Centennial Celebration News

This is a typical day on this ranch a few miles outside of Collins, bright day, few hundred cattle to move, two cattlemen on horseback, and their trusty farm dog right by their side. This may not be Boone’s farm, but he thinks it is and knows his job without a doubt....

It was never in Covington County’s V.O. Campbell’s nature not to take a step forward, to lead when just a few would or only one would. From his own farm to his county to his state, Campbell wanted to do what was right. “When you talking farmers and V.O., this was his...

August 27th, Mississippi lost a hero, a patriot, a statesman, a steward. Mac Huddleston grew up on his grandparents’ farm in Holmes County, attended Mississippi State University and joined the ROTC to pay for college. He graduated with a degree in accounting. A month...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee (FVIAC) will hold a virtual meeting on March 4-5, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET each day. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is organizing the...

On Tuesday, January 9, 2024, Governor Tate Reeves was sworn in as Mississippi’s 65th Governor on the steps of the Mississippi State Capitol. Multiple statewide officials, state legislators, and supporters were present when Mississippi Chief Justice Mike Randolph...

Delbert Hosemann promised a policy-packed four years focusing on issues ranging from healthcare to education to infrastructure during his swearing-in ceremony on Thursday, January 4. Hosemann won the general election in fall 2023 to secure a second term with more than...

On January 2, 2024 and the first day of the new year’s Legislative Session, the Mississippi House of Representatives elected Jason White as the state’s 62nd Speaker of the House. In a unanimous vote, 122 members showed their support for the incoming Speaker. Speaker...

The 2024 Mississippi Legislative Session is officially underway. On Tuesday, January 2nd, the state legislature gaveled in to begin their first session in a new term. Despite multiple bomb threats and evacuations of the Capitol building, the legislature still was able...

The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee is excited to offer eleven competitive scholarships for college agriculture students for the 2024-2025 academic year. This year, the scholarship deadline has been moved to May 1, 2024, and...

The 2024 Mississippi Farm Bureau® Federation Young Farmers & Ranchers (YF&R) Leadership Conference will be held February 16-18, 2024, at The Peabody Hotel in Memphis. We cordially invite all Mississippi young farmers and ranchers and their spouses to attend...

Labor.AFBF H2A letter to Congress.AFBFLTR.12.15.23.FINAL As the largest general farm organization in the United States, we humbly urge immediate congressional action to provide short-term wage relief to our hardworking farm families. Specifically, the American Farm...

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation marked the end of 2023 by gather membership in central Mississippi for the organization’s 101st state convention December 2nd-4th. Delegates, representing 178,000 member families, elected MFBF’s 2024 Board of Directors. MFBF...