Centennial Celebration News

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...

Capitol Comments, March 24-28 As we approach the final days of the 2025 Mississippi Legislative Session, Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our members for their ongoing support and advocacy during this important...

Autonomy and AI to Drive Agricultural Innovation and Production (photo by Russ Houston / © Mississippi State University) “No farms. No farmers. No food.” You may have seen this bumper sticker or a variation of it, especially if you’ve visited our campus. It’s a...

What You Need to Know from the State Capitol, March 17-21 As the 2025 Mississippi Legislative Regular Session moves into its final stretch, Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) has been working tirelessly at the state Capitol to ensure the voices of farmers and...

What You Need to Know from the State Capitol, March 10-14 As we approach Sine Die adjournment on April 6, the Mississippi Legislative Session is entering its final stages, and numerous bills are making their way toward final passage. Once identical bills are approved...

What You Need to Know from the State Capitol, March 3rd-7th As the 2025 Mississippi Legislative Session progresses, several agriculture-related bills remain alive following the March 3rd deadline for action from the opposite chamber's committees on general bills....

Tate County's Anna Rhinewalt Testifies Before United States Senate's Agriculture Committee From her Tate County sweet potato fields to the United States Senate’s Agriculture Committee, Anna Rhinewalt answered the call as Mississippi’s voice of agriculture on this day...