates are available to the first 300 applicants on June 16th and can be picked up at your county office.

They are available to the public on July 16th.

04/08/2025

Did you hear the news? The sweet potato has been recognized as Mississippi's Official State Vegetable. Our research is designed to help sweet potato growers produce even more of the delectable tubers!

02/25/2025

Go Anna! Thank you for representing us.

Tate County sweet potato farmer Anna Rhinewalt is preparing to testify before the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Wednesday morning at 9:30 central time. You can watch the committee proceedingsgs here:
https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/hearings/perspectives-from-the-field-farmer-and-rancher-views-on-the-agricultural-economy-part-2

02/13/2025

Sign up for Basic GAP training today it’s almost here.

02/09/2025

Everyone is invited. Calhoun County will host a Wildlife Tasting Buffet & Expo on Monday, February 10th, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. The event will be held at the Multi-Purpose Building in Pittsboro. All wildlife dishes need to be at the Multi-Purpose Building before 6:00 p.m. and accompanied by the recipe if you plan to have them judged. The categories will be:
-Fin
-Feather
-Fur
-Deer
-Wild Hog
Program Speaker🎤🗣 is Dr. Jerome Goddard, MSU Extension Entomologist.
The program will be "Insects Affecting People in the Outdoors".
Admission will be free of charge if bring a wildlife dish, $2.00 if bring a side dish/dessert, and $5.00 if bring no dish.

For more information please call the Calhoun County Extension Office 662-412-3177