Veteran Turned Farmer Finds Success On The Levee

By Ginger Rowsey

Delta Farm Press

Five years ago, Lt. Col. Michael Harlow was making retirement plans. He wasn’t sure what he wanted to do when his distinguished military career concluded, but he was certain of one thing — he wanted to return to the Mississippi Delta. 

“There’s no place like the Delta,” said Harlow, whose assignments have taken him around the world. “I was raised in Greenville and Grenada, Miss., and always knew I wanted to come home someday.” 

But what to do when he got there? A fellow officer made an offhanded suggestion that Harlow get in the cattle business. So, he did. 

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