The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee will host its annual fall conference Sept. 15-16 at the Embassy Suites in Oklahoma City. The two-day conference will feature a variety of speakers, informative sessions and fun activities. Attendees are encouraged to bring any historical Farm Bureau memorabilia to display in celebration of OKFB’s 75th anniversary. Conference attendees are also asked to come dressed in 1942 attire. Judges will award the best-dressed individual with an award at dinner on Friday. This year, the OKFB WLC’s silent auction will benefit the OKFB WLC Nurse’s Scholarship Fund. Attendees may bring items to donate to the silent auction, which will be […]
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Oklahoma Farming and Ranching Foundation, OKFB Legal Foundation to host annual Shotgun Shoot
The Oklahoma Farming and Ranching Foundation and the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Legal Foundation will host their second-annual Shotgun Shoot Fundraiser Friday, August 25 at Quail Ridge Sporting Clays in McLoud. The event will feature a full morning of fun, food and friendly competition for the four-person teams as they tackle a variety of shooting challenges on the course. Sponsorships are available at four different levels: Platinum – $750: Includes a station sponsorship, a logo on the event banner and a customized gift. Gold – $500: Includes a station sponsorship and a logo on the event banner. Silver – $375: Includes […]
OKFB WLC Nurse’s Scholarship July 15 deadline approaching
The deadline for the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee’s Nurse’s Scholarship is July 15. The annual scholarship program awards three $500 scholarships to students studying nursing at an accredited college, university, vo-tech or trade school. Applicants must be Oklahoma Farm Bureau members or a member of a Farm Bureau member family. The WLC understands the important role nurses and healthcare professionals play in ensuring a high quality of life for all residents across our state, and especially rural residents. With the cost of education increasing yearly, the committee is proud to provide three students with scholarship funds to help […]
OKFB WLC provide lunch for legislators during Farm City Festival
Legislators at the state Capitol received a steak and baked potato lunch last week, courtesy of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee during the Farm City Festival. Each year, the WLC state committee members provide legislators with a delicious lunch to help educate state legislators about agriculture. “We want our legislators to remember where their food and fiber comes from and the importance of agriculture,” said Kitty Beavers, OKFB WLC chairman from Stephens County. “Agriculture provides everything from food, clothing, shelter, medicine and so much more. We want them to stay aware of that; the only way to do […]
OKFB women to host Youth Safety Day June 2
The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee will hold their annual Youth Safety Day on Friday, June 2 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the OKFB home office in Oklahoma City. The 2017 Youth Safety Day will host students grades 5-9 from across the state of Oklahoma and offer a wide variety of safety lessons related to everyday life. Participants will learn about rollover prevention from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, tractor safety, the life-saving flight crews of Air Evac Lifeteam, ATV safety and much more. Safety day will begin with registration 9 a.m. with safety lessons starting at 10 […]
Farm Bureau women gather in Oklahoma City for fall conference
The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee hosted their 2016 Fall Conference Oct. 28-29 in Oklahoma City. Women from across the state attended the two-day event featuring various speakers, workshops, entertainment and more. During the opening lunch, women heard OKFB President Tom Buchanan speak about recent updates about State Question 777, Oklahoma’s Right to Farm amendment. Conference workshops featured safety tips concerning an active shooter from OKFB Director of Safety Services Micah Martin, fun pumpkin crafts from Audrey Harmon from Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom, and the “Lions, Tigers & GMOs” presentation from Sarah Weeks, the ag business coordinator from […]
Four families nominated for state Farm Family of the Year
Four Oklahoma Farm Bureau families from across the state have been named District Farm Family of the Year and are nominated for the state Farm Family of the Year award. The farm family program, sponsored by the OKFB Women’s Leadership Committee, recognizes farm and ranch families who embody the best traditions of Oklahoma agriculture and rural life. Each family will be honore at the 75th annual OKFB convention Friday, Nov. 11, at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, where the OKFB State Farm Family of the Year will be announced. District 1 – The Maschino Family Roger and […]
ODAFF, OSU launches new program to recognize Significant Women in Oklahoma Agriculture
The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food & Forestry, in collaboration with Oklahoma State University, recently launched a new program, Significant Women in Oklahoma Agriculture, at the Statewide Women in Ag and Small Business Conference. The initiative is designed to honor and recognize the numerous women in agriculture across all 77 counties of the state from all aspects and areas of the industry, ranging from producers to educators, leaders to entrepreneurs, veterinarians to board members and many more. “Our hope is to tell the stories of the countless women who give selflessly to this industry but don’t always receive an award,” […]
Beavers given Oklahoma AITC ag advocacy award
Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee State Chairman Kitty Beavers of Stephens County was awarded Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom’s agriculture advocate award during the annual Oklahoma AITC conference in Oklahoma City Monday, July 18. “We wanted to recognize her for her efforts to promote agriculture, and specifically ag in the classroom around the state,” said Audrey Harmon with Oklahoma AITC. “Her enthusiasm for agriculture and her excitement to share what she does with the teachers means they always enjoy getting to visit with her.” Beavers, who raises Angus cattle, wheat and hay near the southern Oklahoma town of Duncan […]
Farm Family of the Year applications due Aug. 1
The application deadline is drawing near for Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee’s Farm Family of the Year award, which recognizes a top farm and ranch family in rural Oklahoma. Applications from around the state must be submitted by Aug. 1. Once applications from around Oklahoma are collected, a farm family from each of the nine OKFB districts will be chosen to represent their region at the OKFB annual meeting in Oklahoma City. The OKFB WLC’s Farm Family of the Year award shines a spotlight on the important contribution farm families make across Oklahoma, not only in our state’s pastures […]
