Centennial Celebration News
Getting Involved: YF&R Program Builds Farm Bureau’s Future Leaders
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation designed the Young Farmers & Ranchers program to develop young people into the leaders that will someday guide the 100-year-old organization. “There is no future without these guys,” MFBF President Mike McCormick says. “We’ve got...
Rewarding Future Leaders: Farm Bureau Sponsored Contests Teach Students about Agriculture
The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation State Women’s Leadership Program is actively seeking submissions for their 2022 Essay Contest and Poster Contest. The program sponsors both contests each year to educate students about the importance of agriculture. The Essay...
Save the Date: Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation to Celebrate 100 Years
The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation will celebrate 100 years with grandiose events throughout 2022. Mark your calendar to attend each of the following celebrations: Summer Celebration – July 21 to 26 – Biloxi Annual Convention – Dec. 2 to 5 – Jackson Livestock Show...
Remembering Our Past: Annual Conventions Hold Same Purpose Today
A group of Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation members gathered at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson for an annual convention in the 1940s. Since its formation, MFBF has held an annual convention every year so that members can conduct business. Those meetings are where...
‘Well done, good and faithful servant’: Bolivar County Farm Bureau Member Leaves Lasting Impact
Merriam-Webster defines legacy as something transmitted by or received from an ancestor. But to John and Anne Henry of Bolivar County, legacy means so much more than that after losing a special member of their family. It is the impact a person has on the people and...
Half a Century of Membership: Lincoln County Farm Bureau Celebrates Longest-Serving Member
Mark Twain once said, “Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Sam Laird, an active Lincoln County Farm Bureau member of more than 53 years, is a testament to that fact. Born and raised on a farm in Lincoln County, Laird...
MDAC Accepting Applications for Specialty Crop Block Grant
Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce is accepting applications for the Specialty Crop Block Grant-H.R. 133 Stimulus Funding. This additional funding has been provided due to COVID-19 impacts to the food system. USDA encourages projects that respond to...
Legislative Update: Mississippi Legislature Adjourns
The 2022 Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature adjourned sine die on Tuesday, April 5. In the third year of the current four-year term, members extended the Legislative Session by several days to complete the necessary tasks and responsibilities. Tuesday was...
Legislative Update: 2022 Legislative Session Extended
With the previously scheduled adjournment date of the 2022 Regular Session set for April 4, earlier this week the Legislature extended that timeline by postponing Sine Die adjournment until April 6 via House Concurrent Resolution 89. However, on Friday, with...
MFBF PAC Board Visits Washington Ag Policy Leaders
On March 15-17, members of the MFBF F.A.R.M. fund PAC Governing Committee traveled to Washington, D.C., to participate in a series of meetings and visits with agriculture policy makers. PAC Governing Committee members who attended the trip were: Dan Bishop (Lee...
Legislative Recap: House, Senate Still Working on Income Tax Legislation
We are approaching the final days of the 2022 Regular Legislative Session. This week included a March 21 deadline for each chamber to concur or not concur on amendments from the opposite chamber for general bills and constitutional amendments, along with a March 25...
Farm Facts: Mississippi Over the Past Century
Rural life and Mississippi agriculture have experienced many changes from the early 1920s to today.
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