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NATIONWIDE, FOOD PRICES TRENDING DOWN

Retail food prices at the supermarket decreased slightly for the third consecutive quarter, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey. More>>

 
BIDEN ANNOUNCES $4 BILLION IN BROADBAND FUNDS

In the first stop of the Obama Administration’s rural tour in Wattsburg, Pa., Wednesday, Vice President Joe Biden announced the availability of $4 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act loans and grants to help bring broadband service to unserved and underserved communities across America. More>>
U.S. FARMERS PREFER BIOTECH VARIETIES

American farmers have adopted biotech crops widely since their introduction in 1996, especially corn, cotton and soybean varieties, according to a new USDA Economic Research Service report. More>>
MORE CORN COULD LEAD EPA TO UP ETHANOL BLEND RATE

Terry Francl, American Farm Bureau Federation senior economist, says two reports by the Agriculture Department released Tuesday that show a big jump in both planted acreage and stocks for corn could encourage the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to increase the ethanol blend rate. More>>
THATCHER SEES NO SENATE CLIMATE VOTE THIS YEAR

Mary Kay Thatcher, AFBF director of public policy, tells Agriculture Online that Farm Bureau doesn’t anticipate the massive climate change bill passed by the House last week to pass the Senate this year. More>>

BIDEN, VILSACK LEAD RURAL TOUR

Vice President Joe Biden, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and other Obama administration officials and Cabinet secretaries will participate in a rural tour across the country through September. The tour is designed to show how the Agriculture Department and other federal agencies are working to strengthen rural America. More>>
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Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation
6311 Ridgewood Road
Jackson, MS 39211

P. O. Box 1972
Jackson, MS 39215-1972

1-800-227-8244 or 601-957-3200

Our mission is to create an environment in which Mississippi farmers, ranchers and Farm Bureau members can have a better life and make a better living.

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Upcoming Events

Summer Commodity
Conferences

July 7
Corn, Wheat & Feed Grains
Soybeans
Stoneville

July 8
Cotton
Grenada

July 17
Rice
Bolivar County Extension

July 21
Poultry
Simpson County Multi-Purpose
Building

July 28
Equine
Reunion Farms, Madison

For more info on any of these conferences, call Nancy at
601-977-4230

 

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