The Jeff and Holly Cooper family of Poteau received the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee’s District Five Farm and Ranch Family Recognition during the organization’s 77th annual meeting on Saturday, Nov. 17 in Norman. The Coopers have a herd of 100 Braford cows that Jeff said works well for the area. The family focuses on carefully managing their herd and being good stewards of the natural resources on the family’s ranch. “I feel like that if I do my job of providing the care, the grass, the fresh water, that I maximize their potential, my potential and the land’s […]
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Members, counties honored during annual meeting awards program
Oklahoma Farm Bureau presented its top awards to members and counties during the organization’s 77th Annual Meeting on Saturday, Nov. 17 in Norman, Oklahoma. The awards recognize individuals and counties for leadership, service and excellence within Farm Bureau and the agricultural industry. Press releases and hi-resolution photos are linked below. District Farm and Ranch Family Recognition District One Terry and Robin BryantDewey County District Two Brian and Misty JohnsonKiowa County District Three Lonnie and Sharon KingCaddo County District Four Russell and Jimmi KrizComanche County District Five Jeff and Holly CooperLeFlore County District Six Bart and Kelly WiedelMuskogee County District Seven […]
Meet AFBF WLC Chair Sherry Saylor at convention WLC luncheon
Oklahoma Farm Bureau women are encouraged to attend a Women’s Leadership Committee luncheon featuring American Farm Bureau Federation WLC Chair Sherry Saylor on Friday, Nov. 16 at 11:30 a.m. during the OKFB annual meeting in Norman, Oklahoma. During the lunch, Saylor will speak about her experience with the committee and will encourage Farm Bureau women in their work to advocate for farmers and ranchers. A native of Arizona, Saylor was elected AFBF WLC chair in 2015. As chair, she serves on the AFBF board of directors. She has represented the AFBF WLC on the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture’s […]
Farm Bureau women celebrate “Made in Oklahoma†at fall conference
More than 70 Farm Bureau women gathered at the 2018 Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee Fall Conference Sept. 28-29 in Edmond, Oklahoma. With a “Made in Oklahoma” theme, the conference helped celebrate the food and fiber grown, raised, and produced in Oklahoma. Julie Sears, a marketing coordinator for the Made in Oklahoma Coalition, shared about MIO’s work to promote local products over a lunch during the conference. In educational workshops, conference attendees learned how to incorporate agritourism activities on their farms and ranches from Oklahoma Agritourism’s Meriruth Cohenour and heard a legislative, election and state question update from OKFB […]
WLC, Foundation partner to donate accurate ag books to teachers
The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee and OKFB’s Oklahoma Farming and Ranching Foundation have partnered to sponsor the 2018 Bushels for Books program, which awards teachers and school librarians bushel baskets of accurate agriculture books to be used in their classrooms and libraries across the state. Selected by the OKFB WLC, the books will cover various agriculture topics based on the grade levels receiving the books. Most books are elementary age appropriate. Applications are now available online, and must be submitted no later than Sept. 14 to marcia.irvin@okfb.org or mail to Oklahoma Farm Bureau, Attn: Marcia Irvin, 2501 N. […]
Three nursing students awarded $500 scholarships from WLC
Cade Baldwin of Stephens County, Cheyanne Gibbens of Okmulgee County and Logan Hukill of Caddo County each recently were awarded a scholarship to study nursing by the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee. The annual scholarship program awards three $500 scholarships to students studying nursing at an accredited college, university, vo-tech or trade school. Applicants must be Oklahoma Farm Bureau members or a member of a Farm Bureau-member family. “Our committee chooses to support nursing students because we see firsthand the need for qualified healthcare professionals in rural areas,” said Kitty Beavers, OKFB WLC chair. “We’re grateful to play a […]
OKFB WLC to host fall conference Sept. 28-29 in Edmond
Oklahoma Farm Bureau women are invited to gather for the OKFB Women’s Leadership Committee Fall Conference to be held Sept. 28-29 at the Hilton Garden Inn and Conference Center in Edmond, Oklahoma. The two-day conference will feature special speakers, educational breakout sessions, a trade show, entertainment, fellowship and more. Find a tentative agenda and the conference registration form on the OKFB website at okfarmbureau.org/women. To attend the conference, complete and return the registration form to WLC Coordinator Marcia Irvin no later than Aug. 27. Hotel rooms are available at the Hilton Garden Inn through Aug. 27. To make a reservation, […]
OKFB WLC $500 nurse’s scholarships applications due July 1
The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee is accepting applications for its 2018 nurse’s scholarship program now through July 1. The annual scholarship program awards three $500 scholarships to students studying nursing at an accredited college, university, vo-tech or trade school. Applicants must be Oklahoma Farm Bureau members or a member of a Farm Bureau member family. The WLC understands the important role nurses and health care professionals play in ensuring a high quality of life for all residents across our state, and especially rural residents. With the cost of education increasing yearly, the committee is proud to provide three […]
OKFB WLC, Oklahoma Farming and Ranching Foundation now accepting donated crops for books program
As wheat harvest continues across the state, Oklahoma farmers are invited to donate bushels of harvested crops to the Bushels for Books program. A partnership of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee and the Oklahoma Farming and Ranching Foundation, the program each year accepts donated crops and monetary contributions to provide Oklahoma schools with bushel baskets of agriculture books. To donate harvested crops, farmers present a completed Bushels for Books form to their local co-op or grain elevator to designate the amount of bushels they wish to donate to the program. Educators and schools may apply to receive agriculture […]
Women’s Leadership Committee, Foundation present agriculture books to teachers
Six Oklahoma teachers were presented with a basket of agriculture books during the OKFB Annual Meeting Nov. 11 in Norman, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee partnered with the Oklahoma Farming and Ranching Foundation to sponsor this year’s Bushels for Books program, which donates a bushel basket of accurate agriculture books to teachers and schools across the state. “The Foundation is dedicated to educating others about our state’s farming and ranching community,” said Jeramy Rich, president of the Oklahoma Farming and Ranching Foundation. “We’re proud to support teachers across the state in educating the future of Oklahoma.” Applications […]
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