Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Branch Experiment Station

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08/14/2026

Contact: Vanessa Beeson STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi’s leading sweet potato producers and the state’s leading sweet potato researchers celebrated the official state vegetable Thursday [Aug. 13] with Mississippi State University’s annual Sweet Potato Field Day. MSU Extension Sweet Potato Spe...

We had an outstanding day at our Sweetpotato Field day yesterday! Thank you to everyone that came out to check out all t...
08/14/2026

We had an outstanding day at our Sweetpotato Field day yesterday! Thank you to everyone that came out to check out all the exciting things we have happening in the sweetpotato research world at Mississippi State! Thank you to all of our presenters for your interesting research you presented on!
Special thanks to all of our sponsors for helping make this field day possible! Lastly, a BIG thank you to the Pontotoc Branch staff for maintaining and keeping the Pontotoc Station a well organized facility and always in the most pristine condition possible every day of the year!

08/12/2026

Check out Dr. Harvey's tips to help you grow the best sweetpotato crop possible!

Our 2026 Sweetpotato Field Day is just one week away! We hope you are able to join us on Thursday August 13th for a fun ...
08/06/2026

Our 2026 Sweetpotato Field Day is just one week away! We hope you are able to join us on Thursday August 13th for a fun filled day with numerous sweetpotato research updates, demonstrations and lunch!

08/03/2026

Check out this short clip about sweetpotato transplanting that Dr. Harvey (MSU Extension Sweetpotato Specialist) and the MSU TV Center put together this year.

Stay tuned: if we can get the right shots, we will be putting a similar clip together explaining the harvest process.

Mark your calendars to join us for the 2026 Sweetpotato Field Day on Thursday August 13th, hosted by the Pontotoc Ridge-...
07/08/2026

Mark your calendars to join us for the 2026 Sweetpotato Field Day on Thursday August 13th, hosted by the Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Branch Experiment Station! Registration begins at 8 a.m. and after a brief welcome and introduction at 8:30 a.m. the wagons will leave out for the field tour. We will be showcasing several research trials throughout the station, along with several informative presentations and advanced technology demonstrations! As always we will wrap up the days activities with a delicious BBQ lunch! For more info please call the office at 662-489-4621.

06/12/2026

Rushing to get our research plots in before the rain!

It was an honor to have USDA undersecretary for marketing and regulatory programs Dudley Hoskins stop by to visit the st...
05/15/2026

It was an honor to have USDA undersecretary for marketing and regulatory programs Dudley Hoskins stop by to visit the station this week! We enjoyed giving him a tour of our facilities and showcasing some of our research and resources that allow us to provide the necessary tools and resources to better serve the sweetpotato industry and Mississippi agriculture!

We did something today on the station that none of us can recall ever being done before on station....transplanting swee...
04/24/2026

We did something today on the station that none of us can recall ever being done before on station....transplanting sweetpotatoes in the field in April! Yep thats right, we cut and planted several rows of our G1 Beauregard sweetpoato slips from our virus free plant stock out of the greenhouse! If all goes well, these rows should be ready for harvest close to our sweetpotato field day this year. Stay tuned to see how these early planted sweetpotatoes adapt to some wet conditions and cooler temperatures in the week ahead!

We can't complain about the beautiful weather on this Monday morning spent under an old oak shade tree along Highway 15 ...
03/30/2026

We can't complain about the beautiful weather on this Monday morning spent under an old oak shade tree along Highway 15 in North MS, especially for the end of March, as we planted our MSU dryland corn hybrid trial along with a Becks Seed corn variety trial on the station.

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8320 Highway 15 S
Pontotoc, MS
38863

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 8am - 1pm
Sunday 1pm - 10pm

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