Centennial Celebration News

EPA's New Region 4 Administrator Stops at Madison County's Sumrall Farms, Wants to Hear from Agriculture Family owned and operated since the early 60s, if you want fresh produce in the area, you come to Sumrall Farms in Madison County. On this day, plenty of folks...

MFBF Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee Building Leaders for Tomorrow through Scholarships, Golf and Fellowship There’s only so many hours in a day, but when the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation’s Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee gets together, they squeeze...

From high School Coach to the Major Leagues, "The Oldest Rookie", Jim Morris Set to Speak at MFBF Summer Leadership Conference Jim Morris was a high school science teacher and coach in west Texas who miraculously made it to the Major Leagues at the age of 35. His life...

Statement on Make America Healthy Again Commission Report from MFBF President Mike McCormick “We are disappointed that the MAHA Commission chose to include crop protection products in the Commission report. The crop protection tools our producers rely on have...

Beef Tour Connects Producers, Strengthens Farm Bureau and Industry Agriculture is one of the most rapidly changing industries in the nation. With that in mind, Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation staff and members loaded up and headed to Florida, see firsthand how...

Two Mississippi State Veterinary Graduates Receive 2025 David Waide Scholarship  Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation recently awarded Kenny Price of Columbia and Carter Clark Hill of Kosciusko with the prestigious David Waide Veterinary Scholarship during Mississippi...

Aiming For Agriculture: Annual F.A.R.M. Fund Clay Shoot Raises Support, Opens Doors The standard size of a clay pigeon is four and half by one and a quarter inches. At the annual, Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation’s FARM Fund PAC clay shoot, it was a bad day to be a...

Cookin' for a Great Cause It wasn’t hard to find the sweetest smelling and tastiest part of the state on this day…just follow the smoke! The Inaugural Farmers Feeding the Hungry Cookoff brought grills and grill masters from across the state to the Pearl River Resort...

Sempre Fi Dixie Challenge Aids Military Veterans Find Purpose After Service Adjusting to civilian life following military service, especially service during wartime, for many veterans, leaves them wondering where they fit in. “When we get back from deployment, I think...

Magnolia Beef and Poultry Expo Well Attended, Farmers Ready to Get to Work Despite many outside influences surrounding agriculture to start 2025 from trade uncertainties to high input costs to low commodity pricing, the Magnolia Beef and Poultry Expo in Laurel...

Legislative Session Ends, Governor Expected to Call Lawmakers Back for Special Session As the Mississippi House of Representatives adjourned Sine Die on April 2 and the Mississippi Senate followed suit on April 3, the 2025 Mississippi Regular Legislative Session...

MFBF Young Farmers & Ranchers Collegiate Farm Bureau Night Draws Over 300 Students  A lively crowd of over 300 students gathered at the Bost Extension Center on Mississippi State University’s campus Monday night for MFBF’s Young Farmers & Ranchers Collegiate...