Hannah Nemecek has been named Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s director of public policy communications. In the new position, Nemecek will work alongside the public policy staff to inform OKFB members, legislators and the general public about legislation and policy affecting Oklahoma agriculture. “Most of the population doesn’t understand the importance of agriculture and how legislation and regulation affects the industry,” Nemecek said. “I’m excited to share how vital our farmers and ranchers are to the success of our economy and our lives.” Nemecek said her goal is to present the policy news in a simple, easy-to-understand manner. “I want to provide […]
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OKFB to host campaign management seminar
Oklahoma Farm Bureau, in partnership with the State Chamber of Oklahoma, will host a campaign management seminar Jan. 15-16, 2016 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Norman, Oklahoma. Designed for candidates, spouses and campaign managers running for public office, the two-day seminar will offer important information needed to conduct a successful campaign. The seminar will be taught by Victory Enterprises, a comprehensive political consulting and communications firm with extensive experience in the areas of fundraising, campaign and media strategy, polling and messaging. Topics and issues covered include: habits of winning candidates; building a winning team; precinct targeting; crafting a winning […]
Oklahoma Farm Bureau members approve water policy changes
Oklahoma Farm Bureau members today approved changes to the organization’s water policy at its 74th Annual Meeting in Oklahoma City. “Water is the most important asset to the state of Oklahoma,” said Tom Buchanan, OKFB president. The delegate body, made up of Farm Bureau members from all 77 Oklahoma counties, approved suggestions with moderate changes from OKFB’s 21-member water committee, which was created at OKFB’s 2014 annual meeting at the request of the organization’s delegates. The committee spent the last year discussing water policy and learning from water experts around the state and the nation in an effort to understand […]
State resolutions committee prepares policies for 2016
The Oklahoma Farm Bureau state resolutions committee met Oct. 20-21 in Oklahoma City to review, condense and organize resolutions for its 2016 policy book. The meeting served as one of the final steps in the organization’s grassroots policy development process. All 77 county Farm Bureaus submitted resolutions for review by the 39-member committee made up of OKFB farm and ranch members from across the state. “Because Farm Bureau is a grassroots organization, all of our policies come straight from our members,” said OKFB President Tom Buchanan. “The ideas and needs of our members guide the issues we focus on at […]
OKFB President Tom Buchanan issues statement on block of WOTUS rule
Today, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary nationwide stay preventing implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Waters of the United States rule. Below is a statement from Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Tom Buchanan. “Oklahoma Farm Bureau today applauds the decision of a federal court to block the EPA’s burdensome Waters of the U.S. rule, which creates unnecessary regulations and burdens on our farm and ranch members across the state. “We appreciate Sen. Jim Inhofe, chairman of the U.S. Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee, who has worked tirelessly to protect farmers, ranchers and landowners across the […]
Oklahoma Farm Bureau volunteers to host Ten Commandments monument
Oklahoma Farm Bureau and Affiliated Companies today offered to host Oklahoma’s Ten Commandments monument at its home office near the state Capitol at 2501 N. Stiles Ave. in Oklahoma City. The nonpartisan organization extended the offer to Gov. Mary Fallin, Attorney General Scott Pruitt and state Rep. Mike Ritze, whose family paid for the monument’s construction. “Faith has always been of utmost importance to Oklahoma Farm Bureau members,” said Monica Wilke, OKFB executive director. “We are proud to give the monument a home until the Legislature is able to take further action to find a permanent location for the monument.” […]
Rep. Frank Lucas to speak at OKFB convention
Oklahoma Farm Bureau is pleased to welcome U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas to its 2015 Annual Meeting as he speaks during the opening session of convention on Friday, Nov. 13 at 1:30 p.m. With more than 20 years of experience in Congress, Lucas will discuss current issues in Washington, D.C., that affect agriculture and rural Oklahoma. Lucas is a fifth-generation Oklahoman whose family has and farmed in Oklahoma for more than 100 years. He graduated from Oklahoma State University with a degree in agricultural economics. First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994, Lucas currently represents Oklahoma’s Third Congressional […]
Farm Bureau President Tom Buchanan issues statement on lesser prairie chicken ruling
Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Tom Buchanan issued the following statement in response to the ruling of a federal district court judge in Texas concerning the lesser prairie chicken. “Oklahoma Farm Bureau applauds a Texas federal district court judge ruling on Sept. 1 that removed the lesser prairie chicken from the threatened listing under the Endangered Species Act. “The court said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to follow its own policies and did not adequately consider the states’ conservation plan when it listed the LPC as threatened. “The LPC is found in western Oklahoma, as well as Texas, Kansas, […]
Why should we fear federal agencies?
The following op-ed was released today by Altus, Oklahoma, farmer and Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Tom Buchanan. With the EPA threatening to enforce its egregious Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rules, farmers and ranchers are among a growing list of Americans who fear the heavy hand of a bureaucratic federal agency. During a recent town hall meeting, U.S. Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), said the EPA is the most hated federal agency in his fourth congressional district. We might extend the coverage to include all of Oklahoma and, I imagine the good folks in Colorado and New Mexico are not too […]
OKFB President Tom Buchanan issues statement on EPA WOTUS rules
Tom Buchanan, Oklahoma Farm Bureau president and Altus farmer, issued this statement today following the ruling by a federal judge in North Dakota that blocked the implementation of the EPA’s Waters of the U.S. rule, which went to effect Aug. 28. “As federal courts wrangle with the EPA over which states should be included in the Waters of the U.S. rules, it’s becoming more obvious the EPA is a federal agency that feels responsibility to no one. “In late May, Congress told the EPA not to implement WOTUS. The EPA thumbed its nose at Congress and pushed ahead on WOTUS, […]
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