The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers committee recently awarded nine $1,000 scholarships to a high school senior from each OKFB district and one $1,000 scholarship to a Collegiate Farm Bureau member. Scholarships are awarded to students who plan to pursue a degree in an agriculture-related field at an Oklahoma college or university and have a desire to contribute to agriculture and rural Oklahoma. “Our Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee is so proud of all the work this year’s scholarship winners have done to prepare themselves to be future leaders for agriculture,” said OKFB YF&R Chair Alisen Anderson. “Farm […]
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Legislative Update: final committee deadline, drought commission, public safety protection district
The legislature crossed another deadline threshold this week finishing up the second and final committee deadline of the legislative session. While Senate bills assigned to House Appropriations and Budget still have one more week, all other bills were required to be passed out of their assigned committee from the opposite chamber of which they originated from. Initial numbers show that there are roughly 500 bills and joint resolutions remaining available for consideration ahead of the next deadline on April 27, which will require bills to be passed off of the floor of the opposite chamber. Following the April 27 deadline, […]
OKFB Ag Tour to visit southwestern Arkansas May 3-5
All Oklahoma Farm Bureau members are invited to attend the 2023 OKFB Ag Tour May 3-5 near Fort Smith, Arkansas. The three-day tour will feature the area’s agriculture industry, history and way of life. Buses will load for the tour at the OKFB home office in Oklahoma City and in Okemah. Tour attendees will stay two nights in a Fort Smith hotel. Meals will be provided during the tour. The cost is $400 for an individual or $500 for two people sharing a room. Space will be limited to 50 members only. The registration form with payment must be mailed […]
OKFB praises Drummond’s action on lesser prairie chicken listing
Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Rodd Moesel today thanked Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond for joining a lawsuit challenging a federal rule listing the lesser prairie chicken as endangered and threatened under the Endangered Species Act. “We appreciate Attorney General Drummond standing up for our family farmers and ranchers, who suffer the most from the lesser prairie chicken’s listing,” Moesel said. “Our state’s farmers and ranchers are tremendous land stewards who manage our state’s natural resources, including wide swaths of wildlife habitat. Tying agricultural producers’ hands by restricting which land-management practices they can use unnecessarily restricts our members’ generations-deep boots-on-the-ground experience […]
WOTUS rule implementation halted in Oklahoma, 23 other states
The U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota enjoined the 2023 Waters of the United States rule in 24 states, including Oklahoma, on Wednesday, April 12. The ruling blocks implementation of the 2023 WOTUS rule in 24 states, adding to a previous injunction issued by a Texas court last month that blocked implementation in Texas and Idaho. In the ruling, the court noted the 2023 rule is confusing and recognized the rule’s boundaries are “unlimited.” The court’s opinion also recognized the burden of “costly compliance efforts” placed on individual landowners. The Biden administration’s 2023 WOTUS rule took effect […]
Legislative update: water rights protest, OSU vet med, 4-H members absence exemption
Both chambers returned to the Capitol this week with full committee schedules. Since no House committees met last week and only a handful of Senate committees took up legislation, legislators only had two weeks of committee work to advance their bills through committee and onto chamber floors. HB 2053 by Rep. David Hardin and Sen. Brent Howard passed out of the Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee Thursday. HB 2053 clarifies who qualifies as an interested party in a groundwater permit application protest. Specifically, those appealing a groundwater permit based solely on the industry or entity applying to utilize the water […]
OKFB to host annual food matching program
Oklahoma Farm Bureau is excited to host the third-annual Community Food Assistance Matching Program to connect county Farm Bureaus with their community. The program provides matching funds up to $100 for county Farm Bureaus that donate to a food assistance program. County Farm Bureaus can receive matching funds for donating to local food banks, food pantries, meals on wheels and other food assistance programs with a food donation, food drive or monetary donation. Farmers and ranchers across Oklahoma create food, fiber and fuel for people in their communities, and OKFB members understand the importance of giving back to their communities. […]
OKFB members advocate for agriculture during the Washington, D.C. Summit March 27-31
Nearly 60 Oklahoma Farm Bureau members advocated for agriculture and rural Oklahoma in the nation’s capital during OKFB’s Washington, D.C. Summit March 27-31. Members had the opportunity to talk with Oklahoma’s congressional delegation who are making decisions that impact farmers, ranchers and rural Oklahomans. “We had a lot of wonderful opportunities to sit down with our senators and representatives and talk face-to-face and ask those hard questions,” said Jacob Beck, OKFB Young Farmers and Ranchers district three representative. “It has been very eye-opening and reassuring that our delegation is thinking about us in agriculture.” Senators James Lankford and Markwayne Mullin […]
WLC hosts annual Farm City Festival March 21
The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee provided meals to more than 400 legislators, staff and visitors at the Oklahoma State Capitol Tuesday, March 21, during the committee’s annual Farm City Festival. The event serves as an opportunity for state WLC members and county Farm Bureau women from across the state to connect with legislators and share the importance of agriculture while providing a meal to highlight the importance of agriculture. “It’s very important that the producers come to the Capitol and some times educate the legislators to let them know how legislation affects people on the farm,” said Karen […]
Legislative Update: hazard mitigation districts, medical marijuana growers license
This week was a busy one at 23rd and Lincoln as the Legislature was up against the second major deadline of the session. Thursday was the final day for bills to be passed off the floor of their chamber of origin. Following the first deadline at the beginning of the month, around 1,000 bills were still left for consideration. As bills now switch sides to be considered by the opposite chamber, there are roughly 800 bills alive. Oklahoma Farm Bureau members were pleased that HB 1921 by Rep. Lonnie Sims did not receive consideration on the House floor. HB 1921 […]
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