Oklahoma Farm Bureau's Sam Knipp visited with Ryan McMullen, State Director of Rural Development at the United States Department of Agriculture on Friday, Dec. 11. McMullen discussed many issues that are affecting rural Oklahoma, including activities that are going on throughout our state right now and opportunities on the horizon for our state.

The topics they discussed are:

• How McMullen's new position compares to serving as a state representative :14
• What is the current health of rural Oklahoma? 1:06
• The impact of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act upon rural Oklahoma 2:26
• Rural high-speed Internet 4:27
• McMullen's recent visit to a New Mexico algae farm 6:00
• Algae production process and safety with livestock 8:10
• A look ahead to 2010 and beyond for Rural Oklahoma 9:33

Download the audio file of Ryan McMullen discussing rural Oklahoma issues (9.9 MB mp3 file)