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Registration for MFBF Youth Safety Camp is underway

safety camp flyer The annual Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) Youth Safety Camp will be held July 10 – 13, 2023, at Camp Tanglewood located at 1403 Tanglewood Rd., Lawrence, MS 39336 in Newton County. Registration Each county is limited to two participants...

MS Farm Bureau hosting campaign school May 25th

Have YOU considered running for public office? Residents of towns, cities and counties across Mississippi choose the individuals who are elected to public office each year. Offices like school board members, county commissions, city councils and boards of aldermen...

Week 13 Legislative Recap: State Legislature ends 2023 session.

The 2023 Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature has adjourned for the final time. Members debated bills before completing this final session of the current four-year term. Several procedural motions have passed this week to lengthen the session so fiscal...

John Hubbard Retires After 35 Years

John Hubbard, former Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Sr. Safety Specialist, retired in May with more than 35 years of service. Throughout his tenure in the Safety Department, Hubbard played an instrumental role in developing program offerings and growing its reach....

We Get to Farm: Keeping a Positive Mindset Despite Setbacks

“We get to farm!” This expression is often used to describe playing a sport, hunting or any other hobby, not to characterize farming. But, I recently heard it from a Farm Bureau member who was putting out hay for his cattle on a cold winter day. Not long after that, I...

Highlighting Mississippi Products on the World Stage

We all depend on the American farmer for survival. We are blessed to live in Mississippi with a strong agricultural economy where our farmers produced a record $9.7 billion in agricultural and forest products last year. While we continue to see an increase in local...

Cautious optimism over new plan recommended to finish the pumps

Full Recommended Plan They’d been in this very same room just weeks ago. Giving the same testimony about the rising waters, the flooded roads and homes, the farm land useless for another year. This time, however, it was different. This time there was good news. “I...

MFBF Opens Collegiate Discussion Meet Application

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation will host a Collegiate Discussion Meet on Oct.12, 2023, at 1 p.m. at the Bost Extension Conference Center on the campus of Mississippi State University in Starkville. A mandatory orientation will be held for all participants one hour...

County Farm Bureau Annual Meetings Announced

Each year, all 82 county Farm Bureaus host an annual meeting for their members. Below is a list of annual meetings scheduled. This list will be updated as more meetings are scheduled. COUNTY DATE TIME PLACE Lowndes Tuesday, August 8, 2023 6:00 p.m. Lowndes CFB - 101...

Applications Open for Farm Bureau Extension Awards

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation recently opened applications for its third annual awards program recognizing one Mississippi land-grant university agricultural researcher and one Mississippi Extension agent whose work has positively and tangibly affected farmers...

Summer Leadership Conference Speakers Announced

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation will host a Summer Leadership Conference July 18-20 at the Sheraton Refuge in Flowood. More than 15 speakers are scheduled to present. The full list of speakers, their biographies and topics can be found below. Troy Applehans -...

D.C. fly-in gives members plenty to bring back to counties

From take-off to touch down, a non-stop flight from Mississippi to Washington D.C. takes about two hours. For the largest general farm organization in Mississippi and its members to make an imprint on Capitol Hill, it takes many, many hours of phone calls and face to...

MFBF Applauds Kelly “Restore CSP Act” Legislation

U.S. Congressman Trent Kelly has introduced House Resolution (H.R.) 3580 in preparation for the 2023 Farm Bill debate.  H.R. 3580, entitled the “Restore CSP Act”, is legislation reauthorizing the USDA-National Resource Conservation Services’ Conservation Stewardship...