Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers recognize members each year for their achievements through several awards, and applications for these awards are now open. The YF&R committee is opening applications for the YF&R Achievement Award, YF&R Excellence in Agriculture Award and the YF&R Discussion Meet. This year, the committee will select two winners for both award areas in 2023 – one to compete at the 2024 American Farm Bureau Convention and one to compete at the 2025 American Farm Bureau Convention – to give the state winners ample time to prepare for the AFBF award competitions. Applications for the 2024 competition […]
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Oklahoma Broadband Office launches 17-stop “Let’s Get Digital” listening tour
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. […]
OKFB members attend Ag Tour in southwestern Arkansas
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 […]
Oklahoma Grassroots Rural & Ag Business Accelerators 2023 program application deadline is May 19
Oklahoma innovators have until Friday, May 19, to apply for an opportunity to receive business support and resources as part of the inaugural Oklahoma Grassroots Rural & Ag Business Accelerators cohorts. The program is coordinated by Oklahoma Farm Bureau along with state and national partners and consists of two unique business development pipelines that will connect rural Oklahoma innovators and ventures with business support and potential investment. 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 – will focus on innovations and […]
Legislative update: wheat checkoff program, nuisance wildlife
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 […]
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 […]
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