by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
County board members from across Mississippi gathered at the Grand Hotel in Natchez on Wednesday to collaborate and gain knowledge on leading their county Farm Bureaus. Members from the 82 county boards debated numerous key issues affecting Mississippi and American...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced a new cooperative agreement with Mississippi in support of efforts to implement the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule, which establishes science-based minimum standards for the safe...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
Mississippi agricultural producers can now apply for funding to offset losses experienced in 2017 from hurricanes and wildfires. Funds will be distributed by USDA’s Farm Service Agency through the new 2017 Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program or 2017 WHIP,...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
The United States House and Senate farm bill conferees met for the first public farm bill conference meeting today. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway opened and agreed it is imperative that the...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
Negotiators from the United States House and Senate have been working diligently over the last several weeks to come to final agreements on as many as nine of the 12 FY2019 appropriations bills, with both the House and Senate formally naming conferees this week on the...
