PERSPECTIVE September 6, 2024
District 4 West • Lawton
District 4 East • Ardmore
District 5• McAlester
District 9 • Kellyville
OKFB members kick off grassroots policy development process with August Area Meetings klahoma Farm Bureau members convened for a series of 11 August Area Meetings to discuss issues, challenges and opportunities facing agriculture and rural Oklahoma in preparation for the organization’s grassroots policy development season. More than 400 members and guests attended the meetings where top issues raised by OKFB members included water
issues, animal ID tags, rural broadband, the farm bill, tax policy, the upcoming national election and spam phone calls. OKFB members also heard organizational updates and reports from district Young Farmers & Ranchers representatives, Women’s Leadership Committee district representatives, various OKFB department staff and organizational leaders.
Farm Bureau members will now take the ideas discussed during the meetings and craft policy resolutions to be considered at their county resolutions meetings. Resolutions that are passed by county Farm Bureaus will be presented for consideration at the OKFB state resolutions meeting, which will be held Oct. 22-23 in Oklahoma City.