The first week of May did not see many bills making progress at the state Capitol due to the continuing logjam over education funding. The House and Senate spent more time behind closed doors in caucus meetings than on their respective chamber floors. The key sticking point centers around rural public schools and whether they should receive more of the proposed additional per pupil funding than their urban counterparts. Gov. Kevin Stitt and House Republicans have held firm that rural public schools should be a priority consideration of the spending packages due to the vast majority of the proposed private […]
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More than $13,000 and 300 hogs donated to Pork for Packs program
The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture recognized more than 140 Oklahoma FFA chapters for donating to the foundation’s Pork for Packs program as a part of the 2022-2023 Oklahoma FFA Hunger Challenge. A total of $13,297 and 310 hogs were donated to the program throughout the school year. Pork for Packs – a collaboration between the OKFB Foundation for Agriculture, the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma and the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma – provides protein sticks for chronically hungry children in Oklahoma. The protein sticks are included in food-filled backpacks given to students to eat during weekends […]
Legislative update: Vet bill vetoed, groundwater permitting bill moves forward
The last legislative deadline week ahead of sine die was met with gridlock at 23rd and Lincoln. The major issue affecting nonrelated legislation is the difference of opinion over an education package and tax cuts. The House and the governor have spent most of the session in nearly lockstep on both of those issues while the Senate has had a considerably different opinion. This week the governor began vetoing nearly all Senate bills on his desk, issuing a message that he would continue doing so until the Senate threw their support behind his education and tax cut plans. The Senate […]
OKFB to host 2023 FFA Communications Conference July 25
Registration is now open for Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s third-annual communications conference for Oklahoma FFA members Tuesday, July 25. OKFB’s Amplify FFA Communications Conference will arm students with knowledge of basic communications techniques and concepts in areas including writing, photography, social media and more, all taught by leading Oklahoma communications professionals. Opening, lunch and closing sessions will provide students with general communications concepts and ideas while breakout sessions will provide information on specific communications disciplines that they can use to promote FFA during the upcoming school year. The conference will be held in Edmond at the Hilton Garden Inn Edmond. A […]
OKFB women gather for 2023 OKFB WLC Conference
Oklahoma Farm Bureau women from across the state gathered for the annual Women’s Leadership Committee Conference April 21-22 at the POSTOAK Lodge in Tulsa. The more than 90 attendees had the opportunity attend breakout sessions, complete two community service projects, participate in a silent auction and hear from Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell’s Chief of Staff Kirby Smith and OKFB Executive Director Thad Doye. Breakout session topics included wills and trusts, dam safety, the WLC Advocacy Program, drought recovery, making life accessible to all Oklahomans, agriculture health and wellness, integrating beef into diets, leadership development and yoga. Farm Bureau women donated […]
Spring 2023 Oklahoma Country magazine now online
The Spring 2023 issue of Oklahoma Country magazine is now available to view online in addition to being in Farm Bureau members’ mailboxes around the state. Check out all the content below from the Spring 2023 issue of the magazine, all the links to each and every story included in the issue, and a full issue of the magazine to read in your browser. Catch up on past issues of Oklahoma Country magazine on the publications page of our website. Cover Story Fighting the good fight Jeff and Sara Marlow do their part to fight against childhood hunger. Uncharted territories […]
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 […]
Legislative Update: drought commission, OSU vet medicine, and bond requirements
The Oklahoma State Legislature returned to the House and Senate chambers for the first week in a two-week floor work period. Both chambers have until next Thursday, April 27, to approve bills from the opposite chamber of origin. HB 1847 by Rep. John Kane and Sen. Grant Green passed the Senate this week with an emergency clause allowing it to go into immediate effect upon approval by the Governor. HB 1847 adds two members to the Emergency Drought Commission, which would allow two members from the Commission to meet and discuss ideas ahead of official meetings without being in violation […]
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 […]
Foundation for Agriculture to host annual watermelon challenge for second-grade students
Second-grade teachers can now sign up for the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture’s third-annual Watermelon Challenge. During the challenge, students learn about growing food and the hard work farmers and ranchers undertake. Students will grow their very own watermelon seed from start to melon for a chance to win prizes. Schools participating in the challenge will receive 30 watermelon seed packets, an activity book and resources with lessons. After lessons with their teacher, students and their families are encouraged to plant the watermelon seeds at home. Watermelon seeds can be planted late-April to mid-May, but the soil temperature must […]
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