The Mississippi Agricultural and Home Economics Alumni Association presented its production agriculture award to him in 1981. In 1999, he was named Progressive Farmer's Mississippi Man of the Year in Agriculture. In 2001, Mississippi State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences named him an Alumni Fellow.
Outgoing NCC Chairman Woods Eastland said Bruce's response in accepting the prestigious honor from Mississippi State speaks volumes, when he said, “hard work is a vital ingredient in the success of any project, along with a willingness to recognize a need for change.”
Brumfield and his wife, the former Margaret Harris Swayze, have four sons.
Previous honorees of the Harry S. Baker Award include Duke Barr, Lloyd Cline, Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS), Robert Coker, Rep. Larry Combest, Charlie Cunningham, William B. Dunavant, Jr., Duke Kimbrell, Bill Lawson, Lon Mann, Frank Mitchener, Albert Russell, Jimmy Sanford, Earl Sears, B. F. Smith, Jack Stone, Charlie Youngker, and last year's recipient, Charles Stenholm.
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