by Alex Lowery | Jun 15, 2021 | News
Most educators will agree the fastest way to engage students is to give them opportunities for hands-on learning, and what better way to incorporate hands-on learning than with agriculture. To encourage educators to implement agriculture lessons in their classrooms,...
by Alex Lowery | Jun 11, 2021 | News
Advocating farmer-written policy at local, state and national levels is what makes Farm Bureau unique. The grassroots driven organization strives to provide a unified voice for Mississippi agriculture to elected officials from the United States Capitol to the local...
by MFBF Staff | Jun 8, 2021 | News
The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation 2021 Summer Commodity Conference will be held July 21-22 in Jackson. On July 21, MFBF President Mike McCormick will host a reception for all conference participants at 5:30 p.m. at the MFBF building, located at 6311 Ridgewood...
by Alex Lowery | Jun 7, 2021 | News
Mississippi south Delta farmers and residents are one-step closer to releasing the breath they have been holding for a long time. In January, former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the blessing of the proposed Yazoo...
by MFBF Staff | Jun 4, 2021 | News
Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3), co-chair of the House Chicken Caucus, and Congressman John Rose (TN-6)—along with U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Roger Wicker (R-MS), co-chairs of the Senate Chicken Caucus—led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to the U.S....
by MFBF Staff | May 28, 2021 | News
The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation recently obtained a statewide depredation permit for black vultures from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The MFBF statewide depredation permit provides livestock producers with the opportunity to apply for a...
