House passes Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act

Mississippi’s rural residents are one step closer to having better access to high speed internet after Mississippi lawmakers pushed forward with a measure that would allow the state’s electric cooperatives to offer the service. On Tuesday, Speaker of the House Philip...

Mississippi Legislative session begins with appointments

The 2019 Mississippi Legislative session kicked off this week with business, appointing members to new leadership positions within the Legislature. Senate President Pro Tempore Terry C. Burton of Newton resigned. He will be replaced by Sen. Gray Tollison of Oxford for...

MFBF hosting YF&R Leadership Conference in Memphis

As young farmers and ranchers across Mississippi manage their operations it’s important for them to gather periodically to exchange ideas, learn how one commodity affects another, and discover they are not alone in their pursuit to feed the world. That is why...

Mississippi Representatives cosign SBA letter

Mississippi’s United States Representatives Trent Kelly, Bennie Thompson, Gregg Harper and Stephen Palazzo recently signed a letter addressed to United States Small Business Administrator Linda McMahon asking for the Small Business Administration to...