Oklahoma Farm Bureau applauds Attorney General Gentner Drummond for his efforts to uphold Oklahoma’s constitutional process to determine fair wages through his opposition to Initiative Petition 446, which would be put to a vote of the people as State Question 832. Drummond filed a brief Thursday with the Oklahoma Supreme Court in support of the OKFB Legal Foundation’s challenge to Initiative Petition 446, which would establish the state question to raise minimum wage. Drummond sided with the OKFB Legal Foundation in the brief, calling the measure “an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority” with intent to delegate legislative power to a […]

The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Legal Foundation joined efforts with The State Chamber to file a protest with the state’s highest court Monday, Nov. 20 against Initiative Petition 446, which would establish a state question to raise Oklahoma’s minimum wage. The initiative seeks to double the minimum wage by 2029 and increase it annually beginning in 2030 based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. This change would remove the responsibility of determining a minimum wage from the Oklahoma legislature and instead tie it to national economic projections that do not accurately reflect Oklahoma’s economy. “Taking […]

Terry Stowers was recognized with the Distinguished Service to Oklahoma Farm Bureau Award on Saturday, Nov. 11 during the organization’s 82nd annual meeting in Oklahoma City.  The award honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to agriculture and the Farm Bureau organization.  Stowers earned the award for the two decades he spent advocating for the rights of individual and family mineral owners in Oklahoma through the Coalition of Oklahoma Surface and Mineral Owners. “Terry Stowers has been an incredible partner and key adviser to farmers, ranchers and mineral owners in Oklahoma for more than two decades,” said OKFB President Rodd […]