Centennial Celebration News

The Mississippi State Legislature convened for the 2021 Regular Legislative Session today. Mississippi’s Constitution states this session will be 90 days. As of today, the Legislature is expected to adjourn Sine Die by Saturday, April 4. However, because of the...

In an effort to help prepare Mississippi farmers and ranchers for the year ahead, the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation will host the 2021 Winter Commodity Conference virtually on Tuesday, January 19 from 9-11 a.m. The conference will provide members from across...

The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation’s State Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee presents scholarships to deserving agriculture students from across the state each year. Since establishing its scholarship program, the State YF&R Committee has created eight...

Mississippi Congressmen Michael Guest, along with Georgia Congressman Sanford Bishop, recently worked together to write a bipartisan letter to send to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler to encourage the EPA to issue new registrations for...

Mississippian's will have the opportunity to cast their votes for several new members of the Mississippi Legislature on September 22 and November 3. Since the beginning of the year, numerous legislators have stepped down or been appointed to other governmental...

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation President Mike McCormick recently presented a testimony to the Mississippi River Commission on behalf of the farmers, ranchers and communities in the Yazoo Backwater area and Mississippi batture lands. In his statement, he discussed...

With the possibility of two hurricanes hitting the Mississippi Gulf Coast last week, the Mississippi Legislature reconvened on August 24-25. Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann and Speaker Philip Gunn called their respective chambers back to pass a budget for the Mississippi...

Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson today announced the new Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce's Wild Hog Control Program (WHCP), supported by the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation. MFBF President Mike McCormick spoke during the...

When Mansfield Upper Elementary Physical Education teacher Rolando Roman walks into a room, it is hard not to catch some of the enthusiasm he has for his students and job, which is one of the reasons he was selected as the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation 2020...

Mississippi Collegiate Discussion Meet winner Sarah Byrd placed in the top four of the American Farm Bureau Federation Collegiate Discussion Meet hosted through Zoom in April. “This year’s Collegiate Discussion Meet was conducted differently due to COVID-19,”...

As this article goes to print, stay-home orders are being lifted in Mississippi, businesses are beginning to reopen, and things are starting to slowly go back to “normal,” certainly acknowledging that “normal” will look very differently than it did prior to COVID-19....

The 2020 Mississippi Legislative Session continued on Monday, August 10 and Tuesday, August 11. When the Legislature finished the budget, the House and Senate agreed to return for no more than six days before mid-October. Gov. Tate Reeves requested they return to use...