MS SC553

Recognizes Neshoba County beef cattle and dairy farmer Marlo Beason as the 2017 Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation "Farm Woman of the Year"

Honors Beason's volunteer work with Farm Bureau programs including Women's Ag in the Classroom, Young Farmers and Ranchers, and Farm Families of Mississippi Agriculture Promotion Campaign

Acknowledges Beason's agricultural education efforts, including reading at kindergartens and daycares before the Neshoba County Ag Appreciation Day Expo and hosting school field days on her farm

Notes Beason's leadership roles as longtime county Farm Bureau Women's Chair and former State Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee member, and her regional YF&R Achievement Award

Directs that the resolution be presented to Beason, forwarded to the Mississippi Farm Bureau, and made available to the Capitol Press Corps