Oklahoma Farm Bureau recently presented its District Administrator of the Year Awards at the organization’s 82nd annual meeting Nov. 10-12 in Oklahoma City. The District Administrator of the Year Award is presented to one county Farm Bureau administrator from each OKFB district for their contributions to the overall success of their county Farm Bureau organization. County administrators conduct the daily operations of the county Farm Bureau and help meet the needs of members. The 2023 District Administrator of the Year recipients are: Joy Fitts, Beaver County, District One; Makayla Ellifritz, Greer County, District Two; Rachel Uhlenhake, Kingfisher County, District Three; […]
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County Farm Bureaus honored for excellence with 2023 Presidential Star Awards
Several county Farm Bureaus were recognized for their efforts to further agriculture and rural Oklahoma on Saturday, Nov. 11 during Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s 82nd annual meeting in Oklahoma City. Each year, OKFB recognizes the county Farm Bureaus that have excelled in program areas such as membership, public policy, local affairs, service to members, Women’s Leadership Committee and Young Farmers and Ranchers with a Presidential Star Award. The Six-Star Presidential Award was presented to Cherokee, Comanche, Mayes, Okmulgee, Ottawa, Payne and Rogers County Farm Bureaus for excelling in six program areas. Creek, Garfield, Grant, Greer, Kingfisher, LeFlore, Major, Noble, Okfuskee, Stephens, […]
Farm Bureau members, counties honored at OKFB’s 82nd annual meeting
Oklahoma Farm Bureau honored achievements and accomplishments of the organization’s members during the past year at OKFB’s annual awards banquet held Saturday, Nov. 11 at the Omni Hotel in Oklahoma City. Awards were presented to county Farm Bureaus for outstanding achievement in advocating for agriculture and Oklahoma’s rural communities with county star awards, the John I. Taylor Award, the Lewis H. Munn Award and more. Awards were also given to young farmers and ranchers, members of Oklahoma’s agriculture community, and nine farm and ranch families who were recognized for upholding our state’s richest agricultural traditions. Meet our 2023 Award Winners: […]
OKFB Foundation for Agriculture to host silent auction, rifle raffle fundraisers at OKFB annual meeting
The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture will host two fundraising activities for OKFB members to support the foundation during the 2023 OKFB Annual Meeting Nov. 10-12 in Oklahoma City. The foundation will host their annual silent auction in the Oklahoma Station 1-3 rooms and the Pinion Room at the Oklahoma City Omni Hotel and Convention Center. The auction will feature numerous donated items that OKFB members can place bids on from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 10, and from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11. Silent auction items must be paid for and […]
Breakout sessions to provide agricultural, rural updates at OKFB annual meeting
Oklahoma Farm Bureau members will have three unique opportunities to learn, grow and expand their agricultural horizons with breakout sessions on Friday, Nov. 10, during the 2023 OKFB annual meeting. The breakout sessions will begin at 3:15 p.m., shortly after the close of the opening general session. The breakout sessions will not repeat. Reports from OKFB’s AFBF Issue Advisory Committee members OKFB members who served at the 2023 American Farm Bureau Issue Advisory Committee meeting in Washington, D.C., earlier this year will share the issues discussed during the national meetings and host a discussion of agriculture issues. The IAC members […]
OKFB’s grassroots policymaking continues at state resolutions committee meeting
Nearly 40 Oklahoma Farm Bureau members gathered in Oklahoma City for the OKFB state resolutions committee meeting Oct. 24-25. Members spent two days reviewing, discussing and voting on county-submitted policy resolutions that will ultimately guide OKFB’s advocacy efforts in the coming years. More than 300 resolutions were sent in for consideration and covered a wide swath of topics, including improvements in the Commissioners of the Land Office management, ad valorem taxes and farm bill programs. The committee also considered resolutions on supporting agriculture education and CareerTech programs, EMS funding strategies and electric car tax incentives. The 75 policy proposals that […]
Twelve Oklahoma teachers receive agriculture books through OKFB’s Bushels for Books
Twelve Oklahoma teachers were recently selected to receive a bushel basket of accurate agriculture books as part of Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s Bushels for Books program. A collaboration between the OKFB Foundation for Agriculture and the OKFB Women’s Leadership Committee, Bushels for Books is designed to spread agriculture literacy to children around the state through providing a selection of books that accurately portray the agriculture industry. “As family farmers and ranchers, we are passionate about teaching others how their food gets to the dinner table,” said Mignon Bolay, OKFB WLC chair. “We greatly appreciate these educators who have made agriculture literacy […]
OKFB members explore “toxic grit” in final mental wellbeing webinar
Oklahoma Farm Bureau members wrapped up the webinar portion of the Cultivating Healthy Minds series with a look at resilience in agriculture on Friday, Oct. 13. The finale of the three-part webinar series featured Oklahoma State University’s Dr. Shannon Ferrell as he led members through an exploration of agriculture’s unique stressors and risks when it comes to mental health. Ferrell shared some of Oklahoma’s disheartening mental health statistics, including ranking third nationally in citizens experiencing mental illness, ranking first nationally in adverse childhood experiences per person, and ranking 49th overall in mental health. “When it comes to mental health issues, […]
OKFB members urged to comment on EPA proposed herbicide strategy
Oklahoma Farm Bureau members are invited to submit their concerns about the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed herbicide strategy before the Oct. 22 comment period deadline. EPA released the Draft Herbicide Strategy Framework in July in response to extensive litigation from environmental groups about EPA’s noncompliance with the Endangered Species Act. The proposed framework is EPA’s attempt to protect some 900 endangered species and their habitats through significant use restrictions and mitigations on most agricultural herbicide uses. Growers located in pesticide use limitation areas – or PULAs – which include many parts of Oklahoma, could be subject to even greater restrictions. […]
Register today for 2023 OKFB YF&R discussion meet competitive events
The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers committee is set to host the annual high school, collegiate and YF&R discussion meets at the OKFB Annual Meeting at the Omni Hotel in Oklahoma City. The high school discussion meet will be held Thursday, Nov. 9 and is open to all Oklahoma high school students. The collegiate discussion meet, open to any Oklahoma Collegiate Farm Bureau members, and YF&R discussion meet, open to OKFB members ages 18-35, will be held Friday, Nov. 10. The winner of the YF&R discussion meet will represent OKFB in the American Farm Bureau YF&R Discussion Meet […]
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