Presidential Spotlight - MSU President Mark E. Keenum, center, met with American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall (second from right) June 21.

MSU President Mark E. Keenum, center, met with American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall (second from right) June 21. Duvall, a third-generation farmer from Georgia who has been president of AFBF since 2016, visited MSU for meetings with university leaders and tours of campus facilities. The meeting also included (left-right) MSU Associate Vice President for the Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine Bill Herndon; AFBF Director of Executive Communications and Projects Lynne Finnerty; MSU Vice President for the Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine Gregory Bohach; (Keenum); Mississippi Farm Bureau Vice President for Central Mississippi Ted Kendall IV; (Duvall); and AFBF National Affairs Coordinator Justin Ferguson. Duvall’s time at MSU included meetings with experts in areas such as global fish health, avian flu preparedness, cotton genomics, on-farm water recovery and storage, forestry, farm policy, invasive pests and other topics.