by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | Centennial Celebration|News
DeSoto County farmer and charter Farm Bureau member, D.E. Wilson, was elected the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation’s third president in November 1931. Wilson took over leadership in one of the toughest times in Mississippi Farm Bureau history – the Great Depression....
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | Centennial Celebration|News
George Howard Alford was elected the second president of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation in September 1929. Alford, a Pike County native, attended Mississippi State College and served as the first extension agent in Pike County after graduation. Alford later...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | Centennial Celebration|News
To honor the influential men who have led Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation over the last century, the organization will launch a past presidents’ series of videos, stories and photos throughout November. Stay-tuned to meet the forward-thinking farmers who led...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | Centennial Celebration|News
The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation will celebrate 100 years with grandiose events throughout 2022. Mark your calendar to attend each of the following celebrations: Summer Celebration – July 21 to 26 – Biloxi Annual Convention – Dec. 2 to 5 – Jackson Livestock Show...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | Centennial Celebration|News
A group of Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation members gathered at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson for an annual convention in the 1940s. Since its formation, MFBF has held an annual convention every year so that members can conduct business. Those meetings are where...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | Centennial Celebration|News
Merriam-Webster defines legacy as something transmitted by or received from an ancestor. But to John and Anne Henry of Bolivar County, legacy means so much more than that after losing a special member of their family. It is the impact a person has on the people and...
