Although Farm Bureau members did not get to gather for a County Awards and Recognition Dinner at the end of 2020 like they have in years past, the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation still recognized an outstanding county from each region. These counties were selected based on their accomplishments in all program areas of Farm Bureau, including stars of excellence, raffle ticket quota, 2020 quota, Farm Families of Mississippi sponsorship and safety merit. Grenada County Farm Bureau was selected from those eight counties to receive the MFBF President’s Award for the most outstanding county in the state.
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- MFBF Vice President Donald Gant (right) presents DeSoto County Farm Bureau President Tommy Swindoll and Secretary Leigh Ann Johnson with the Region 1 Outstanding County Award.
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- Region 2 Regional Manager Will Gibson (left) presents members of the Calhoun County Farm Bureau Board of Directors and Secretary Rita Leachman with the Region 2 Outstanding County Award.
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- MFBF Vice President Donald Gant (left) presents members of the Grenada County Farm Bureau Board of Directors and Secretary Jo Ann Harris with the Region 3 Outstanding County Award and the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation President’s Award.
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- MFBF Vice President Donald Gant (left) presents members of the Monroe County Farm Bureau Board of Directors and Secretary Rita Sargent with the Region 4 Outstanding County Award.
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- Region 5 Regional Manager Kevin Brown (right) and MFBF Vice President Ted Kendall (left) present Rankin County Farm Bureau President Brian Rhodes and Secretary Michelle Howard with the Region 5 Outstanding County Award.
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- MFBF Vice President Louis Breaux (second from right) presents members of the Jefferson Davis County Farm Bureau Board of Directors and Secretary Nevelene Cole with the Region 6 Outstanding County Award.
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- MFBF Vice President Louis Breaux (second from right) presents members of the Walthall County Farm Bureau Board of Directors and Secretary Samantha Dixon with the Region 7 Outstanding County Award.
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- MFBF Vice President Louis Breaux (third from left) presents members of the Jackson County Farm Bureau Board of Directors and Secretary Lisa Taylor with the Region 8 Outstanding County Award.
In addition to the regional Outstanding County Awards, MFBF awarded several other counties who excelled this year. Those awards and county winners are as follows:
- Mike Blankenship Outstanding County Safety Awards – Grenada County (North), Humphreys County (Central), Clark County (South)
- Gary Chittom Membership Awards – Benton County (Counties with less than 1,750 members), Washington County (Counties with more than 1,750 members)
- K. Simpson Memorial Award – Washington County
- Rising Star Award – Grenada County
- Excellence Awards – Jackson County (Public Relations and Agriculture Promotion), Jackson County (Leadership Development), Rankin County (Policy Development and Advocacy)