by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
Mississippi area farmers with waste agricultural pesticides are invited to take part in a waste pesticide disposal event to be held on Tuesday, December 8 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will be held in the parking lot of the former Tal Port building located at 2003...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
On October 16, 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the long awaited Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Yazoo Backwater pumps project. The SEIS does not reexamine the alternatives presented in the 2007 Final Environmental...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation President Mike McCormick recently testified before the Mississippi Senate Highways & Transportation Committee. McCormick was invited to present on behalf of Mississippi’s farmers, ranchers and rural communities in an effort...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
Mississippians are being encouraged to submit comments to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Yazoo Backwater Pumps Project. The public will have the opportunity to submit comments on the statement...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
For farmers, ranchers and rural Mississippians, weathering storms is a way of life. Storms bring high winds and heavy rains that destroy row after row of crops or cause floods to cover the precious soil needed to continue their way of life. Farmers are accustomed to...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation members typically gather in Jackson in December for an annual convention to celebrate the organization’s accomplishments for the year and conduct business for the future. This year, due to COVID-19, members were forced to conduct...