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Photo Credit: Sarah Warnock/The Clarion-Ledger via Associated Press In their first full week on the job, Gov. Tate Reeves and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann have begun making their priorities for the 2020 Legislative Session and the next four years clear. Reeves spent most...

The 2020 Legislature continued to settle in this week as committees in the Senate and House of Representatives met for the first time. On Wednesday, the Senate Appropriations Committee met for the first time under the new chairman, Briggs Hopson. The committee focused...

In an effort to help prepare Mississippi farmers and ranchers for the year ahead, the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation will host the 2020 Winter Commodity Conference in Jackson on January 27-28. The conference will provide members from across Mississippi with the...

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation members and staff have been hard at work building relationships with key legislative officials and advocating for farmers and ranchers in Mississippi. In the last quarter, members and staff have traveled to Washington D.C., as well...

The 2020 Mississippi Legislative Session kicked off this week with an array of new faces in statewide positions and across the House of Representatives and Senate floors. Newly elected Public Service Commissioners Brent Bailey and Dane Maxwell, along with incumbent...

Six dedicated Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation employees retired in the last year. The retirees are Billy Davis, Shelia Moran, Terry Norwood, Merlene Partridge, Glynda Phillips and Mary Turner. “We sincerely appreciate all of the work these individuals put into...

The United States House of Representatives recently passed the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability (DATA) Act, H.R. 4229. This Farm Bureau-supported bipartisan and comprehensive bill would improve the accuracy of broadband coverage maps and...

The United States House of Representatives recently passed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) with an overwhelming 385 to 41 vote, providing a big victory for Mississippi farmers and ranchers. “MFBF commends the House for approving USMCA," Mississippi...

In Mississippi, dinners tend to be less about the food and more about the conversation and hospitality. The Lincoln County Legislative Dinner, held every August at Mitchell’s Steak & Seafood in Brookhaven, proves to be no different. To Lincoln County Farm Bureau...

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation members passed the motion for the organization to create a federal political action committee (PAC) during its 2019 Annual Convention Business Session. The federal PAC will be called the MFBF Furthering Agriculture for Rural...

Albert Einstein once said, “It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation’s 2019 Teacher of the Year, Holly Bailey, does just that in her high school science class at East Union Attendance...