by Alex Lowery | Nov 24, 2019 | News
Advocating for agriculture is important, especially when it comes to sharing the industry’s message with elected officials and federal agencies. That is why more than 140 Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation members and staff recently traveled to Washington, D.C. to...
by Alex Lowery | Nov 8, 2019 | News
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation recently hosted American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall and United States Department of Agriculture Under Secretary Greg Ibach for several meetings. While in Mississippi, Duvall and Ibach participated in a Mississippi...
by Alex Lowery | Oct 30, 2019 | Mental Health News, News
The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation encourages farmers and rural residents to utilize state’s mental health resources. For the last several years, farmers have faced flooding, lower commodity prices, trade tariffs, and many other unforeseen challenges, making it...
by Alex Lowery | Oct 21, 2019 | News
More than 36 percent of farmers in the United States are women, according to the United States Department of Agriculture’s 2017 Census of Agriculture, making it ever more important for women in the agriculture industry to learn to lead. With this statistic in mind,...
by Alex Lowery | Oct 15, 2019 | News
Members of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation State Board of Directors recently traveled to Louisiana to spend time learning about agriculture practices different from their own and to fellowship. “It’s important for our board to gather and learn about other...
