Centennial Celebration News

The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation recently passed two state policies regarding rural broadband at its 2018 Annual Convention. The newly adopted policies allow the organization to support broadband and internet connectivity to rural Mississippi in the state...

The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation recently held its 2018 Annual Convention Dec. 1-3 where delegates representing over 192,000 member families elected the organization’s 2019 board members. MFBF President Mike McCormick, of Jefferson County, was unanimously...

Mississippi’s rural residents are one step closer to having better access to high speed internet after Mississippi lawmakers pushed forward with a measure that would allow the state’s electric cooperatives to offer the service. On Tuesday, Speaker of the House Philip...

The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation has partnered with Mississippi State University to host Mississippi legislators and Farm Bureau members from across the state at a legislative reception on January 28 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The reception will be held at the...

The 2019 Mississippi Legislative session kicked off this week with business, appointing members to new leadership positions within the Legislature. Senate President Pro Tempore Terry C. Burton of Newton resigned. He will be replaced by Sen. Gray Tollison of Oxford for...

As young farmers and ranchers across Mississippi manage their operations it's important for them to gather periodically to exchange ideas, learn how one commodity affects another, and discover they are not alone in their pursuit to feed the world. That is why...

Farm Bureau and leaders from Mississippi agricultural associations recently welcomed United States Congressman-Elect Michael Guest to Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation headquarters for a briefing on current federal agriculture policy issues. Discussions focused on...

Mississippi's United States Representatives Trent Kelly, Bennie Thompson, Gregg Harper and Stephen Palazzo recently signed a letter addressed to United States Small Business Administrator Linda McMahon asking for the Small Business Administration to reconsider the...

Last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration held a public meeting to discuss the use of livestock and poultry cell lines to develop cell-cultured food products. At this meeting, stakeholders shared valuable perspectives on...

Taylor McNair was crowned Miss Rodeo America 2019 on Sunday, December 9 in Las Vegas. The 23-year-old from Learned, Mississippi represented her home state at the Miss Rodeo America Pageant as the 2018 Miss Rodeo Mississippi, becoming the third from her state to hold...

With conference members from the United States Senate and House of Representatives in agreement, the 807 page 2018 Farm Bill has been passed by both chambers bringing much needed relief to thousands of Mississippians who depend on the programs it provides funding...

For Immediate Release Jackson, MS (October 8, 2018) – Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation President Mike McCormick will testify Wednesday before the United State Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. The focus of his testimony will center on ways private...