Four leaders of the Oklahoma Legislature are scheduled to appear on a panel during the 2019 Oklahoma Farm Bureau Leadership Conference on Monday, Feb. 18 at 3 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Hotel near downtown Oklahoma City. House Speaker Charles McCall, Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat, House Minority Leader Emily Virgin and Senate Minority Leader Kay Floyd will discuss leading agriculture and rural issues in a forum led by OKFB President Rodd Moesel. The legislative leaders join a lineup of other speakers including Gov. Kevin Stitt, Lt. Governor Matt Pinnell, Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture Blayne Arthur, Solicitor General Mithun […]
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Gov. Stitt, state leaders scheduled for OKFB Leadership Conference
Oklahoma Farm Bureau members will hear remarks from Gov. Kevin Stitt during the organization’s 2019 leadership conference to be held Feb. 18-19 in Oklahoma City. Stitt is scheduled to speak on Monday, Feb. 18 at 1:45 p.m. He will be joined at the conference by Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell, Secretary of Agriculture Blayne Arthur and state legislative leaders. The annual conference provides OKFB leaders an opportunity to discuss important agriculture and rural policy issues, meet with state leaders, and develop leadership skills within the organization. A conference agenda may be found on the OKFB website. For information about attending the conference, […]
Alfalfa County member discusses USMCA on Yahoo! Finance
American farmers and ranchers – still dealing with retaliatory trade tariffs – need strong trade agreements like the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, Alfalfa County Farm Bureau member Hope Pjesky said recently in an interview with Yahoo Finance. The Oklahoma family farmer last week joined Adam Shapiro and Julie Hyman on Yahoo! Finance’s On the Move segment to discuss the impact of trade disputes on U.S. agriculture. “It’s very, very important now that we have successfully negotiated the USMCA – of course, we don’t have it ratified by Congress yet – but now that it’s negotiated, the three countries have […]
Oklahoma Ag Secretary Blayne Arthur to address members at leadership conference
Farmers and ranchers gathered at the 2019 Oklahoma Farm Bureau Leadership Conference on Feb. 18-19 will have an opportunity to hear from Oklahoma’s newly-appointed Secretary of Agriculture Blayne Arthur. Arthur was appointed by Gov. Kevin Stitt in mid-December. A Payne County Farm Bureau member, she most recently served as Oklahoma 4-H Foundation executive director. She previously served as deputy commissioner of agriculture from 2012 to 2016. Alongside her husband and children, Arthur runs a cattle business providing show cattle for FFA and 4-H members. “We’re excited to have someone who is directly involved in agricultural production and who works tirelessly […]
YF&R to host legislative day Feb. 18
Oklahoma Farm Bureau members ages 18 to 35 are invited to attend the organization’s Young Famers and Ranchers Legislative Day held Feb. 18 in Oklahoma City. The event is an opportunity for YF&R members to network with one another, learn about Farm Bureau policy, and promote agriculture and rural Oklahoma at the state Capitol. YF&R members will be briefed at the OKFB home office on Monday, Feb. 18 at 9 a.m. before heading to the state Capitol to visit with lawmakers. Participants are encouraged to attend the OKFB Leadership Conference which begins with a lunch at noon. Prior to the […]
OKFB Leadership Conference tentative schedule announced
Oklahoma Farm Bureau leaders from across the state will gather in Oklahoma City Feb. 18-19 for the organization’s annual OKFB Leadership Conference. Held at the Embassy Suites Hotel near downtown Oklahoma City, the two-day conference will feature state and federal agricultural policy updates, organizational updates, a reception with state leaders and lawmakers, a visit to the state Capitol and more. Although the deadline has passed for hotel reservations, you may contact your county Farm Bureau to RSVP for the conference. A tentative schedule is listed below. More details will be released as they become available. For more information, please contact […]
OKFB thanks USDA for reopening all FSA offices
Oklahoma Farm Bureau today praises U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue for his work to meet the needs of farmers and ranchers by reopening Farm Service Agency offices across Oklahoma. Secretary Perdue today announced in a press release that all FSA offices nationwide will reopen on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. beginning Jan. 24 to provide additional services to farmers and ranchers during the government shutdown. “The FSA provides vital support for farmers and ranchers and they count on those services being available,” Perdue said. “We want to offer as much assistance as possible until the government shutdown […]
2019 Congressional Action Tour registration open through Feb. 26
Oklahoma Farm Bureau members are invited to advocate for farmers and ranchers on Capitol Hill during the organization’s 2019 Congressional Action Tour April 1-5 in Washington, D.C. The annual trip provides members a unique opportunity to promote the concerns and needs of agriculture and rural Oklahoma as they meet directly with lawmakers and federal agency leaders in our nation’s Capitol. OKFB has reserved hotel rooms for the trip at the Holiday Inn Capitol at a cost of $350 per night, for a total of $1,400. Members are responsible for booking their own travel arrangements. For questions in booking airfare, please […]
Government shutdown frustrating farmers, Moesel tells FOX 25
Following the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to reopen several Farm Service Agency offices across the country, Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Rodd Moesel shared with FOX 25 News in Oklahoma City on Jan. 18 how the government shutdown – and the closure of FSA offices – has impacted farmers and ranchers in Oklahoma. “Imagine you’re a young farmer with a wife and a couple of kids and you’re holding a $15,000 to $30,000 check for your crops and you know you have bills to pay and money in hand but can’t turn the check into money to use to pay […]
OKFB members help set American Farm Bureau’s 2019 policy
Five Oklahoma Farm Bureau members gathered with fellow farmers and ranchers at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 100th Annual Convention on Tuesday, Jan. 15 to adopt policies that will guide the organization’s work during its centennial year on key topics such as cell-cultured food products, trade, rural broadband access and rural mental health programs. Gary Crawley of Pittsburg County, Alan Jett of Beaver County, David VonTungeln of Canadian County, Mary Sloan of Sequoyah County and Brent Haken of Payne County represented Oklahoma as delegates. “As our organization has done for the last 100 years, grassroots delegates from across the nation […]
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