by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced a new cooperative agreement with Mississippi in support of efforts to implement the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule, which establishes science-based minimum standards for the safe...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
Mississippi agricultural producers can now apply for funding to offset losses experienced in 2017 from hurricanes and wildfires. Funds will be distributed by USDA’s Farm Service Agency through the new 2017 Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program or 2017 WHIP,...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
The United States House and Senate farm bill conferees met for the first public farm bill conference meeting today. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway opened and agreed it is imperative that the...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
Negotiators from the United States House and Senate have been working diligently over the last several weeks to come to final agreements on as many as nine of the 12 FY2019 appropriations bills, with both the House and Senate formally naming conferees this week on the...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, along with numerous South Mississippi farmers, crop consultants, and other industry professionals, filed a request to the regional office of the Risk Management Agency (RMA) to adjust the crop insurance final plant dates for...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
The Federal Communications Commission adopted and released an order granting the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation’s request to participate in the FCC Mobility Fund Phase II challenge process. In February 2018, the FCC released a map showing areas across the United...
