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The Mississippi legislature appropriated $13 million of federal CARES funds toward three different agricultural programs during the last two days of the session. The legislature finally adjourned sine die the first week of October after the longest session on record....

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation President Mike McCormick was recently named to Mississippi's 2020 Top 50 Most Influential list in the business, culture and media category. "I am very honored to have been named as a member of the fourth annual Mississippi Top 50...

Mississippi Congressmen Michael Guest, along with Georgia Congressman Sanford Bishop, recently worked together to write a bipartisan letter to send to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler to encourage the EPA to issue new registrations for...

When Mansfield Upper Elementary Physical Education teacher Rolando Roman walks into a room, it is hard not to catch some of the enthusiasm he has for his students and job, which is one of the reasons he was selected as the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation 2020...

Mississippian's will have the opportunity to cast their votes for several new members of the Mississippi Legislature on September 22 and November 3. Since the beginning of the year, numerous legislators have stepped down or been appointed to other governmental...

Mississippi Collegiate Discussion Meet winner Sarah Byrd placed in the top four of the American Farm Bureau Federation Collegiate Discussion Meet hosted through Zoom in April. “This year’s Collegiate Discussion Meet was conducted differently due to COVID-19,”...

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation President Mike McCormick recently presented a testimony to the Mississippi River Commission on behalf of the farmers, ranchers and communities in the Yazoo Backwater area and Mississippi batture lands. In his statement, he discussed...

Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson today announced the new Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce's Wild Hog Control Program (WHCP), supported by the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation. MFBF President Mike McCormick spoke during the...

With the possibility of two hurricanes hitting the Mississippi Gulf Coast last week, the Mississippi Legislature reconvened on August 24-25. Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann and Speaker Philip Gunn called their respective chambers back to pass a budget for the Mississippi...

As this article goes to print, stay-home orders are being lifted in Mississippi, businesses are beginning to reopen, and things are starting to slowly go back to “normal,” certainly acknowledging that “normal” will look very differently than it did prior to COVID-19....

The 2020 Mississippi Legislative Session continued on Monday, August 10 and Tuesday, August 11. When the Legislature finished the budget, the House and Senate agreed to return for no more than six days before mid-October. Gov. Tate Reeves requested they return to use...

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