More than 100 Oklahoma Farm Bureau women from around the state gathered for a weekend of fellowship, service and learning during the 2025 OKFB Women’s Leadership Committee’s annual statewide conference at the Hilton Garden Inn in Lawton April 25-26. The conference featured breakout sessions, community service projects, a silent auction fundraiser and networking opportunities. The conference kicked off Friday, April 25, with a trip to Medicine Park where members had lunch at The Old Plantation Restaurant and explored the town. The tour group then traveled into the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge where the group visited the top of Mt. Scott, […]
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Ten students awarded $1,000 OKFB YF&R scholarships
The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers committee has awarded nine $1,000 scholarships to one high school senior from each OKFB district and a $1,000 scholarship to a Collegiate Farm Bureau member. The scholarships were awarded to students who plan to pursue a degree in an agriculture-related field at an Oklahoma college or university and who desire to contribute to agriculture and rural Oklahoma. “The Young Farmers and Ranchers committee is proud to support these 10 students in achieving their higher-education goals,” said Jacob Beck, OKFB YF&R chair. “The agriculture industry is in good hands with this outstanding group […]
Two OKFB members to serve on governor’s wildland fire response working group
Two Oklahoma Farm Bureau members have been appointed to Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s Wildland Fire Response working group, which will develop a comprehensive set of recommendations to enhance Oklahoma’s wildfire mitigation and response efforts. Comanche County Farm Bureau Member Adam Bohl and OKFB Senior Director of Young Farmers & Ranchers and Noble Farm Bureau member Burton Harmon will both serve on the working group. Bohl is a fifth-generation farmer and rancher in southwestern Oklahoma’s Tillman county near the community of Chattanooga. Bohl has served on the Chattanooga Volunteer Fire Department since 2007 and is the second generation of his family […]
OKFB Foundation for Agriculture 2025 Watermelon Challenge sign-ups open through May 5
Second-grade teachers can now enroll their classrooms in a watermelon-growing contest through the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture’s fifth-annual Watermelon Challenge. During the challenge, students will grow their very own watermelon from seeds provided by the foundation for a chance to win prizes. The challenge illustrates the hard work and effort Oklahoma farmers and ranchers undertake when growing and raising food. Schools participating in the challenge will receive watermelon seed packets, an activity book and resources with lessons for each student in their classroom. After teachers work through the provided lessons, students and their families are encouraged to plant […]
More than 60 young agriculturalists visit capitol for OKFB YF&R and Collegiate legislative event
More than 60 Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers and Collegiate Farm Bureau members took to the Oklahoma Capitol Tuesday, April 1, to advocate for agriculture and learn about the lawmaking process during the group’s YF&R and Collegiate Farm Bureau Day at the Capitol. Members kicked off the event by attending an evening of fellowship at Top Golf in Oklahoma City, where they heard from guest speaker, HJ Reed, as he discussed the fundamentals of the legislative process to prepare for the following day’s event. Attendees then participated in an evening of playing golf and card games with fellow […]
Oklahoma Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture donates $10,000 for Hurricane Helene relief
The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture has donated $10,000 to a number of state Farm Bureau relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Relief efforts are in full force after the devastating hurricane hit parts of Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina and Tennessee in late September. American Farm Bureau has accumulated a list of relief efforts and funds coordinated by several state Farm Bureaus. OKFB members wishing to donate to Hurricane Helene relief are encouraged to give directly to any or all of the funds listed below. Florida Farm Bureau Hurricane Relief Fund for Agriculture Georgia Farm […]
Anderson joins OKFB staff as new northeastern area field representative
Alisen Anderson of Fairland has joined Oklahoma Farm Bureau as northeastern field representative. In her new position, Anderson will assist 14 county Farm Bureaus in northeastern Oklahoma with programs, activities and operations as she serves as a liaison between the county organizations and the statewide OKFB organization. Anderson joins the OKFB staff after years of involvement in the organization as an active Farm Bureau member. Anderson has served as Ottawa County Farm Bureau president; OKFB Young Farmers and Ranchers Chair with her husband, Jared, from 2022-2023; and on the national level as a member of the American Farm Bureau YF&R […]
OKFB names Westwood head of public policy, Milliman joins department
Oklahoma Farm Bureau has selected Kinsey Westwood to lead the organization’s public policy department as senior director of public policy, and has tapped Gage Milliman to join the policy department as a director of public policy. Westwood has served as OKFB’s Senior Public Policy Consultant since 2023 in addition to a previous stint with the organization from 2011-2012. In her new role, Westwood will oversee the advocacy efforts of Oklahoma’s largest general farm organization at the state legislature and through the rulemaking and regulatory processes. Westwood will also work with Oklahoma’s congressional delegation and federal agencies to advance OKFB’s grassroots […]
OKFB hosts record-breaking state fair livestock judging contest
Oklahoma Farm Bureau hosted 64 schools, totaling 2,023 4-H and FFA students for the annual state fair livestock judging contest on Thursday, Sept. 19, at the Oklahoma State Fair. Participants judged eight classes of cattle, hogs, sheep and goats. Students evaluated eight breeding classes of cattle, sheep, goats and hogs. Participants also answered two sets of questions about one class of cattle and one class of hogs. The top three individuals in the junior 4-H division were Bennett Landreth, Lomega 4-H: 462; Dax Inman, Mulhall-Orlando 4-H: 455; and Hayes Anderson, Purcell 4-H: 449. The top three teams were Fort Gibson […]
Lucas honored with AFBF Distinguished Service Award
Rep. Frank Lucas of Oklahoma is the recipient of the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 2024 Distinguished Service Award. Lucas will be recognized during the upcoming 2024 American Farm Bureau Convention, Jan. 19-24, held in Salt Lake City, Utah. The award is among the highest honors presented by AFBF. Lucas is a fifth-generation Oklahoman and farmer who has been a defender of agriculture for more than 40 years. With a bachelor’s degree in agricultural economics from Oklahoma State University, he successfully brought the perspective of the American farmer with him to Capitol Hill. Elected to Congress in 1994, he is recognized […]
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