Centennial Celebration News
Lafayette County Farm Bureau Celebrates 100 Years
Lafayette County Farm Bureau celebrated its 100th anniversary by hosting a drive thru cookout for over 300 in the community, including area first responders. Lafayette County was the first county farm bureau to be chartered in Mississippi in 1920. Due to COVID, the...
New Advocacy Opportunities: F.A.R.M. fund PAC Opens Doors for Farm Bureau
In January 2020, the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation launched a federal Political Action Committee, or PAC, after 93% of MFBF delegates voted in favor of its establishment at the 2019 Annual Convention Business Session. The MFBF Furthering Agriculture for Rural...
Protecting Private Property: MFBF Successfully Upholds Legislation Preventing Eminent Domain
The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation worked diligently to protect the private property rights of Mississippians during the 2022 Legislative Session by supporting legislation that would uphold Initiative 31, the ballot-measured initiative championed by Farm Bureau in...
Mississippi Senate Passes Resolution Acknowledging MFBF’s 100th Anniversary
On October 30, 1922, representatives from 12 county Farm Bureaus gathered in Jackson to incorporate a statewide Farm Bureau to promote Mississippi crops. Upon signing the articles of incorporation, the group select the organization’s officers and authorized them to...
Save the Date: Summer Celebration
The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation will celebrate 100 years of serving Mississippi farmers, ranchers and rural communities with multiple events in 2022. The first event will be a Summer Celebration at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi from July 21-26....
Remembering Our Past: WWII Efforts Supported
When the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service bombed Pearl Harbor, the United States naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt declared WWII on Japan. A few days later, Nazi Germany declared war on the United States, and America...
Centennial Celebration Q&A: Congressman Michael Guest
What does 100 years of Farm Bureau mean to you? “To look back on the success of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation over the last 100 years is humbling. This is a fabulous organization that always strives to do what is best for the farmers and rural communities in...
Young Farmers Learn To Unite At YF&R Leadership Conference
A two year layoff due to COVID-19 restrictions did not hurt attendance at the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation 2022 Young Farmers & Ranchers Leadership Conference in Memphis. Couples returned in mass to the Peabody Hotel to renew relationships, hear about the...
Legislative Recap: 2022 Regular Session Half Way Over
Today marks the 46th calendar day of the 2022 Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature. Members have completed one half of this third year in their current four-year term. Earlier in this session, Senate members had proposed a pay raise bill that would be...
Dixie National Sale of Junior Champions Builds Future Leaders
It is fitting that the Dixie National Sale of Junior Champions takes place every year on the week of the Super Bowl. Why, you ask? Because the Dixie National Livestock Show is the culmination of all the hard work for Mississippi youth who show livestock. They have...
Legislative Recap: Senate Unveils Tax Relief Act of 2022
The Mississippi House of Representatives and Senate worked extensively this week on their floor calendars as February 10 was the deadline for floor action on general bills and constitutional amendments. The bills that survived that deadline now will move to the...
Legislative Recap: More than 1,500 Bills Die Following Committee Deadline
As the 2022 Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature has completed one third of its scheduled days, this week brought a major deadline. Tuesday, February 1, was the deadline for general bills and constitutional amendments to pass out of committee in their...
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