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The American Farm Bureau Federation’s 34th annual survey of classic items found on the Thanksgiving Day dinner table indicates the average cost of this year’s feast for 10 is $48.91, or less than $5 per person. This is a 1-cent increase from last year’s average of $48.90. “The average cost of this year’s Thanksgiving dinner is essentially unchanged from last year, after three years of decline since 2015,” said AFBF Chief Economist Dr. John Newton. “Americans continue to enjoy the most affordable food supply in the world, but most don’t realize only 8 cents of every dollar consumers spend on […]

Oklahoma Farm Bureau this year will serve as the official sponsor of the Tulsa Farm Show, the state’s largest indoor farm show to be held Dec. 12-14 at the River Spirit Expo at the Tulsa Expo Square. More than 380 exhibitors will feature thousands of agricultural products, ranching equipment and services, making the Tulsa Farm Show one of the country’s premier agricultural events and the largest of its kind under one roof. “We are excited to have the Oklahoma Farm Bureau as the official show sponsor of the Tulsa Farm Show this year,” said Scott Guttormson, show manager. “They have […]

Two Oklahoma Farm Bureau members described some of the challenges facing the state’s farmers and ranchers in a series of stories aired on KJRH Channel 2 News in Tulsa this week. Muskogee County Farm Bureau board member Bart Wiedel, a cattle producer near Muskogee, explained how his family’s haying business has been impacted by the weather this year. While heavy spring rains and flooding delayed hay and other crops, a rainy summer and fall took a toll on harvest. “No matter what it’s always tough to be in the farm and ranching business,” Wiedel said in the KJRH story. Farmers […]

Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Rodd Moesel, along with Jackson County Farm Bureau member Matt Muller, recently discussed some of the challenges facing Oklahoma farmers and ranchers in a story published on the front page of The Oklahoman on Saturday, Nov. 9. After a report from the American Farm Bureau Federation announced that Oklahoma had experienced the country’s largest year-over-year increase in Chapter 12 farm bankruptcies, The Oklahoman’s Jack Money explored the challenges that have plagued farm country over the years including natural disasters, commodity prices, input costs and trade disputes. Many Oklahoma farmers are facing a rise in debt levels, Moesel […]

Oklahoma Farm Bureau members from all 77 counties met in Oklahoma City Nov. 8-10 for the organization’s 78th annual meeting where they recognized outstanding members with numerous awards, learned from outstanding speakers and presenters, 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: Wesley and Marilyn Crain, Woodward County, District One; Edward and Debbie Crall, Custer County, District Two; Kyle and Laura Widney, Blaine County, District Three; Brian and Sarah Woods, Stephens County, District Four; Tony […]

Cody and Kara Goodknight of Chattanooga were named Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Achievement Award Winners at the 2019 Oklahoma Farm Bureau annual meeting on Saturday, Nov. 9 in Oklahoma City. The Goodknights grow wheat, cotton, grain sorghum, sesame, soybeans, oats and hay alongside their cow/calf and stocker cattle operation. Working in the Comanche and Tillman County fields where he grew up is the fulfillment a lifelong dream of Cody’s, who now manages the family farm. “I knew at an early age when I was a young boy – only five or six years old – that I […]

Justin and Chrissy Maxey of Nowata County were honored with the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Excellence in Agriculture Award during the organization’s annual meeting Nov. 9 in Oklahoma City. The award is presented to young farmers and ranchers – who do not derive a majority of their income from an operation – for excellence in Farm Bureau and the agriculture industry. Both growing up around agriculture, the couple purchased land and a home after graduating college and began to grow their cow-calf operation. When not working their full-time jobs at Phillips 66 and ConocoPhillips in Bartlesville, Justin […]

Chism Sander of Dewey County Farm Bureau was named the winner of the 2019 Young Farmers and Ranchers Discussion Meet on Saturday, Nov. 9 at Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s 78th Annual Meeting in Oklahoma City. Sander competed against other participants in three rounds of debate-style discussion where performance was evaluated on the exchange of ideas and information on pre-determined topics. Participants were judged on their ability to offer constructive criticism, cooperation and communication while analyzing agricultural problems and developing solutions. As the state discussion meet winner, Sander received a John Deere Z345M ZTrak Lawn Mower, sponsored by P&K Equipment. He also […]