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Mississippi is in the middle of a two-week “shelter-in-place” order issued by Gov. Tate Reeves last week due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The “shelter-in-place” order became effective on April 3, 2020, at 5 p.m. and will run until April 20, 2020, at 8 a.m. As of April...

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation President Mike McCormick sent a letter to Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson on Tuesday, outlining numerous challenges the dairy industry is facing due to the Coronavirus outbreak and calling for much...

An old saying states, “If you’re gonna talk the talk, you’ve got to walk the walk.” There may be no better example of that than the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation 2019 Farm Woman of the Year, Julie White. “She is definitely the advocate for farming in our family,”...

The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation published a twelve-page COVID-19 resource document on Friday to provide guidance and resources for Mississippi farmers and ranchers amid the coronavirus outbreak. “Our staff put this resource document together as a tool for our...

At the direction of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Beef Advisory Committee, MFBF and Texas Farm Bureau spearheaded a letter addressed to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue on Thursday, outlining the dire market situation the beef industry is experiencing as a result...

The Mississippi Legislature has suspended the 2020 Legislative Session until April 17, 2020, at the recommendation of State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs as of March 31. The decision was made to suspend the session on March 18, after medical professionals suggested...

Carl Davis Parker knows what it feels like to work hard and achieve success. After working hard and competing in the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers & Ranchers Discussion Meet for three years, he finally achieved success in 2019 by winning the...

The United States Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency recently declared agricultural workers as essential and critical during the COVID-19 response in a memorandum. "The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency...

Sixty mother cows can be a handful even for the most veteran farmer, but throw in a full-time job, full-time graduate school, plus a rather active three year old and you may not see the Blakeneys outside of their fence rows often. “There’s no extra time,” Sam says....

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall recently sent a letter to United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue regarding several concerns and issues farmers and ranchers across the country have been faced with due to COVID-19. The...

Mississippi’s farmers, ranchers and rural communities have faced innumerable hardships in the last two years, including flooding, trade wars and low commodity prices, creating a push behind the issue of mental health on the farm and in rural areas. Unfortunately, the...

The Mississippi Legislature today suspended the 2020 Legislative Session until April 1, 2020, at the recommendation of State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, medical professionals have suggested avoiding gatherings of 10...