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MSU hosting production and financial management in Mississippi forages webinar
Faculty from Mississippi State University Extension Service and Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station will present a webinar discussing production and financial management in Mississippi forages. The webinar will begin at 9:00 am on Thursday,...
McGehee named new MFBF South Mississippi Region Vice President
Robert Earl McGehee of Lincoln County was recently elected the new Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation South Mississippi Region Vice President. On Tuesday, November 17, the ballots for the election were counted at the MFBF building. Present for the count were the three...
Waste pesticide disposal event to be held in Yazoo City
Mississippi area farmers with waste agricultural pesticides are invited to take part in a waste pesticide disposal event to be held on Tuesday, December 8 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will be held in the parking lot of the former Tal Port building located at 2003...
EPA accepting comments for Yazoo Pump impact statement until Nov. 30
On October 16, 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the long awaited Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Yazoo Backwater pumps project. The SEIS does not reexamine the alternatives presented in the 2007 Final Environmental...
Keeping Farmers Resilient and Connected
Mental health is especially important for farmers and others in the ag industry, when trying times add stressors – but resources are available. In 2020, farmers have faced natural disasters, volatile commodity prices, a global pandemic and much more, increasing their...
McCormick testifies before Senate Highways & Transportation Committee
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation President Mike McCormick recently testified before the Mississippi Senate Highways & Transportation Committee. McCormick was invited to present on behalf of Mississippi's farmers, ranchers and rural communities in an effort to...
Yazoo Backwater Pump impact statement open to comments
Mississippians are being encouraged to submit comments to the Environmental Protection Agency's Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Yazoo Backwater Pumps Project. The public will have the opportunity to submit comments on the statement until...
U.S. House and Senate race results to impact agriculture
Although final results of the Presidential election are still pending, the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Policy Department can provide a summary of results for the Senate and House as of today. In Mississippi, all four incumbents – Rep. Trent Kelly, Rep. Bennie...
Mississippians make their voices heard on state issues
Mississippians made their voices heard yesterday in not only national races, but on several state issues. Voters were presented with three referendums on their ballot, two contested Mississippi Supreme Court races and one state House of Representatives special...
Waste pesticide disposal event to be held in Pontotoc
Mississippi area farmers with waste agricultural pesticides are invited to take part in a waste pesticide disposal event to be held on Thursday, November 19 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will be held in the parking lot in front of the Pontotoc County Agricenter...
EPA releases Yazoo Backwater Project Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
The Environmental Protection Agency released the long-awaited Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Yazoo Backwater Pumps Project on October 16, 2020. The public will have the opportunity to submit comments on the statement until November 30,...
Farm Bureau honors congressional members with Friend of Farm Bureau award
Five members of the Mississippi Congressional Delegation recently received the Friend of Farm Bureau Award for the 116th Congress from the American Farm Bureau Federation. Every two-year session of Congress, AFBF monitors the voting records of U.S House & U.S....