PERSPECTIVE November 15, 2024
Sen. James Lankford
Rep. Frank Lucas
Rep. Kevin Hern
Cierra Collins, Frederick FFA
Blake and Jenna Bolerjack
Sec. Blayne Arthur
OKFB hosts successful 83rd annual meeting in OKC klahoma Farm Bureau members from across the state gathered Nov. 8-10 at the Omni Hotel in Oklahoma City for the organization’s 83rd annual meeting where they elected new leaders, set organizational policy for the coming year, recognized outstanding members and learned from speakers. “We had a really wonderful convention this year,” said OKFB President Rodd Moesel. “Everybody enjoyed the chance to fellowship and visit with one another and address the issues of the day during the resolutions sessions. A lot of times in agriculture, we are out on the farm or ranch and
don’t get to see each other as much. There is a lot of learning that occurs in the networking between one another at convention and a lot of reassurance that although there may be challenges, many are facing the same things.” Leaders elected
OKFB members elected several new and returning leaders throughout the weekend, including two new members to serve on OKFB’s board of directors. Jimmy Taylor of Roger Mills County was elected to serve as the new District 2 director, Gary Crawley of Pittsburg County will return to the OKFB board of
directors as District 5 director, and Mike Leverett of McClain County was reelected to serve another three-year term as District 8 director. Meet the new and returning board members on the back page of this issue of Perspective. Jill Derusha of Greer County was elected to represent District 2 on the OKFB Women’s Leadership Committee. OKFB Young Farmers and Ranchers re-elected Jacob and Chastity Beck of Logan County to serve a one-year term as YF&R chair. Additional members re-elected include Jaclyn Darling of Continued on next page ...