Centennial Celebration News

County Farm Bureau board members recently gathered at The Sheraton Refuge in Jackson to attend a County Board Advocacy Training in an effort to begin 2023 strong. After celebrating 100 years of faith, family and Farm Bureau in 2022, the training was designed to...

Prentiss County Farm Bureau recently celebrated a century of agriculture in northeast Mississippi with members and friends from around the community. Future farmers and those who’ve made their living for many years in agriculture were excited to attend the...

Each year, the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation brings members, legislators, statewide-elected officials and agricultural industry leaders together under one roof for a legislative reception. This effort is made so Farm Bureau members’ voices can be heard as...

In 1978, Paul Harvey delivered his famous speech, “So God Made a Farmer.” Coincidentally, the very same year of that famous speech, my grandfather and father fulfilled a lifelong dream and established McNair Farms, a beef cattle operation and row crop farm, in...

When I meet people who don’t know me, I’m often asked what I do for a living. Most of the time, I tell them I’m in the relationship business. Usually people give me a funny look, and then I have to explain in real terms what I actually do. Looking back on my almost...

Many Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation members dread turning 35 years old, but not for the reasons you might think. This milestone birthday marks their last year to participate in the Young Farmers & Ranchers program. In the past, this meant their place to serve...

For hundreds of Mississippi 4-H and FFA students, exhibiting their livestock at the Dixie National Livestock Show is the culmination of months, if not years, of hard work. And, that hard work pays off for those who earn a spot in the coveted Sale of Junior Champions,...

Cody Parker: “You know, you just about want to cry.” All Central Mississippi row crop farmer Cody Parker could do was watch as torrential rains continued to pelt his corn, soy beans and cotton. Parker stood by as the water rose across his fifteen hundred acres within...

The Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers hosted a public hearing about the Yazoo Backwater Pumps Project earlier this month. “It does demonstrate our interest and commitment in proceeding to find the right solution here, the right approach to...