Officers of Mississippi Farm Bureau

David Waide - President

David Waide of West Point, Mississippi, was elected president of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation on December 9, 1996.

Mr. Waide, a Clay County row crop and cattle producer who had served as the Federation's Vice-President for North Mississippi since 1994, is the organization's eighth president in its history.

The former Clay County supervisor has been active in Farm Bureau and other ag-related organizations much of his adult life. He was named to the Clay County Farm Bureau Board of Directors in 1969. He served as Clay County Farm Bureau President for 15 years and on the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors for four years.

Mr. Waide has served as a director of the Federal Land Bank of Houston, as a director of the Mississippi Soil and Water Commission, as chairman of the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank, and as a director of the Clay County ASCS Committee.

He is active in the Siloam Baptist Church in West Point and has been involved in the Clay County Ag Club.

Don Gant - Vice-President, North Mississippi

Mr. Gant grows soybeans, rice, corn, and wheat on 6000 acres in Bolivar and Sunflower Counties. He also grows timber in Panola County.  Mr. Gant farms with his sons and brother-in-law under Gant and Sons Farms.

Randy Knight - Vice-President, Central Mississippi

Mr. Knight is a third generation farmer in Rankin County. He owns and operates with his father a 150-head dairy farm and raises 400 head of stocker calves. He has served on the Rankin County Farm Bureau Board of Directors for 10 years and has been President for three.

Reggie Magee - Vice-President, South Mississippi

Mr. Magee is a cattle, poultry and timber producer from Jefferson Davis County. He has been farming for more than 30 years on 280 acres in south Mississippi. He has served his local county Farm Bureau as President for 10 years and has served several terms on the State Board of Directors.

 

 

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