by Alex Lowery | Oct 23, 2018 | News
When you travel toward Southwest Mississippi, hills roll into flatland that eventually meet the Mississippi River. Pine trees are grown by the thousands of acres, while row crop and cattle farmers are scattered throughout the land between. In the midst of this part of...
by Alex Lowery | Oct 17, 2018 | News
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation and Mississippi State University will host a Cattle Production Cost Management workshop on December 12 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the MFBF Building in Jackson. The workshop is designed to provide ranchers, livestock producers and other...
by Alex Lowery | Oct 12, 2018 | News
The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation recently submitted a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on behalf of all dairy farmers in Mississippi. The docket provided the FDA with comments regarding its proposal on modernizing the standards of identity and...
by Alex Lowery | Oct 10, 2018 | News
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation President Mike McCormick today shared with Congress several examples of how private landowners partner effectively with state agencies to recover and conserve wildlife. McCormick, a cow/calf and timber farmer, spoke to the Senate...
by Alex Lowery | Oct 8, 2018 | News
For Immediate Release Jackson, MS (October 8, 2018) – Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation President Mike McCormick will testify Wednesday before the United State Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. The focus of his testimony will center on ways private...
by Alex Lowery | Oct 5, 2018 | News
Five members of the Mississippi delegation in Washington D.C. recently wrote a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on behalf of Mississippi farmers. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, Sen. Roger Wicker, Rep. Gregg Harper, Rep. Steven Palazzo and Rep. Trent Kelly...
