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Ottawa County honored as top county YF&R program

November 14, 2023 County News, News Center, News Releases, YF&R

Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Rodd Moesel (right) presents Ottawa County Young Farmers & Ranchers members with the 2023 OKFB Charles L. Roff Award on Saturday, Nov. 11 at the 2023 Oklahoma Farm Bureau Annual meeting in Oklahoma City.

The Ottawa County Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee was honored with the 2023 Oklahoma Farm Bureau YF&R Charles L. Roff Award on Saturday, Nov. 11 during the organization’s 82nd annual meeting in Oklahoma City. Presented to the state’s top county YF&R committee, the Charles L. Roff Award encourages YF&R members to improve their local committees while strengthening the Farm Bureau organization. “When we started our YF&R chapter a couple years ago, we just hoped to have a place where folks of similar age and industry who were going through similar things could come together and fellowship,” said Dillon Johnson, Ottawa […]

OKFB YF&R names discussion meet winners

November 14, 2023 News Center, News Releases, YF&R

Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers chairs Alisen and Jared Anderson (left) and OKFB President Rodd Moesel (right) present Leslie Lewis her award as the 2023 OKFB YF&R Discussion Meet winner on Saturday, Nov. 11 at the 2023 Oklahoma Farm Bureau Annual meeting in Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers named the winners of four discussion meet competitive events on Saturday, Nov. 11 during the organization’s 82nd annual meeting in Oklahoma City. Leslie Lewis of Okmulgee County was named the 2023 winner of the YF&R Discussion Meet, which was held in late July during the OKFB YF&R Summer Conference, and Jacob Beck of Logan County was named the 2024 winner after the discussion meet competition during OKFB’s annual meeting on Nov. 10. Cassidy Cashen of Oklahoma State University was named the 2023 Collegiate Farm Bureau Discussion Meet winner, and Ashlee Purvine of Thomas-Fay-Custer […]

Northeastern Oklahoma A&M recognized as top Collegiate Farm Bureau chapter

November 14, 2023 News Center, News Releases, YF&R

Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers chairs Jared and Alisen Anderson (left) and OKFB President Rodd Moesel (right) present Taylor Fent of Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College with the OKFB YF&R Moesel Award on Saturday, Nov. 11 at the 2023 Oklahoma Farm Bureau Annual meeting in Oklahoma City.

The Collegiate Farm Bureau chapter at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College was honored with the first ever Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Moesel Award on Friday, Nov. 10 during the organization’s 82nd annual meeting in Oklahoma City. The Moesel Award recognizes the top Collegiate Farm Bureau chapter that works to improve their local chapter while strengthening the Farm Bureau organization. NEO Collegiate Farm Bureau hosted a number of activities for their members during the 2022-2023 school year, including several commodity tours, where members toured local agricultural enterprises from traditional livestock and grain operations to coffee shops and Christmas tree […]

Comanche, Ottawa County Farm Bureaus recognized with County Excellence Award

November 14, 2023 County News, News Center, News Releases

Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Rodd Moesel (right) presents Comanche County Farm Bureau members Kerry Givens (left), Cora Sullivan (second from left) and Joshua Sullivan with the OKFB County Excellence Award on Saturday, Nov. 11 at the 2023 Oklahoma Farm Bureau Annual meeting in Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma Farm Bureau presented the OKFB County Excellence Award to Comanche and Ottawa County Farm Bureaus on Saturday, Nov. 11 at the organization’s 82nd annual meeting in Oklahoma City. Modeled after the American Farm Bureau Federation’s County Activities of Excellence Award, this award recognizes county Farm Bureaus with the most outstanding or unique local program, activity or event. Comanche County Farm Bureau hosted the first-ever Ag Days event for more than 600 fifth-grade students from four urban school districts in Comanche County. An idea that stemmed from Comanche County Farm Bureau member Joshua Sullivan and his daughter Cora, Ag Days […]

OKFB presents 2023 District Administrator of the Year Awards

November 14, 2023 County News, News Center, News Releases

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; […]

County Farm Bureaus honored for excellence with 2023 Presidential Star Awards

November 14, 2023 County News, News Center, News Releases

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

November 11, 2023 News Center

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

November 2, 2023 News Center

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

October 31, 2023 News Center

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

October 27, 2023 News Center, Public Policy

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 […]

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