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Oklahoma Farm Bureau members are invited to submit their concerns about the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed herbicide strategy before the Oct. 22 comment period deadline. EPA released the Draft Herbicide Strategy Framework in July in response to extensive litigation from environmental groups about EPA’s noncompliance with the Endangered Species Act. The proposed framework is EPA’s attempt to protect some 900 endangered species and their habitats through significant use restrictions and mitigations on most agricultural herbicide uses. Growers located in pesticide use limitation areas – or PULAs – which include many parts of Oklahoma, could be subject to even greater restrictions. […]

Oklahoma Farm Bureau Treasurer and District 9 Director Jim Meek was recently elected to serve as chair of the Oklahoma Broadband Governing Board at the group’s regular meeting Tuesday, Oct. 10. The Okmulgee County rancher was elected by unanimous vote after having served as vice chair since the governing board’s inception in 2022, when he was appointed to the board by Oklahoma House Speaker Charles McCall. Meek and newly elected vice chair Amanda Mullins will lead the charge in the effort to expand access to reliable, affordable high-speed internet service in the state of Oklahoma. “The future of rural Oklahoma […]

Oklahoma Farm Bureau members are invited to attend the Oklahoma Water Resources Board’s second round of stakeholder input meetings in December. As the largest user of water in Oklahoma, it is crucial for agriculture to have a voice in these meetings. The stakeholder meetings will center on the impending updates to Oklahoma’s Comprehensive Water Plan with discussions on water policy, future water supply and demand, water challenges and more. For more information on the stakeholder input meetings and OCWP changes, visit the OWRB website. OCWP Public Survey on Water The OWRB is also asking the public to submit comments about […]

The Oklahoma Broadband Office is ready to hit the road once again for another round of listening stops around the state of Oklahoma. Coming on the heels of OBO’s Let’s Get Digital tour earlier this year, the Oklahoma’s Digital Promise tour will visit 10 Oklahoma towns in October and November to gather more information and collect public input as they continue their work to expand high-speed broadband internet access to Oklahomans in every corner of the state. Oklahoma Farm Bureau members are encouraged to attend a meeting to amplify the voice of rural Oklahoma and the need for rural broadband […]