by MFBF Staff | Aug 5, 2020 | News
Governor Tate Reeves announced launch of the ReSkill Mississippi initiative (ReSkillMS) to help ease the economic burden and uncertainty this pandemic has created for our state’s workforce. Mississippians who lost their jobs or had severe cutbacks and went on...
by MFBF Staff | Aug 5, 2020 | News
MFBF Extension and Ag Research Award Application 2020 Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) is pleased to announce the second annual awards recognizing one Mississippi Land Grant University Agricultural Researcher and one Mississippi Extension Agent whose work has...
by MFBF Staff | Aug 4, 2020 | News
The Mississippi State University Extension Service and USDA/ARS have jointly created the National Center for Alluvial Aquifer Research (NCAAR). In doing so, they have developed a new way for farmers and consultants to learn about different soil moisture monitoring...
by MFBF Staff | Jul 28, 2020 | News
Executive Director Sally Doty announced today that the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff has awarded over $66 million in grants to fifteen electric cooperatives and four broadband providers to unserved and underserved households and businesses in rural Mississippi....
by MFBF Staff | Jul 23, 2020 | News
The U.S. Department of Agriculture – Farm Service Agency has started making payments through the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program – Plus (WHIP+) to agricultural producers who suffered eligible losses because of drought or excess moisture in 2018 and 2019....
by MFBF Staff | Jul 14, 2020 | News
CARES Act ReConnect Funding to Connect 878 Rural Households to High-Speed Broadband WASHINGTON, July 14, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $16 million to provide broadband...
