Centennial Celebration News

As farmers, ranchers and rural Mississippians continue to suffer from prolonged flooding, the American Farm Bureau Federation has been working with the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation to find their members some relief. AFBF President Zippy Duvall has shown support...

Not many people can say they are a century old, but Marion County Farm Bureau board member Dan Ford can. Marion County Farm Bureau recently celebrated Ford’s 100th birthday with a party at their office. Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation President Mike McCormick, MFBF...

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation members and staff are saddened to hear of the passing of former U.S. Senator Thad Cochran. Cochran was a strong advocate for the Mississippi agriculture industry in Congress for more than 45 years. Cochran was first elected to serve...

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation members and staff continued their efforts this week to find a solution for the farmers and ranchers across Mississippi who continue to experience extreme flooding. Earlier this week, a small group of farm leaders from Mississippi...

Fairs across the country have become an American tradition, right up there with baseball and apple pie. Every year, fairs pop up throughout the small towns and larger urban areas in Mississippi. A’Fair on the Square, the Hernando craft show held each May, grows each...

Science, math teachers and everyone in between who teach students from first grade to high school know adding fun activities to their curriculum proves to be the perfect formula to increase knowledge of agriculture in the classroom across Mississippi. Led by the State...

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation recently hired three new employees - Brent Wilson, Craig Hankins and Will Gibson. Wilson joined the Financial Department as the Chief Financial Officer. Brent is a graduate of Millsaps College with a Bachelor of Science in Business...

The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, along with Mississippi State University Extension, the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, Mississippi Cattlemen’s Association, Wade Incorporated and Mississippi Land Bank, will host...

Makenzi Blakeney, a Jasper County Farm Bureau member, recently attended American Farm Bureau Federation’s summer Women’s Communications Boot Camp, focusing on public speaking, working with the media and content messaging.

Each summer, MFBF hires interns to provide students with the opportunity to learn more about Farm Bureau and to gain real-life work experience. Thank you to our 2019 summer interns! [gallery size="medium" link="file"...

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation leaders from the beef, poultry, and small ruminant committees and staff recently traveled to Washington, D.C. to address several on-going policy issues within the livestock sector. The group meet with several key industry...