Business News for the Mississippi Delta

Entergy’s Delta Blues Power Station   

Greenville entity will be a major game changer  The $1.2-billion Delta Blues Advanced Power Station under construction in Greenville is one of the largest single economic development projects ever undertaken in the region and the largest energy infrastructure investment Entergy Mississippi has made in the Delta. The Delta Blues Advanced Power Station also ranks as […]

Advantages of the Nutrient Excess Value Program   

Helping farmers unlock and utilize hidden deductions   Today’s farmer still battles the whims of Mother Nature to plow, plant and harvest a crop. and there has always been the challenge of the commodity market and trying to do more with less, as input costs keep skyrocketing. The agricultural economy continues to be tested even […]

Word Named New Director at Port of Greenville 

Effective January 1, Richard Word was named the new Director of the Greenville Port after a unanimous vote by its’ Board of Commissioners. Word replaces longtime director, Tommy Hart, who stepped down from the position at the end of 2025 after many years of service.  Word comes to the new position having spent the past […]

Planters Holding Company Merges With BSJ Bancshares, Inc. 

Planters Holding Company, Inc., the holding company for Planters Bank and Trust Company, recently announced the successful completion of its merger with Saint Joseph, Louisiana based BSJ Bancshares, Inc. (“BSJ Bancshares”), the holding company for Cross Keys Bank, effective January 1. Customers of Cross Keys Bank will continue to be served through their existing branches, websites, […]