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MFBF 2021 Scholarship Recipients
Not Pictured: Madalyn Boyd – Lincoln County – Young Farmers & Ranchers Scholarship Paul O’Neal – Bolivar County – Hugh Arant...
MFBF 2021 Outstanding County Award Recipients
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...
MFBF Seeking Donations for Kentucky Farmers Hit by Tornados
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...
MFBF 2021 Farm Dog of the Year Award Recipient: Max Seals
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...
MFBF 2021 Farm Woman of the Year Award Recipient: Alice Sides
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...
MFBF 2021 YF&R Discussion Meet Award Recipient: Sarah Clark
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...
MFBF 2021 YF&R Excellence in Agriculture Award Recipients: Josh and Lauren Pierce
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...
MFBF 2021 YF&R Achievement Award Recipients: Sean and Morgan McDonald
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...
MFBF 2021 FFA Advisor of the Year Award Recipient: Jesse Cornelius
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...
MFBF 2021 Excellence in Leadership Award Recipient: Charles Waldrup
Smith and Jasper counties, as well as the Mississippi agriculture industry, are still recovering from losing Charles Waldrup in January 2021. “He was the type of guy that had the same attitude all the time,” Smith County Farm Bureau board member Frankie Chisolm said....
Rankin County Hosts Dinner for Elected Officials
What better way to get to know your county’s elected officials than over a nice meal? From the state level, to county and local officials…all were invited to the Rankin County Farm Bureau Legislative Dinner earlier this week. “Events like this let us meet with farmers...
MFBF 2021 Distinguished Service Award Recipient: Dr. Reuben Moore
If you were to characterize a career spanning nearly four decades in just a few words or phrases, Dr. Reuben Moore’s career at Mississippi State University could be described with the words hard work, leadership and service to others. He attributes being able to live...