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Forty-six county Farm Bureaus and four county Women’s Leadership Committees across the state along with Oklahoma Farm Bureau donated nearly $20,000 to food banks, food pantries, meal assistance programs and after school programs in Oklahoma. The OKFB Community Food Assistance Matching Program, which is in its third year, connects county Farm Bureaus with their communities through donations to local food assistance programs, and OKFB matches up to $100 for each county donation – doubling the impact of the gift. County Farm Bureaus that donated to local food banks include Adair, Alfalfa, Atoka, Beaver, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Craig, Creek, […]

Two Oklahoma State University students joined Oklahoma Farm Bureau in May as summer interns. Liberty Carson and Caden Schaufele will assist with OKFB programs and participate in activities and events throughout the coming months. Carson is an animal science and agribusiness junior at OSU. Carson will primarily work with the public policy department and the Young Farmers and Ranchers. She will assist with planning and coordinating summer youth events, learn about OKFB’s grassroots advocacy efforts and more. “I chose this internship because I have seen the impact Oklahoma Farm Bureau advocacy efforts make in our state for Oklahoma agriculturists,” Carson […]

The Oklahoma Broadband Office’s statewide broadband listening tour will be making several tour stops in the coming weeks across the state, and Oklahoma Farm Bureau members are encouraged to attend. The “Let’s Get Digital: Oklahoma Broadband Tour” will pass through 17 cities and towns to gather public input for a five-year plan to connect the entire state to high-speed internet. The tour kicked off on May 8 and will continue through June 23 with meetings in all four corners and points in-between of Oklahoma. Data show more than 800,000 Oklahomans currently lack access to dependable high-speed internet service in Oklahoma. […]

Oklahoma Farm Bureau members spent three days learning about Arkansas agriculture May 3-5 during OKFB’s Ag Tour 2023. The group kicked off the trip with a tour of Parks Brothers Farms in Van Buren, Arkansas, to learn about the farm’s nursery operation. Members heard from third-generation agriculturist and owner Jason Parks. The next stop was at the Fort Smith National Historic Site in Fort Smith. Members heard about the history of the fort and the instrumental role it played in Oklahoma history going back to our state’s time as a territory. Kicking off an exciting second day, the group visited […]