Centennial Celebration News

Carl Davis Parker knows what it feels like to work hard and achieve success. After working hard and competing in the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers & Ranchers Discussion Meet for three years, he finally achieved success in 2019 by winning the...

An old saying states, “If you’re gonna talk the talk, you’ve got to walk the walk.” There may be no better example of that than the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation 2019 Farm Woman of the Year, Julie White. “She is definitely the advocate for farming in our family,”...

From a young age, Annabelle Stokes new she wanted to participate in the agriculture industry. As she grew older, she realized becoming an advocate for agriculture was how she was destined to live her life. This year, she plans to do just that as the Mississippi Farm...

The 2020 Mississippi Legislative Session kicked off this month with an array of new faces in statewide positions and across the House of Representatives and Senate floors. Since the beginning of the month, the following state-wide elected officials were sworn in to...

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation members had the opportunity to discuss issues affecting them with Mississippi legislators this week during the annual MFBF and Mississippi State University Legislative Reception and Ag Day at the Capitol. Monday evening, legislators...

State Auditor Shad White released the results of a study assessing the efficiency of the Mississippi Department of Transportation this week. The Mississippi Legislature passed infrastructure legislation during the 2018 Special Legislative Session giving the state...

Photo Credit: Sarah Warnock/The Clarion-Ledger via Associated Press In their first full week on the job, Gov. Tate Reeves and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann have begun making their priorities for the 2020 Legislative Session and the next four years clear. Reeves spent most...

The 2020 Legislature continued to settle in this week as committees in the Senate and House of Representatives met for the first time. On Wednesday, the Senate Appropriations Committee met for the first time under the new chairman, Briggs Hopson. The committee focused...

In an effort to help prepare Mississippi farmers and ranchers for the year ahead, the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation will host the 2020 Winter Commodity Conference in Jackson on January 27-28. The conference will provide members from across Mississippi with the...

The 2020 Mississippi Legislative Session kicked off this week with an array of new faces in statewide positions and across the House of Representatives and Senate floors. Newly elected Public Service Commissioners Brent Bailey and Dane Maxwell, along with incumbent...

Representatives from all 82 counties in Mississippi gathered for a County Awards and Recognition Dinner at the 2019 Annual Convention to celebrate their accomplishments for the year. Outstanding County Awards During the dinner, an outstanding county was named from...

Sarah Byrd of Oktibbeha County recently won the 2019 Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers & Ranchers Collegiate Discussion Meet hosted at Mississippi State University. Byrd, a Mississippi State University agronomy major, won a $2,000 scholarship, a...