Centennial Celebration News

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...

The 2023 Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature has completed one third of its scheduled 90-day session. Two major deadlines came and went this past week. Tuesday, January 31, was the deadline for House of Representatives and Senate committees to report...

The Mississippi Legislature had extensive committee meetings and hearings this week in both chambers. Each day, nearly 20 committees met to discuss bills that had been referred for consideration. Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives will continue to...

Monday, January 16, was the deadline for general bills and constitutional amendments to be introduced in this 2023 Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature. The next major deadline is Tuesday, January 31, when committees are required to report general bills and...

At the end of 2022, 33 Mississippi counties became eligible for the United States Department of Agriculture Livestock Forage Program (USDA-LFP) due to experiencing at least eight weeks of a D2 drought level. LFP provides payments to eligible livestock owners and...

Como farmer Sledge Taylor began his operation in 1974 after graduating from Mississippi State University. Today, he is president of the Como Consolidated Gin Company and Buckeye Farms, a diversified operation, growing cotton, cattle, soybeans, corn, wheat, and in most...

After celebrating the centennial anniversary of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation with a trade show, livestock show and concert, members, staff and delegates landed in Puerto Rico at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 104th Annual Meeting, looking for some...

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Collegiate Discussion Meet winner Anna Beth Sullivan, of Simpson County, recently visited with Representative Price Wallace, Senator Chris Caughman and MFBF President Mike McCormick at the Mississippi Capitol. Sullivan was recognized...

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation recently received a Pinnacle Award at the 104th Annual Meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Pinnacle Award is the highest honor a state Farm Bureau can receive from AFBF for program and...