Four Oklahoma Farm Bureau members were recently appointed to several boards and commissions by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt. Garfield County Farm Bureau member Tyler Schnaithman was appointed to the Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture, which oversees the work of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry. In his role, Schnaithman will represent 16 counties in Northwest Oklahoma. Schnaithman is a fifth-generation farmer, and he and his family raise cattle, wheat, corn and soybeans on their family farm in Garber. Jessica Wilcox, a Major County Farm Bureau member, was tapped to serve a five-year term as Area 1 Commissioner for […]

The end of the 2026 Oklahoma legislative session is on the horizon as lawmakers enter the last few weeks of work at the state Capitol. With the sine die deadline just under a month away, bills are making their way through the legislative process on the opposite side of the rotunda from which they began. After the last major committee deadline passed on Thursday, April 23, only bills that advanced from their opposite-chamber committee remain alive for consideration on the floor, and of the hundreds of bills Oklahoma Farm Bureau was tracking at the beginning of session, several remain viable. […]

Oklahoma lawmakers have hit the halfway point in the 2026 legislative session with the passing of the first major chamber of origin deadline on Thursday, March 26. The mid-session deadline required bills to pass out of their chamber of origin in order to further advance through the legislative process, and this cutoff left several bills that Oklahoma Farm Bureau was tracking effectively dead for the rest of session. One such bill was HB 3178 by Rep. Nick Archer, which would have allowed old farm equipment to depreciate to a value of $0 over time, releasing property owners from paying personal […]

More than 50 Oklahoma Farm Bureau members descended on Washington, D.C., to share the story of agriculture during OKFB’s 2026 Washington, D.C., Summit March 23-26. Members kicked off the trip on Monday evening with a reception and a spectacular view of the Potomac River where they were joined by several legislative staffers from Oklahoma’s congressional delegation. Tuesday included a morning of briefings from industry experts from American Farm Bureau like RJ Layher, who visited with members about several top policy issues for AFBF, including a new poultry insurance pilot program, the New World Screwworm threat and the potential impacts of […]

The Oklahoma legislature cleared the first major deadline in early March, passing countless bills from committee over the first month of the 2026 legislative session. These bills that passed out of their respective committees now head to the floor of their chamber of origin. With spring break putting a pause on most legislative progress this week, that leaves about one week for legislators to get their bills heard before the next major deadline. OKFB has been tracking a trio of water bills that have carried over from last year, including SB 1928 by Sen. Casey Murdock. This measure would create […]

Congresswoman Stephanie Bice visited with Oklahoma Farm Bureau members in a round table discussion Tuesday, March 10, at the OKFB home office in Oklahoma City. Bice gave members an update on the latest happenings in Washington, D.C., including the progress being made on the Farm Bill as it passed the House Agriculture Committee in the first week of March. She also visited with members about the military conflict in the Middle East, explaining the United States’ involvement and her hope that resolutions will be reached quickly. Members shared with her the effects of the conflict being felt stateside by the […]