Awards & Contests
- Farm Woman of the Year
- Outstanding Achievements & Recognition Award
- Women's Volunteer Activity Report
- Teacher of the Year
- Farm Dog of the Year
- Photo Contest
- Student Contests
This award was established to recognize, encourage and reward the achievements of women in agriculture. The Farm Woman of the Year recipient should personify the highest level of professional excellence in agriculture.
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The Mississippi Farm Bureau Women’s Outstanding Achievements and Recognition Award Program was designed to recognize county Farm Bureaus for outstanding program achievements, which involve leaders and members. The award program promotes the development of a more efficient and effective Farm Bureau Women’s Program, focusing attention on the program of work and accomplishments of the county Farm Bureau Women’s Program. Make sure you have this page turned in and coordinate with your county Farm Bureau membership secretary prior to October 15th .
2026 Awards Book Women Fillable
Use this document to track and report all women’s activities conducted in your county including Ag in the Classroom programs. This needs to be kept on file with your couty Farm Bureau’s membership secretary.
This award seeks to recognize a teacher who promotes agriculture in their classroom. The Teacher of the Year recipient will receive an expense-paid trip to the National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference and a $500 grant to use in their classroom.
Deadline: April 15
The Farm Dog of the Year Contest seeks to recognize Mississippi’s farm dogs.
Deadline: August 1
Contact your county membership secretary for more information.
Coloring Contest
The Coloring Contest seeks to educate second grade students about agriculture through coloring.
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The Essay Contest seeks to encourage seventh through ninth grade students to write about agriculture.
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Ag Art Contest
The Ag Art Contest allows first through twelfth grade students to learn more about agriculture through art.
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Scholarships
The State Women’s Leadership Program Committee presents scholarships to Farm Bureau member students studying in an agriculture area each year.
For more information about these scholarships, contact Women’s Leadership Program Coordinator Dedra Luke at dluke@msfb.org or 601-977-4169.
Berta Lee White Scholarship
This scholarship was established in honor of Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation’s former State Women’s Leadership Program Chair, Berta “Bert” Lee White. This scholarship will be awarded to a woman enrolled in an agriculture degree at a Mississippi university or community college. Applicants for this scholarship must be Farm Bureau members.
Amount: $3,000
Betty Jo Mills AG Ambassador Scholarship
This scholarship serves as a way for the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation to identity young leaders who are effective at telling agriculture’s story. This scholarship will be awarded to a male or female student attending any Mississippi university or community college that has a minimum 2.5 GPA. Applicants for this scholarship must be Farm Bureau members.
Amount: $4,000
Events
What’s Going On
Ag in the Classroom Volunteer Workshop
This workshop will provide you with valuable insights from teachers on how to connect and stay involved in local schools, how to teach when you get there, and some ideas of what you can do to promote agriclulture in your community.
Deadline: March 9
2026 Ag in the Classroom Volunteer Workshop
2026 Volunteer Workshop Registration
Women's Communications Mini Boot Camp
AG in the Classroom Teacher Workshops
The objective of the workshops is to provide information to educate students and the general public as to the AITC is an educational program designed to bring agriculture into the classroom. Its purpose is to increase agricultural literacy among students and educators by providing resources, training, and hands‐on experiences related to agriculture.
Women’s Leadership Program
State Committee
Renee Keith
State Women’s Chair
Sabrina Mauldin
State Vice Chair, District 6 Chair
Linda Holland
District 1 Chair
Sylvia Clark
District 2 Chair
Melissa Morgan
District 3 Chair
Joanie Word
District 4 Chair
Jennifer Williams
District 5 Chair
Ann Howard
District 7 Chair
Lynn Newman
District 8 Chair
Contacts
Dedra Luke
Events & Training Coordinator | Women’s Leadership Program & AITC Coordinator
dluke@msfb.org | 601-977-4169
Angela Dear
Women’s Leadership Program & AITC Administrative Assistant
adear@msfb.org | 601-977-4223
Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher Workshops
The Women’s Leadership Program hosts a minimum of two Agriculture in the Classroom workshops each year to provide teachers and volunteers with resources to educate students about agriculture.