This increased yields for both these crops. The major research effort today is on sweet potatoes and is being lead by Dr. Paul Thompson . Seed stock of five sweet potato cultivars, Beauregard, Hermandez, Jewel, Nancy Hall, and O Henry. The sweet potato breeding program is to develop high yielding cultivars with high quality and increase disease and insect resistance. Production research includes improved fertilization to application of precision farming.
Agronomic work involves spatial technology and conservation system research.
The Swine Demonstration Unit produces F1 gilts from a cross of Hampshire boars and Landrace sows in support of the swine industry of Mississippi.