Centennial Celebration News

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...

Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3), co-chair of the House Chicken Caucus, and Congressman John Rose (TN-6)—along with U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Roger Wicker (R-MS), co-chairs of the Senate Chicken Caucus—led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to the U.S....

The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation 2021 Summer Commodity Conference will be held July 21-22 in Jackson. On July 21, MFBF President Mike McCormick will host a reception for all conference participants at 5:30 p.m. at the MFBF building, located at 6311 Ridgewood...

The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation recently obtained a statewide depredation permit for black vultures from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The MFBF statewide depredation permit provides livestock producers with the opportunity to apply for a...

Whether it is working with big machinery, rounding up ornery livestock or dealing with acres of land, farming and ranching is a dangerous business. That is why the Jasper County Farm Bureau recently hosted a safety seminar for young and old alike. “These events, in...

The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation took a step back from pushing major pieces of legislation during the 2021 Mississippi Legislative Session to focus on   building relationships with legislators and educating officials on the importance of agriculture in...

On March 30, the American Farm Bureau Federation and Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation presented U.S. Senator Roger Wicker with the AFBF Golden Plow Award, the highest honor the organization gives to sitting members of Congress. Since his election to the U.S. House...

North Mississippi farmers and ranchers received between 15-20 inches of rain in less than 24 hours last week. That much heavy rainfall and wind caused immediate damage to crops. But the water spilling out of riverbanks in the North Delta over to New Albany and Ripley...

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Central Mississippi Vice President Ted Kendall IV recently participated in a business round table with U.S. Senator Roger Wicker and U.S Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. Kendall addressed the importance of cyber security in the...

In my lifetime, musicians have released countless songs talking about rain. Farmers, like myself, across Mississippi usually pray for rain this time of year. Think Luke Bryan’s 2009 single “Rain is a Good Thing,” which describes the benefits of receiving rain....