Centennial Celebration News

Daniel Watson of Jones County recently won the 2021 Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers & Ranchers Collegiate Discussion Meet hosted at Mississippi State University. Watson, an agricultural business major at Jones Junior College, won a $2,000...

Last year, Joe Edmondson of Vardaman was selected as the 2020 Swisher Sweets Sunbelt Ag Expo Mississippi Farmer of the Year, but due to COVID-19, he did not get to compete in the Swisher Sweets Sunbelt Ag Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year judging tour until August...

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation’s biggest goal is to promote the importance of agriculture in county courthouses all the way up to the state capitol in Jackson. County farm bureaus across the state play an integral role in doing this by reaching out to local and...

The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation State Women’s Leadership Committee recently held their first face-to-face event since March 2020. Women from across the state gathered at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis to get their ducks in a row during the 2021 Women’s Leadership...

Louisiana farmers and ranchers continue to endure the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, the fourth hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic season. Tied in Louisiana landfall intensity with the Last Island Hurricane of 1856 and 2020's Hurricane Laura, the Category 4 hurricane brought...

Tate County Farm Bureau member Mike Ferguson recently participated in a hearing held by the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Local Food Systems, and Food Safety and Security to discuss...

It’s not every day the ranking member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee visits Mississippi. But, earlier this week, the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation and the F.A.R.M. Fund PAC hosted Congressman Glenn “G.T.” Thompson for an agricultural tour. Thompson, who...

Women are powerful advocates for agriculture, which is why it’s important to provide them with resources to sharpen their skills and strengthen their ability to inspire change. The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Women’s Leadership Program does just that by giving...

We all recognize the unprecedented year 2020 was for everyone, especially Mississippi’s farmers and ranchers. While all of agriculture felt the impacts of COVID-19, the pandemic affected the livestock industry, in particular, extremely hard. In my position, I work on...

Farmers know how to read the weather. We all know a spring morning with high humidity, a slight breeze, and warmer temperatures than normal means a storm is coming. During the 2021 Mississippi Legislative Session, the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation took a step...

As the winner of the 2020 Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers & Ranchers Discussion Meet, Matthew Poe represents the best of young Mississippi farmers. A generational farmer from Pontotoc, Mississippi, Poe’s rich background in the agriculture industry...

Mississippi south Delta farmers and residents are one-step closer to releasing the breath they have been holding for a long time. In January, former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the blessing of the proposed Yazoo...