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Nearly 100 FFA members learned how to share their FFA chapters’ stories along with the agriculture message at Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s sixth-annual FFA Communications Conference held Monday, July 13, in Edmond. The OKFB FFA Communications Conference is an annual event for FFA members from across the state to build their communications skills while learning about career opportunities in agricultural communications. Students had the opportunity to learn communications skills during breakout sessions taught by professional agricultural communicators spanning photography, graphic design, social media and videography. The students were given hands-on lessons and information to help them develop their skillset and prepare […]

Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Stacy Simunek released the following statement after the State of Oklahoma and 11 Arkansas-based poultry announced Monday, July 13, that a nearly $44 million settlement had been reached in the decades-long lawsuit regarding the application of chicken litter in the Illinois River Watershed. Oklahoma Farm Bureau members are pleased with the proposed settlement reached between the State of Oklahoma and 11 poultry companies operating in Oklahoma’s Illinois River Watershed over the state’s long-running lawsuit that was based on outdated science and production methods. The original lawsuit, filed in 2005, created uncertainty for family farmers and ranchers […]

Oklahoma Farm Bureau will host a total of 11 August Area Meetings around the state to gather grassroots Farm Bureau members to discuss issues facing agriculture and potential policy solutions the organization can implement. The series of meetings will be held from late July through late August and serve as a launchpad for OKFB’s grassroots policy development season. Each meeting will include updates about the organization’s numerous programs and activities along with an open discussion time for Farm Bureau members to share what is impacting them most as agricultural producers and rural Oklahomans. One meeting will be held in most […]

The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee will host their annual Shotgun Shoot Fundraiser Friday, August 21, at Silverleaf Shotgun Sports near Guthrie.

Oklahoma Farm Bureau recently named Brooke Gibson as the organization’s northeast field representative. In her position, Gibson will work alongside local Farm Bureau members and county Farm Bureaus in 13 northeastern Oklahoma counties to promote Farm Bureau programs and activities. She will also serve as a liaison between county Farm Bureaus and the state Farm Bureau organization to ensure grassroots Farm Bureau voices are represented at every level of the organization. Gibson is a third-generation rancher who was raised on a cattle ranch raising Hereford cattle near Morris. She earned her bachelor’s degree in agricultural education at Oklahoma State University. […]

The 2026 Oklahoma legislative session set records in numerous ways, and Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s public policy team had their work cut out for them as they worked through a record-setting 2,600 newly filed bills in addition to nearly as many carryover bills from the 2025 session. OKFB policy staff and members monitored a wide array of bills and resolutions that impacted agriculture and rural Oklahoma across a slew of topics including renewable energy, taxes, water regulations and more. A $12.82 billion state budget deal was struck in early April, which put the remainder of legislative session on the fast-track as […]

Oklahoma Farm Bureau recently welcomed two college students to the organization as agricultural programs and events interns. Throughout the summer, they will work alongside all departments of the organization. From analyzing policy initiatives to capturing photos for events, OKFB’s summer interns will have the opportunity to work alongside Farm Bureau staff to elevate the organization’s impact. Alyssa Henry Originally from Owasso, Alyssa Henry was highly involved in her school’s FFA program, raising show lambs and competing in numerous career development events. Henry also recalls spending summers in Southwest Arkansas on her family’s beef cattle operation, providing her with even more […]

Oklahoma Farm Bureau has selected 12 Oklahoma businesses to be part of the Oklahoma Grassroots Rural and Ag Business Accelerators program for 2026. The accelerators program is a collaborative rural development initiative from OKFB along with national and state-level partners that develops Oklahoma-based innovators creating ideas, technologies and products creating economic opportunities in rural Oklahoma. The 12 founders were assigned to one of two cohorts with individualized tracks based on their business innovation. AgCelerate Oklahoma AgCelerate Oklahoma focuses on innovations and technologies that have an on-farm or production agriculture application in an effort to diversify opportunities for farmers with a […]