Prices for nearly every major U.S. crop are below what it costs to grow them. But a drop in rice prices means another blow to farmers in Mississippi’s agricultural belt.

WWF’s Next California project shows how the Mississippi Delta could diversify U.S. agriculture and boost specialty crop production.

The Mississippi Delta and areas west of Jackson were hit particularly hard by Winter Storm Fern. Photos from Monday, Jan. 26 show the area gripped in ice.

Ralph Eubanks' book "When It’s Darkness on the Delta" is a personal meditation on the region's complex issues. The book questions whether blues tourism is a new economic foundation or a form of ...