by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
We all recognize the unprecedented year 2020 was for everyone, especially Mississippi’s farmers and ranchers. While all of agriculture felt the impacts of COVID-19, the pandemic affected the livestock industry, in particular, extremely hard. In my position, I work on...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
Farmers know how to read the weather. We all know a spring morning with high humidity, a slight breeze, and warmer temperatures than normal means a storm is coming. During the 2021 Mississippi Legislative Session, the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation took a step...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
As the winner of the 2020 Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers & Ranchers Discussion Meet, Matthew Poe represents the best of young Mississippi farmers. A generational farmer from Pontotoc, Mississippi, Poe’s rich background in the agriculture industry...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | 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 rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | 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 rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | 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...