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, The Holy City of the Wichitas and the refuge’s visitor center.
Members participated in two community service projects later that evening, filling bags of watermelon seeds for the OKFB Foundation for Agriculture’s Watermelon Challenge program and writing thank-you cards to Oklahoma legislators in appreciation for their work to promote and protect rural Oklahoma and the state’s agriculture community.
Farm Bureau women had the opportunity to bid on silent auction items donated by county women’s committees and others, raising $2,407 for the OKFB Foundation for Agriculture.
Featured speakers included Vincent Saylor, the incoming chairman for the Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce, who welcomed members to Lawton and OKFB Executive Director Thad Doye.
Numerous breakout sessions on Saturday, April 26, provided conference attendees with the chance to learn about agriculture, share the farm and ranch story and learn about other topics of interest to the rural-based attendees. Sessions included advocating for agriculture by using social media, agritourism programs, advocacy programs and tax regulations.
The Women’s Leadership Committee hosts their annual conference as an opportunity for Farm Bureau members to connect and learn together. For more information about OKFB’s WLC program, contact Marcia Irvin at (405) 523-2300.
