by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | Centennial Celebration|News
This year marks a century of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation. The organization will commemorate this milestone during its 100th Annual Convention from Dec. 2 to 5 at the Sheraton Refuge in Flowood and the Mississippi Trade Mart in Jackson. The event will have...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | Centennial Celebration|News
Jay Slater lives and works in Alcorn County, but it’s not unusual to find him back on his home place every chance he gets. “This is where I grew up. It’s called Slater Flats,” he said. “Four generations have lived here, have lived in this house. You know, cattle...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | Centennial Celebration|News
A typical day for the 2022 Young Farmers & Ranchers Excellence in Agriculture winner, Alex Deason, sees him moving from field to field…putting in moisture censors here, consulting with farmers on crops there. All to find that goal of getting the best out of each...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | Centennial Celebration|News
For anyone who loves sweet corn, this should be music to your ears…it sure is for the Garner family in Adams County. This is their first go at sweet corn in their operation of 5,500 acres of corn, soybeans and cattle. Logan Garner, the eldest Garner child, gives her...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | Centennial Celebration|News
For Lowndes County Extension Agent Reid Nevins, education and agriculture go hand-in-hand. Growing up on a hog farm, Nevins learned at an early age the ups and downs of farming. He takes all these life lessons with him in his own operation and in Extension. “I just...
