Rep. Frank Lucas of Oklahoma is the recipient of the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 2024 Distinguished Service Award. Lucas will be recognized during the upcoming 2024 American Farm Bureau Convention, Jan. 19-24, held in Salt Lake City, Utah. The award is among the highest honors presented by AFBF. Lucas is a fifth-generation Oklahoman and farmer who has been a defender of agriculture for more than 40 years. With a bachelor’s degree in agricultural economics from Oklahoma State University, he successfully brought the perspective of the American farmer with him to Capitol Hill. Elected to Congress in 1994, he is recognized […]
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Pfeiffer appointed to Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board
Logan County Farm Bureau member Gaye Pfeiffer has been appointed to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board. Pfeiffer’s appointment was announced January 2 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She was one of 26 members appointed to serve on the board. Twenty-five members will serve three-year terms and one member will serve a one-year term. The term of board members appointed to three-year terms start February 2024 and end February 2027. Pfeiffer and her husband, John, raise Angus cattle along with their two adult sons on their family farm and ranch near Mulhall. The Pfeiffer family also raises hair […]
Harmon named senior director of Young Farmers & Ranchers
Oklahoma Farm Bureau has named Burton Harmon as the organization’s senior director of Young Farmers and Ranchers. In his new position, Harmon will work alongside OKFB’s grassroots-elected YF&R Committee to coordinate programs and events for Oklahoma agriculturalists ages 18-35 to help young Farm Bureau members develop their leadership, advocacy and business skills. Harmon has worked alongside YF&R members for decades going back to his time on the state YF&R committee as a Farm Bureau member. He also worked alongside county YF&R committees as a north central field representative. “I am excited to work with our future agricultural leaders through Farm […]
Oklahoma Grassroots Rural & Ag Business Accelerators 2024 program application now open through March 1
Applications for Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s 2024 Oklahoma Grassroots Rural & Ag Business Accelerators program year are now open until March 1 for rural Oklahoma and agricultural innovators looking to develop their enterprises and deepen their business understanding. 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 newly revamped AgCelerate Oklahoma agricultural innovation pipeline is for innovators who have innovations and technologies with an on-farm or production agriculture application that will help diversify opportunities for farmers. The AgCelerate pipeline prepares […]
OKFB praises attorney general for defending wage determination process
Oklahoma Farm Bureau applauds Attorney General Gentner Drummond for his efforts to uphold Oklahoma’s constitutional process to determine fair wages through his opposition to Initiative Petition 446, which would be put to a vote of the people as State Question 832. Drummond filed a brief Thursday with the Oklahoma Supreme Court in support of the OKFB Legal Foundation’s challenge to Initiative Petition 446, which would establish the state question to raise minimum wage. Drummond sided with the OKFB Legal Foundation in the brief, calling the measure “an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority” with intent to delegate legislative power to a […]
Private applicators license recertification deadline is Dec. 31
Oklahoma Farm Bureau encourages farmers and ranchers who hold a private applicators license to recertify their licenses that may be up for renewal. Holders of private applicators licenses in the state of Oklahoma who received a renewal notification letter from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry need to recertify their licenses that are up for renewal either by mail or online process by December 31, 2023. The notification letter shows the number of continuing education units a licensee holds, how many CEUs are needed for renewal (if any) and includes instructions for renewal. For questions about the renewal […]
OKFB Foundation for Agriculture awards local schools with $10,000 greenhouse grants
The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture recently selected Roland Public Schools and Navajo Public Schools to receive the $10,000 Growing with the Foundation grant. The Growing with the Foundation grant is designed to help students learn about agriculture through assisting schools with the purchase of a teaching greenhouse. “We are proud to award Roland and Navajo Public Schools with the Growing with the Foundation grant,” said David VonTungeln, OKFB Foundation for Agriculture president. “As our society becomes further removed from the farm, we appreciate the commitment these schools have to teaching their students about where their food comes from.” […]
Join OKFB for ag defense fundraiser Dec. 9 in Tulsa
Oklahoma Farm Bureau invites OKFB members and agriculture community friends to attend the 2023 OKFB Ag Defense Fundraiser at the Mayo Hotel in Tulsa Saturday, Dec. 9.
Register today for OKFB’s Generation Bridge Winter Conference Dec. 8-9 in Tulsa
Oklahoma Farm Bureau members ages 35-55 are encouraged to attend the OKFB Generation Bridge Conference Dec. 8-9 at the Stoney Creek Hotel in Broken Arrow after the Tulsa Farm Show. The conference will provide a chance for farmers and ranchers across the state to network with fellow agriculturalists, grow their professional and leadership skills and learn more about the industry. Generation Bridge serves as a stepping stone after Young Farmers and Ranchers with an opportunity for members to get involved in OKFB beyond the county level as they work to develop connections across the state, expand their knowledge of Farm […]
OKFB Legal Foundation files court protest to protect Oklahoma’s agricultural and rural economies
The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Legal Foundation joined efforts with The State Chamber to file a protest with the state’s highest court Monday, Nov. 20 against Initiative Petition 446, which would establish a state question to raise Oklahoma’s minimum wage. The initiative seeks to double the minimum wage by 2029 and increase it annually beginning in 2030 based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. This change would remove the responsibility of determining a minimum wage from the Oklahoma legislature and instead tie it to national economic projections that do not accurately reflect Oklahoma’s economy. “Taking […]
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