Farm Bureau donating groceries to the Medford Food Bank; Garfield County Farm Bureau purchased $100 in food items for the Horn of Plenty Food Bank in Enid; Rogers County Farm Bureau made a $200 donation to the domestic abuse shelter in Claremore; Major County Farm Bureau purchased groceries for needy families through the Department of Human Services; Noble County Farm Bureau gave $100 worth of groceries to the Mission of Hope Food Bank in Perry; and Muskogee County Farm Bureau donated food to the Ark of Faith Foundation in Muskogee. It marked the ninth consecutive year FBW leaders celebrated Food Check-Out Day.
Safety Services transition
Justin Grego has been selected to serve as the director of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Safety Services. He succeeds the organization’s longtime Safety Director Larry Pittser, who retired in February after more than 31 years of service. Grego joined the OFB staff in March 2001. The 25-year-old is a 1997 graduate of Wilburton High School and earned a bachelor’s degree animal science from Oklahoma State University in 2000. Grego and his wife, Kelly, reside in Seminole County. Kelly is an agricultural education instructor with Checotah Public Schools.
Larry Pittser, right, accepts a plaque from Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Steve Kouplen recognizing his 31-plus years of service to the organization during the Jan. 19 board of directors meeting. Pittser, the longtime director of Safety Services, retired Feb. 27. He began his career with Farm Bureau on Sept. 25, 1973. The Kids Fire Safety Trailer program was Pittser’s brainchild, and has reached out to hundreds of thousands of youngsters in only five years of operation. Larry, a native of Drumright, is a 1970 graduate of Oklahoma State University. Larry and his wife, Linda, make their home in Oklahoma City.
Kay County’s Dyer is named company’s Top All Around Agent ay County Farm Bureau agent Darren Dyer was named Oklahoma Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company’s Top All Around Agent at the Feb. 23 Winner’s Circle meeting in Oklahoma City. It was the first time in his career with the largest Oklahoma-based property and casualty insurance company for Dyer to earn the recognition as the premier agent in the 200plus-member agency force. Dyer, who works out of the Kay County Farm Bureau satellite office in Ponca City, has never had another full time job outside of Farm Bureau Insurance. “I love my job, and I’m not just blowing smoke,” said Dyer. “People here will tell you that.” The Top All Around Agent Award is presented annually to Farm Bureau
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Insurance’s most prolific agent. Dyer was among the company’s top producers in all lines. “We are extremely proud of Darren,” said Farm Bureau Agency Vice President Bill Downs. “He has consistently been among our top agents. For an agent to do it year after year is quite an accomplishment since many burn out after a while. But Darren just keeps on going and going.” Dyer began his insurance career with the company after graduating from Oklahoma State University. He started as an agent in Noble County on Sept. 1, 1991, and was in Perry for six months before transferring to the Blackwell Farm Bureau office, where he spent nearly five years. Dyer served as agency manager for the Noble and Kay County Farm Bureau Insurance