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OKFB members braved the cold and gathered in Oklahoma City for the organization’s 2025 Leadership Conference held Tuesday, Feb. 13, at the downtown Embassy Suites. The annual event brings Farm Bureau members together for a day of learning and fellowship with a variety of speakers and guests throughout the conference. The event kicked off with Iowa Farm Bureau’s Vice President Brian Feldpaush giving an update on the impacts that California’s Proposition 12, which specified space requirements for hog farm,s has had on pork producers across the nation. Feldpaush discussed how pork distribution has been affected by the Prop. 12 restrictions […]

Oklahoma Farm Bureau presented six Oklahoma legislators with the organization’s Champion Award during OKFB’s annual leadership conference Tuesday, Feb. 18, for their commitment to agriculture and Oklahoma’s rural communities during the 2024 legislative session. OKFB’s Champion Award recognizes legislators who served as exemplary advocates for Oklahoma agriculture, going above and beyond for the state’s farmers and ranchers during Oklahoma’s 2024 legislative session. OKFB’s 2024 Champion Award winners included Speaker of the House Rep. Kyle Hilbert, Bristow; Rep. David Hardin, Stilwell; Rep. John Pfeiffer, Orlando; President Pro Tempore of the Senate Sen. Lonnie Paxton, Tuttle; Sen. Brent Howard, Altus; and Sen. […]

The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee Served more than 400 meals during their annual Farm City Festival at the Oklahoma State Capitol, Thursday Feb. 13. WLC members shared the agriculture story with legislators during the group’s annual event that connects Farm Bureau women with state legislators and their staff. “We are proud to feed Oklahoma’s legislators as Oklahoma’s farmers and ranchers,” said Mignon Bolay, OKFB WLC chair. “This is the largest we group we have ever served, and we are very proud of that.” WLC members hosted a lunch in the second-floor rotunda of the Capitol for legislators, their […]

Oklahoma Farm Bureau members will travel to Washington, D.C., to advocate for agriculture in the nation’s capital April 7-10 during the organization’s annual Washington, D.C., Summit. The trip fill feature visits with Oklahoma’s congressional delegation, industry briefings and national policy updates to share Oklahoma agricultural perspectives with national leaders and industry representatives. Farm Bureaus around the country and the agriculture industry are working together on a wide variety of issues and bills including the farm bill, labor availability, agricultural market access and more, making it a critical time for Farm Bureau members to make their grassroots voices heard. The trip […]

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 […]