Contact: Allison Matthews

VERONA, Miss.—91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ University is ringing true all across the state. Pictured left to right at 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ’s North Mississippi Research and Extension Center in Verona are Sen. Chad McMahan; Associate Director of the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Forest and Wildlife Research Center and Interim Head of the Verona center Reuben Moore; Facilities Manager Tracy Brown; 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ President Mark E. Keenum; Dean, Director and Professor George Hopper; and Director of 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ Extension Gary Jackson.

Brown recently built the large cowbell for the North Mississippi Research and Extension Center, which exists to serve the needs of agriculture in northeastern Mississippi. It is part of 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ’s Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine.

Researchers, educators and agents conduct programs in agronomy, horticulture, animal science and family life at the center and its experiment stations and units.

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