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Five rural Oklahoma innovators presented their inventions and ideas to a gathering of investment partners and Farm Bureau guests at Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s Oklahoma Grassroots Rural and Ag Business Accelerators Demo Day Wednesday, Feb. 5, in Oklahoma City. Demo Day was the culmination of the accelerator program’s Activate Oklahoma rural innovation pipeline for the Fall 2024 program cohort, which featured rural Oklahoma businesses located in Minco, Fairview, Wagoner and other local communities. Activate Oklahoma participants had five minutes to present their innovative ideas to attendees during the program. The innovators each hosted a booth where they showcased their ideas and […]

Oklahoma Farm Bureau has named Brittney King to the position of executive assistant in the organization’s executive offices. In her role, King will help plan events for the organization and assist OKFB staff with wide variety of coordination efforts. She will also assist the OKFB president and executive director with planning, coordination and scheduling to help support the mission of the farm organization. “I am excited to take on this new role and work with Oklahoma Farm Bureau leaders and members,” King said. “Having worked with the organization since 2018, I am looking forward to being even more deeply connected […]

Applications for Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s 2025 Oklahoma Grassroots Rural & Ag Business Accelerators program year are now open until April 4 for rural Oklahoma and agricultural innovators looking to develop their enterprises and deepen their business understanding. The program offers two distinct pipelines for rural Oklahoma innovators who are looking to develop their ideas, build their entrepreneurial skills and hone their pitches with help from Oklahoma’s world-class business development ecosystem. The Activate Oklahoma rural innovation pipeline provides resources and assistance for innovative rural Oklahoma businesses that have an innovation or product that will bring economic opportunities to rural Oklahoma. The […]

More than 60 Oklahoma Farm Bureau members traveled to San Antonio for four days of action-packed sessions, competitions, networking and more during the 2025 American Farm Bureau convention Jan. 25-28. The event kicked off with the annual meeting of AFBF Women where OKFB Women’s Leadership Committee members represented Oklahoma in the business session. WLC members also attended the AFBF Women’s regional caucuses and a meet-and-greet breakfast with fellow Farm Bureau women from around the nation. OKFB’s Young Farmers and Ranchers members represented Oklahoma in three AFBF YF&R competitive events held during convention. Jacob Beck of Logan County competed in two […]

Five delegates from Oklahoma Farm Bureau helped set grassroots policy at the 2025 American Farm Bureau convention in San Antonio that will guide the policy efforts of the nation’s leading farm organization for the coming year. Farmers and ranchers from around the nation gathered on Tuesday, Jan. 28, to consider, discuss and vote upon proposed changes to the AFBF policy created and submitted by grassroots Farm Bureau members. Oklahoma was represented in the business meeting by Rodd Moesel, OKFB president; Roger Moore, district six director; Mike Clark, LeFlore County, Cyndi Mackey, Women’s Leadership Committee district five member; and Jacob Beck, […]

Oklahoma Farm Bureau was recognized for outstanding programs and achievement in 2024 with four American Farm Bureau State Awards of Excellence. The awards were announced at the 2025 AFBF convention in San Antonio where Farm Bureau achievements earned during the previous year were celebrated. OKFB earned SAE awards in all four program areas: Advocacy, Coalitions & Partnerships, Engagement & Outreach and Leadership & Business Development. The Awards of Excellence is an annual AFBF program that recognizes state Farm Bureaus that demonstrated outstanding achievements in the four program areas. OKFB was also recognized for contributions to the AFBF Foundation for Agriculture […]

The Winter 2025 issue of Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s Oklahoma Country magazine, filled with stories from around Oklahoma agriculture and Farm Bureau, is headed to mailboxes and is also available online for viewing and reading. Be sure to check out the digital copy in addition to the print copy mailed to each and every OKFB member. OKFB’s Winter 2025 issue features nine Oklahoma farm and ranch families who were honored as OKFB’s 2024 Farm & Ranch Family Recognition recipients. Also featured are the two new OKFB board of directors members, from District 2 is Jimmy Taylor of Roger Mills county and from District 5 […]

Seven OKFB members have been tapped to serve on the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Issue Advisory Committees in February in Washington, D.C. The Issue Advisory Committees create an avenue for Farm Bureau’s grassroots leaders to contribute their expertise on specific issues to the organization’s policy. The IAC is made up of 11 committees, and each committee consists of 8, 12 or 16 members. The outcomes from each committee include advice and counsel to the AFBF Board of Directors on policy-related actions AFBF might take, recommendations for state Farm Bureaus, and input to the AFBF Resolutions Committee. OKFB members selected and […]