The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Charles L. Roff Award application is now open through Wednesday, Oct. 15. The Charles L. Roff Award recognizes the top county YF&R committee who works to improve their local committees while strengthening the Farm Bureau organization. Each county YF&R committee is encouraged to participate by describing the activities hosted or sponsored throughout the year, no matter how large or small the scope. The electronic application form can be found in the application center page on the OKFB website. For more information on OKFB’s YF&R Charles L. Roff Award, contact Burton Harmon at […]
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OKFB YF&R Shotgun Shoot raises more than $12,000 for OKFB Foundation for Agriculture
The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers held their annual shotgun shoot fundraiser Friday, Aug. 15, at Silverleaf Shooting Sports in Guthrie. More than $12,000 was raised for the OKFB Foundation for Agriculture to continue to support Oklahoma agriculture and promote agriculture throughout the state. More than 50 teams with a total of 200 shooters participated in the sporting-clay-style tournament across 12 stations that tested their skills with real-world hunting scenarios. Awards were given to top shooters in youth, collegiate and open divisions. The winning team in the open division received $100 for each shooter and a shotgun shell […]
Two Farm Bureau members appointed to USDA state director roles
Two Oklahoma Farm Bureau members were tapped as Oklahoma’s United States Department of Agriculture state directors by President Donald Trump on Thursday, Aug. 21. Eddie Fields of Osage County was named state executive director for Oklahoma’s Farm Service Agency, and Zac Swartz of Canadian County was appointed as state director for rural development in Oklahoma. Fields is a third-generation cattleman and agricultural producer from Wynona. He has served as chairman of the Oklahoma Ethics Commission and has served on the Oklahoma Mining Commission. He is also a former state senator and state representative, serving the people of Oklahoma from 2008-2018. […]
YF&R achievement, excellence award applications open now through October 15
Applications for the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers Achievement Award and Excellence in Agriculture Award are now open through Wednesday, Oct. 15. The YF&R Achievement Award recognizes YF&R members who have excelled in their farm or ranch, and have taken an active role in Farm Bureau programs and activities. Participants are involved in production agriculture with a majority of their income subject to normal production risks. The YF&R Excellence in Agriculture Award recognizes YF&R members who have a passion for agriculture, but who do not earn a majority of their income from an owned agriculture enterprise. Award winners […]
OKFB names Knight as Women’s Leadership Committee and membership engagement coordinator
Oklahoma Farm Bureau recently named Megan Knight as the organization’s new Women’s Leadership Committee and membership engagement coordinator. Knight will coordinate OKFB WLC events, activities and membership activities. “I’m honored to step into this role and build on the strong foundation of the Women’s Leadership Committee,” Knight said. “I am excited to support and engage women in agriculture across the state.” Knight joins OKFB from AgHires agriculture recruiting with a background in community engagement. She also served as a field representative for Congressman Frank Lucas, serving the western part of the state. Knight is no stranger to OKFB; as a […]
OKFB WLC awards three nurse’s training scholarships
The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee has awarded three $500 scholarships to students from Farm Bureau member families who are pursuing a career in nursing. The scholarships were awarded to Jenny Kijac of Jay, Cheyenne Kahoe of Mooreland, and Kate Burghartof McLoud. “The Women’s Leadership Committee understands the challenges students face when financing their education,” said Mignon Bolay, OKFB WLC chair. “We are proud to support these young ladies throughout their educational journeys to provide quality healthcare across rural communities.” Kijac, a Delaware County Farm Bureau member, is currently studying at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M to become a registered nurse. […]
Applications are now open for OKFB and Launch Rural OK’s Pitch the Plains competition
Oklahoma Farm Bureau has teamed up with Launch Rural OK to host the first-annual Pitch the Plains competition during the 2025 Oklahoma Farm Bureau Annual Meeting. The competition is designed to celebrate bold ideas and spark entrepreneurship in both adults and youth across rural Oklahoma. The competition features two separate categories, including an adult category and a youth category that is broken out into two divisions. The two youth divisions range from first through seventh grade and eighth through 12th grade. In the adult category, participants must have an idea, a prototype or be in the early revenue stage for […]
Tate joins OKFB as the summer public policy intern
Oklahoma State University student Luke Tate has joined the Oklahoma Farm Bureau public policy department as a summer intern. Tate, a native of Ninnekah, Oklahoma, is a junior studying agricultural business with a pre-law option at OSU. During his internship, Tate will assist with OKFB events, legislative research and various other policy-related projects. “This position is teaching me how to better advocate for agriculture and share the agriculture story to those not closely related to the industry,” Tate said. Tate grew up on a hay operation in Grady County and was heavily involved with 4-H and FFA, where he competed […]
OKFB launches Farm in a Bag program to share the agriculture story with elementary students
Oklahoma Farm Bureau has created “Farm in a Bag,” a new program to share the agriculture story with elementary-aged school children. OKFB’s Farm in a Bag program combines a wide variety of agriculture- and food-themed plush squeeze toys, an agriculture-accurate book and facts about the agriculture industry. Farm Bureau members, leaders and other agriculturalists can use the Farm in a Bag as a tool to share the agriculture story within schools, local libraries and community events. Each Farm in a Bag comes with 25 plush squeeze toys based off farm animals, crops and vegetables with the OKFB logo printed on […]
OKFB Young Farmers & Ranchers travel to Sulphur for YF&R Summer Conference
More than 70 Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers gathered in Sulphur for the 2025 YF&R Summer Conference July 25-27. Farm Bureau members ages 18-35 toured local agricultural facilities, heard from guest speakers and networked with fellow farmers and ranchers during the three-day event. Jaclyn Darling welcomed the group Friday evening for dinner at the Southern Oklahoma Livestock Auction sale barn in Ada, where members heard from Robert York, CEO of National Livestock. Saturday morning kicked off with John Kane, weapons of mass destruction coordinator for the Oklahoma Federal Bureau of Investigation, who visited with attendees about agroterrorism. The […]
