by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | Centennial Celebration|News
Early in his career, Brad White, the 2022 Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Friend of Ag Award recipient, had the opportunity to connect with some of the greats in Mississippi’s political history. “In 1991, Mr. Ray Laden was good friends with Kirk Fordice,” White...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
Mississippi area farmers with waste agricultural pesticides are invited to take part in two waste pesticide disposal events. The first will be held on Tuesday, November 29 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the parking lot of the former Fred’s building located at 1098 Martin...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
On November 5, 2022, the Mississippi Board of Animal Health (MBAH) and the United States Department of Agriculture announced that poultry from a commercial broiler breeder chicken flock in Lawrence County tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)....
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | Centennial Celebration|News
The Knight family has owned their family farm in east Rankin County for nearly 150 years. There are still signs of its original use…dairy cattle. Now, though, the milking barn is long retired and is home to several horses. Former Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | Centennial Celebration|News
In 1972, an up-and-coming rancher heard Hugh Arant, Sr. talk about agriculture in Mississippi and the special role Farm Bureau members played as the voice of agriculture. It was in that moment David Waide knew his life would take an interesting path. “He was the one...
