by MFBF Staff | May 13, 2020 | News
The Mississippi Legislature passed legislation to establish two separate grant programs to help small businesses throughout the state, totaling around $300 million, on Wednesday. The first portion of the legislation directs a $2,000 payment to Mississippi businesses...
by Alex Lowery | May 4, 2020 | News
Mississippi is the fourth largest rural state in the country, with more than 51% of its population living in a rural area. Because such a large number of people live in rural areas, the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation believes it is extremely important rural...
by MFBF Staff | May 1, 2020 | News
(AP Photo/Emily Wagster Pettus) Speaker Phillip Gunn and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann made the decision to convene the Mississippi Mississippi Legislature today, Friday, May 1, 2020, to decide whether the legislature or governor have the authority to spend Mississippi’s...
by MFBF Staff | Apr 24, 2020 | News
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced today that a new safer-at-home order will go into effect Monday, April 27 after the previous shelter-in-place order expires at 8 a.m. The safer-at-home order comes after much deliberation between Reeves and State Health Officer...
by MFBF Staff | Apr 24, 2020 | News
A $484 billion COVID-19 relief bill that will replenish the Paycheck Protection Program with an additional $320 billion and make farms eligible for a separate disaster loan program for small businesses was signed into law Friday. The Small Business Administration...
by MFBF Staff | Apr 23, 2020 | News
Despite the travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, the Federal Communication Commission’s Precision Agriculture Task Force has continued its charge of developing recommendations for the FCC via zoom and teleconference. Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation...
