by Jon Kalahar | Jun 25, 2020 | News
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation staff has continued working for its members even if we’ve had to endure many changes over the last few months. Face to face meetings and events are now conducted online or canceled outright....
by MFBF Staff | Jun 24, 2020 | News
Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the appointment of thirty-three members to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee (FRRCC). Established in 2008, the FRRCC provides independent policy advice,...
by MFBF Staff | Jun 24, 2020 | News
The Small Business Administration (SBA) issued an interim final rule that incorporates the loan forgiveness changes of the Paycheck Protection Flexibility Act (Flexibility Act). On June 23, the SBA released an interim final rule that updates the First Loan...
by MFBF Staff | Jun 23, 2020 | News
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.V., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., today released the following statements upon introduction of the Accelerating...
by Alex Lowery | Jun 15, 2020 | News
The last year has been tough for many farmers and ranchers across Mississippi, especially those who are young in their farming career. To help provide resources to these young farmers, the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation hosted more than 300 of them at the Beau...
by MFBF Staff | Jun 12, 2020 | News
On Wednesday, June 3, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal issued an order vacating EPA’s pesticide registrations containing the active ingredient dicamba: Xtendimax with Vaporgrip Technology (EPA Reg. No. 524-617); Engenia – (EPA Reg. No. 7969-345); and FeXapan – (EPA...
