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Each year, all 50 state Farm Bureaus gather at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual convention to fellowship, compete and conduct business. This meeting is where the voices of Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation’s nearly 190,000 member families are heard. “We...

American historian Henry Brooks Adams once said, “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” If there was ever a quote to describe Mississippi State University Extension Agent Alex Shook, this is it. As the 4-H Youth Extension Agent in...

If you were to have asked Dr. Tom Tabler at the beginning of his career where he expected to be in 30 years, his answer would not have been anywhere close to what he’s actually doing. Born and raised in Arkansas, Tabler attended the University of Arkansas to obtain...

Not Pictured: Madalyn Boyd – Lincoln County – Young Farmers & Ranchers Scholarship Paul O’Neal – Bolivar County – Hugh Arant...

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation honored outstanding counties from each region during the Sunday General Session of the 2021 MFBF Annual Convention. These counties were selected based on their accomplishments in all program areas of Farm Bureau, including stars of...

Kentucky farmers, ranchers and rural communities are working to recover from the EF4 tornado that demolished everything in a 128-mile-path on Dec. 10. The unusual December tornados are predicted to be the worst to ever hit the state based on path length and wind...

Over acres of farmland in Pear River County, Ryan and Amanda Seals raise their three children, 35 goats, a few chickens, four guinea pigs and a duck that follows them everywhere across the property. All under the watchful eye of Max, their four-year-old Great...

When you’re standing on Alice Sides’ front porch on the Panola and Tate county line, there are cows as far as the eye can see. Ranching is something she learned from her late father. It’s the way of life she hopes to pass down to her sons. “From a young age, I wanted...

Well-spoken. Poised. Intelligent. Passionate. These are just a few words one could use to describe Sarah Clark. Those traits served her well while competing for the 2021 YF&R Discussion Meet award winner title. “I believe participating in events like this make you...

Addie Pierce, daughter of Josh and Lauren Pierce, loves helping feed her family’s cows, especially her favorite, a white one named Belle. If she is not helping take care of their cattle, she can either be found at McGuffee’s Prescription & Gifts, the local...

With tractors, chickens and cows, Sean and Morgan McDonald run a diversified operation in Jones County on a combination of land from both of their families. “Morgan’s parents agreed to help us form a corporation to buy her grandparents’ farm, so that we could get...

The students enrolled in agriculture classes at Nettleton High School stay busy every day with different projects, all under the watchful eye of agriculture teacher Jesse Cornelius or Mr. Corn for short. Cornelius’s agriculture classes are small, but lively. Most...