Oklahoma Farm Bureau has named Kinsey Westwood senior public policy consultant in the organization’s public policy division. Westwood will help implement OKFB’s member-driven grassroots advocacy efforts to support Oklahoma’s agriculture community. She will assist with the organization’s public policy efforts on the state and national levels in addition to planning and implementing a variety of advocacy-related programs. “I am honored to be back home at Oklahoma Farm Bureau, serving my first love: agriculture and the community that encompasses it,” Westwood said. Westwood returns to OKFB, where she worked in the public policy division from 2011-2012, after a wide and varied […]
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OKFB selects 12 Oklahoma businesses for rural, ag business accelerators program
Oklahoma Farm Bureau recently selected 12 rural Oklahoma businesses for the organization’s new Oklahoma Grassroots Rural and Ag Business Accelerators program. The accelerators program is a collaborative rural development initiative from Oklahoma Farm Bureau along with national and state-level partners that develops Oklahoma-based innovators creating ideas, technologies and products creating economic opportunities in rural Oklahoma. The 12 startups, all based in Oklahoma communities with populations of 50,000 or less, were selected from a robust pool of applicants in early June and recently completed a multi-day business bootcamp at the OKFB home office in Oklahoma City as well as their local […]
OKFB hosts second-annual Capitol Camp
More than 70 4-H and FFA students gathered at the Oklahoma state Capitol June 27-28 for Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s second-annual Capitol Camp. Formerly known as the Youth Legislative Experience, Capitol Camp is an immersive two-day experience for high school juniors and seniors to learn about Oklahoma’s legislative process and how bills become law through a mock legislature held on the floor of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. “I decided to do this to broaden my horizons about the entire legislative process – just to be able to sit in their seats and to actually do what they do on a […]
Oklahoma Grassroots Rural & Ag Business Accelerators 2023 program application deadline is May 19
Oklahoma innovators have until Friday, May 19, to apply for an opportunity to receive business support and resources as part of the inaugural Oklahoma Grassroots Rural & Ag Business Accelerators cohorts. The program is coordinated by Oklahoma Farm Bureau along with state and national partners and consists of two unique business development pipelines that will connect rural Oklahoma innovators and ventures with business support and potential investment. The Cultivate Oklahoma agricultural innovation pipeline – powered by national partner AgLaunch Initiative working with Ag Ventures Alliance, a farmer cooperative that invests in ag tech startups – will focus on innovations and […]
Statement: OKFB applauds Stitt’s education funding plan
Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Rodd Moesel released the following statement today supporting Gov. Kevin Stitt’s proposed education reform compromise: “Oklahoma Farm Bureau applauds Gov. Kevin Stitt for creating an education funding proposal that strikes a balance for residents of rural Oklahoma and our urban friends while incorporating key ideas from both the House and Senate education plans. “The governor’s three main allocation areas are an equitable solution that will help fund rural schools, reward our rural educators for the tremendous job they do while ensuring we can recruit and retain the next generation of Oklahoma teachers, and create a mechanism […]
OKFB, partners launch rural and ag business accelerator programs to foster rural innovation
Oklahoma Farm Bureau, along with national and state-level partners, is proud to launch the Oklahoma Grassroots Rural and Ag Business Accelerators, a rural economic development initiative designed to spur innovation, diversify opportunities for farmers and create jobs in rural Oklahoma. The core of the initiative is two separate business development pipelines that will connect rural Oklahoma innovators and ventures with investment and business support, bringing the next generation of Oklahoma ingenuity to life. The Cultivate Oklahoma agricultural innovation pipeline – powered by national partner AgLaunch Initiative working with Ag Ventures Alliance, a farmer cooperative that invests in ag tech startups […]
OKFB praises Drummond’s action on lesser prairie chicken listing
Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Rodd Moesel today thanked Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond for joining a lawsuit challenging a federal rule listing the lesser prairie chicken as endangered and threatened under the Endangered Species Act. “We appreciate Attorney General Drummond standing up for our family farmers and ranchers, who suffer the most from the lesser prairie chicken’s listing,” Moesel said. “Our state’s farmers and ranchers are tremendous land stewards who manage our state’s natural resources, including wide swaths of wildlife habitat. Tying agricultural producers’ hands by restricting which land-management practices they can use unnecessarily restricts our members’ generations-deep boots-on-the-ground experience […]
Oklahoma rural coalition hosts press conference in opposition of SQ 820
Three of the state’s leading agriculture organizations gathered March 1 for a press conference opposing State Question 820 today in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma Farm Bureau, the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association and American Farmers and Ranchers strongly oppose the state question appearing on ballots Tuesday, March 7. Members of all three organizations believe the legalization of recreational marijuana use will be harmful to rural Oklahoma and Oklahomans across the state. Rodd Moesel, OKFB president, acknowledged the overwhelming sentiment from the organizations’ members on Oklahoma’s marijuana industry. “Each of us has spent a disproportionate amount of time hearing from our members with concerns […]
Twelve legislators honored at OKFB leadership conference
Twelve state legislators were recently honored at Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s annual leadership conference Feb. 21 in Oklahoma City. OKFB presented 10 legislators with the 2022 OKFB Champion award – an honor given to state lawmakers who serve as exemplary advocates for Oklahoma agriculture, going above and beyond for the state’s farmers and ranchers during the 2022 legislative session. Champion award recipients were Sen. Lonnie Paxton, Tuttle; Sen. Darcy Jech, Kingfisher; Sen. Chuck Hall, Perry; Sen. Brent Howard, Altus; Sen. Chris Kidd, Waurika; Rep. John Pfeiffer, Orlando; Rep. Jon Echols, Oklahoma City; Rep. Kyle Hilbert, Bristow; Rep. Dell Kerbs, Shawnee; and […]
OKFB supports HB 2775 and HB 1935 to increase school funding
Oklahoma Farm Bureau is proud to support HB 2775 and HB 1935 by House Speaker Charles McCall to increase funding for public schools across the state of Oklahoma. These proposals would assist public school funding in a number of ways, including providing a teacher pay raise and increasing each school’s per-pupil funding through a $500 million total funding increase. Additionally, up to $300 million would be allocated to tax credits for students attending private or home schools. Rural Oklahoma is the lifeblood of our state, and Farm Bureau members know firsthand one of the keys to continued vibrance and prosperity in rural communities […]
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