PERSPECTIVE April 18, 2025
(L to R) Rep. Bice, Rep. Hern and Rep. Lucas cover the ongoing trade and tariff discussion and how it impacts the economy.
Sen. Lankford discussed the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act with members and the impact it has on farmers and ranchers.
OKFB members take on Washington, D.C., for the organization’s annual D.C. Summit ore than 60 OKFB members and guests traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate for Oklahoma agriculture during OKFB’s annual Washington D.C. Summit April 7-11. Members kicked off the trip at the International Spy Museum with a reception in the “Bond in Motion” exhibit featuring vehicles from several Bond movies as they visited with Oklahoma’s
congressional staff and guests. Tuesday morning kicked off industry briefings with T.W. Shannon, director of rural prosperity at the United States Department of Agriculture, who discussed the changes in the USDA since Brooke Rollins became secretary of agriculture. Members also heard from Emma Alexander, field representative for Sen. Markwayne Mullin; Victoria Tran,
principal deputy assistant administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s office of international and tribal affairs; Sam Kieffer, vice president of public policy for American Farm Bureau, who shared updates of the ongoing trade and tariff discussions; and Samantha Ayoub, associate economist with AFBF, who shared updates on the Continued on next page ...