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Keeping Farmers Resilient and Connected
Mental health is especially important for farmers and others in the ag industry, when trying times add stressors – but resources are available. In 2020, farmers have faced natural disasters, volatile commodity prices, a global pandemic and much more, increasing their...
Farmers Utilizing Mississippi’s Mental Health Resources
The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation encourages farmers and rural residents to utilize state’s mental health resources. For the last several years, farmers have faced flooding, lower commodity prices, trade tariffs, and many other unforeseen challenges, making it...
Governor Signs Legislation into Law
Governor Tate Reeves signed two pieces of Farm Bureau supported legislation into law on their deadline day, April 22, 2021. The Mississippi Infrastructure Investment Act of 2021 (SB 2825) The five main tenets of the bill are as follows: The bill moves weight...
Managing Stress in Farm Country
Americans from all walks of life are struggling to cope with an array of issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fear and anxiety about this new disease and what could happen is sometimes overwhelming and can cause strong emotions in adults and children. But long...
Gov. Tate Reeves Issues New COVID-19 Executive Order
On April 30, Gov. Tate Reeves signed Executive Order 1551, ending any statewide restrictions related to COVID-19 except for the public school mask mandate through the end of the school year. Reeves still urged Mississippians to follow the Center for Disease Control...
MFBF Highlights Resources for Farmers During Mental Health Awareness Month
Mental health continues to be a growing concern in the world, especially in the agriculture industry. Farmers, ranchers and rural community members face numerous challenges to their way of life on a daily basis that are out of their control. In the last decade, those...
State Affairs Update: MFBF Meets with ECM, Mississippi Supreme Court Strikes Down Medical Marijuana Initiative
Mississippi Farm Bureau members and agricultural tech professionals meet with Electric Cooperatives of Mississippi Board Several Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation members and partners recently attended the Electrical Cooperatives of Mississippi (ECM) board of...
MFBF Hosts Mississippi Senate Ag Committee Farm Tour
The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation recently hosted a farm tour for the Mississippi Senate Agriculture Committee in the Mississippi Delta. The farm tour included stops at Ted Parker's Cattle Farm in Raymond, Simmons Farm Raised Catfish in Yazoo City, Chico...
MFBF Invests in County Farm Bureaus
As the COVID-19 fog begins to lift across Mississippi and the nation, the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation returned to business under the new normal. Presidents and secretaries from all 82 County Farm Bureaus recently met in person for the first time in over a year...
SCPA Hires John Campbell as State Affairs Director
John G. Campbell is a native of Greenville, MS. He graduated from Mississippi State University in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science degree and a Masters of Business Administration from Delta State University in 2004. In 2006, he joined the Mississippi Department of...
Farm Bureau Coalition Comments on Chinese Flea Beetle Proposal from USDA-APHIS
Recently Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation submitted coalition comments opposing USDA-APHIS proposed release of Bikasha collaris (Chinese flea beetle) and Gidurtha fusca moth as a biological control for tallow trees. While the signing organizations understand the...
MSU Students Honored with David Waide Veterinary Scholarship
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation President Mike McCormick and Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine staff recently selected two veterinary students as the 2021 MFBF David Waide Veterinary Scholarship recipients. Josh Vowell of Taylorsville and...
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