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Members of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation State Board of Directors recently traveled to Louisiana to spend time learning about agriculture practices different from their own and to fellowship. “It’s important for our board to gather and learn about other...

Science, math teachers and everyone in between who teach students from first grade to high school know adding fun activities to their curriculum proves to be the perfect formula to increase knowledge of agriculture in the classroom across Mississippi. Led by the State...

During the week of November 18, more than 100 Mississippi farmers and ranchers will travel to Washington to represent Farm Bureau in our nation’s capital. This year, the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation “D.C. Fly-In” will be held November 18-20, 2019. “We are...

Fairs across the country have become an American tradition, right up there with baseball and apple pie. Every year, fairs pop up throughout the small towns and larger urban areas in Mississippi. A’Fair on the Square, the Hernando craft show held each May, grows each...

In 2019, half way around the world is not so far anymore. Mississippi corn and soybean farmers found that out first hand when the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation hosted a 22-member trade delegation from Taiwan for a breakfast meeting in honor of the Asian country...

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation recently hosted Sierra Leone's Ambassador to the United States Sidique Wai, Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner Andy Gipson and Mississippi Development Authority Senior International Trade Manager Vicki...

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, along with the Alabama Farmers Federation and the Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas Farm Bureaus, recently sent a letter to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue and Under Secretary Greg Ibach commending their efforts to investigate the...

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation’s Women’s Leadership Committee traveled to Jackson to educate and serve during Women’s Day at the Capitol. The committee spent their morning hosting a reception in the Capitol Rotunda for the legislature and their staff. The...

Standing water has become a part of the scenery along Hwy. 61 from Natchez to the South Delta. Stagnate, murky water floats in homes and businesses, displacing citizens across the western part of the state. Roads, forests and fields are covered with water preventing...

Meeting someone face-to-face and talking about the issues facing agriculture in Mississippi, especially when it comes to meeting with the person representing you in Washington D.C., cannot be overvalued. Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation recently hosted United States...

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation recently hosted Josh Peaster, legislative aide to the office of United States Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, for a day-long agricultural tour. Peaster's day consisted of meetings with staff from MFBF, Mississippi Forestry Association, the...

It was once said that “Life without passion is not living, it’s merely existing.” Cattle farmers David and Kelli Russell do not just exist, but passionately live to promote agriculture in all facets of their lives. The Russells farm on a small cow-calf commercial...