The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee recently named its nine District Farm and Ranch Family Recognition recipients. The program honors a farm and ranch family in each of OKFB’s nine districts who upholds the best traditions of agriculture and rural Oklahoma as they raise food and fiber for our state and beyond. “Farm and ranch families are the very backbone of Oklahoma agriculture and our state’s rural communities as a whole,” said Mignon Bolay, OKFB WLC Chair. “The OKFB Women’s Leadership Committee is proud to honor these nine families who exemplify the very best of our industry as they […]
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OKFB Foundation for Agriculture, WLC donate ag books to educators
Fourteen Oklahoma educators from across the state were awarded a basket of agriculture books for their classrooms during Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s 77th Annual Meeting held Nov. 16-18 in Norman, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture, alongside the OKFB Women’s Leadership Committee, sponsored this year’s Bushels for Books program. The program takes donated bushels of any commodity crop, as well as monetary donations from farmers and ranchers, and provides bushel baskets of accurate agriculture books to Oklahoma educators. “Agriculture is one of Oklahoma’s leading industries, but few truly understand what it takes to produce our food, fiber and fuel,” […]
Bree Kisling earns $1,000 scholarship for Ag in the Classroom work
Chisholm High School senior Bree Kisling recently was awarded a $1,000 college scholarship through the Oklahoma Youth Leading Agriculture Ag in the Classroom Scholarship Challenge by the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee on Saturday, Nov. 17 at the organization’s annual meeting in Norman. She earned the scholarship for her work to teach local students in her community about Oklahoma agriculture. During a visit to Chisholm Elementary School, Kisling taught pre-kindergarteners a lesson based on the book, The Little Red Hen. The students learned about chickens, and about how wheat is planted, harvested, milled and used for baking. “The project […]
OKFB’s 77th Annual Meeting a success
Oklahoma Farm Bureau members from all 77 counties met in Norman, Oklahoma, Nov. 16-18 for the organization’s 77th annual meeting where they recognized outstanding members with numerous awards, set organizational policy for the coming year, and elected new leaders. The OKFB Women’s Leadership Committee recognized the organization’s top farming and ranching families with the District Farm and Ranch Family Recognition awards: Terry and Robin Bryant family of Dewey County, District One; Brian and Misty Johnson of Kiowa County, District Two; Lonnie and Sharon King of Caddo County, District Three; Russell and Jimmi Kriz of Comanche County, District Four; Jeff and […]
Kings honored as District Three Farm and Ranch Family
The Lonnie and Sharon King family of Hydro received the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee’s District Three Farm and Ranch Family Recognition during the organization’s 77th annual meeting on Saturday, Nov. 17 in Norman. The Kings grow wheat, soybeans, grass and other forages alongside their cow/calf herd in Caddo County. Lonnie has spent a lifetime in agriculture after he was raised on the family farm, and he is proud of the care he has poured into the family’s land and animals. “I think I always knew I wanted to farm, growing up on the farm and being part of […]
Krizes honored as District Four Farm and Ranch Family
The Russell and Jimmi Kriz family of Lawton received the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee’s District Four Farm and Ranch Family Recognition during the organization’s 77th annual meeting on Saturday, Nov. 17 in Norman. Russell and Jimmi farm 1,500 acres of wheat, cotton and forage in Comanche County. They also have a cow/calf herd, and they graze stocker cattle on wheat pasture as conditions allow. Russell started out farming on his own with a few hundred acres, and with hard work and dedication modeled for him by his grandparents, the farm has grown to what it is today. “I […]
Coopers named District Five Farm and Ranch Family
The Jeff and Holly Cooper family of Poteau received the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee’s District Five Farm and Ranch Family Recognition during the organization’s 77th annual meeting on Saturday, Nov. 17 in Norman. The Coopers have a herd of 100 Braford cows that Jeff said works well for the area. The family focuses on carefully managing their herd and being good stewards of the natural resources on the family’s ranch. “I feel like that if I do my job of providing the care, the grass, the fresh water, that I maximize their potential, my potential and the land’s […]
Wiedels named District Six Farm and Ranch Family
The Bart and Kelly Wiedel family of Muskogee received the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee’s District Six Farm and Ranch Family Recognition during the organization’s 77th annual meeting on Saturday, Nov. 17 in Norman. Bart and Kelly ranch in Muskogee County where they have a cow/calf herd and focus on improving the land and caring for their animals. The couple raised three children on the family ranch, and today they work alongside their two adult sons running a haying business to supplement their ranching income. Along with their daughter, Lacy Miller, and their son- and daughters-in-law, Bart and Kelly […]
Armbrusters honored as District Seven Farm and Ranch Family
The Scott and Allison Armbruster Family of Burlington received the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee’s District Seven Farm and Ranch Family Recognition during the organization’s 77th annual meeting on Saturday, Nov. 17 in Norman. The Armbrusters farm in Alfalfa County just south of Burlington. The family has 1,200 acres where they grow alfalfa, wheat, soybeans and milo and care for a cow/calf herd. Perhaps most importantly, the couple raised four children on the farm, where Scott is the fourth generation to care for the land. “It’s a family thing,” Scott said. “It’s hard to describe to somebody, really, what […]
Bryants named District Eight Farm and Ranch Family
The Carrel and Louise Bryant family of Ada received the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee’s District Eight Farm and Ranch Family Recognition during the organization’s 77th annual meeting on Saturday, Nov. 17 in Norman. The Bryant family has a comprehensive pecan operation that they run with their two adult children, Randy and Lisa. The family also raises cattle and grows hay on their farm ground in Pontotoc County. The Bryants focus, however, on the pecans. “We’ve got – I’m thinking – around 4,000 trees on our place now,” Carrel said. “Some of them young trees, some of them are […]
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