With the adjournment of the first session of the 56th Oklahoma Legislature on Friday, legislators’ ability to fill the nearly $900 million state budget shortfall received most of the attention. Despite the chaos at the state Capitol, Oklahoma Farm Bureau achieved several victories on behalf of its members. Below are some highlights from the 2017 […]
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OKFB urges Senate to confirm Sonny Perdue NOW
Oklahoma Farm Bureau has joined countless agricultural organizations, as well as farmers and ranchers across the country, in the belief that former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue is the right choice for America’s farmers and ranchers. Perdue grew up on a family farm in central Georgia, and has lived and worked in the agriculture industry throughout […]
Senate advances bill to increase ad valorem taxes
The Senate General Government Committee today advanced a measure allowing municipalities to increase ad valorem taxes by up to five mills to fund law enforcement and fire protection, upon voter approval. As the state’s largest general farm organization, Oklahoma Farm Bureau opposed the bill. Though it contains an exemption for agriculture land, the organization believes […]
Capitol Conversations: Q & A with Rep. Casey Murdock
Capitol Conversations is a new OKAgPolicy series highlighting the OKFB Caucus, a bipartisan group of Farm Bureau members in the Oklahoma Legislature. We sat down with Rep. Casey Murdock to hear about legislation he’s working on this year. Murdock is a farmer and rancher from Felt, Oklahoma, and represents House District 61 which includes Beaver, Cimarron, Ellis, […]
Highlights from Gov. Mary Fallin’s State of the State address
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin today began the first regular session of the 56th Oklahoma Legislature with her annual State of the State address to both the House and Senate. In her nearly 30-minute presentation, Fallin outlined her goals and priorities for the state budget which has a nearly $900 million hole. Below, find key highlights […]
Democrats boycott Pruitt EPA confirmation vote
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s nomination to lead the Environmental Protection Agency was delayed Wednesday after Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee failed to show up for a committee vote. Led by Ranking Member Tom Carper, D-Del., committee Democrats claimed Pruitt had not sufficiently answered their more than 1,200 questions. “The Committee […]
Farm Bureau supports death tax repeal measure
Passing a family farm on to the next generation may become less challenging, thanks to the reintroduction of legislation to repeal the federal estate tax, also known as the “death tax”. Cosponsored by Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe, the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 was introduced on Tuesday in both the U.S. House and Senate. “For too […]
Perdue a strong voice for agriculture, AFBF president says
Finalizing his Cabinet only days before his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Sonny Perdue, a former Georgia governor, for secretary of agriculture. Perdue was raised on a row farm in rural Georgia. He holds a doctorate in veterinary medicine, but spent much of his career running his own company which focuses on agriculture and […]
Farm Bureau backs Oklahoma AG Pruitt for EPA
Family farmers and ranchers from across the country overwhelmingly supported the confirmation of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as the Environmental Protection Agency administrator at the American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting this week in Phoenix, Arizona. Farm Bureau members representing all 50 states and Puerto Rico on Tuesday urged Pruitt’s confirmation by adopting a […]
Right to Farm was right for Oklahoma, AG Pruitt says
Though State Question 777, the Right to Farm, was rejected by Oklahoma voters, Attorney General Scott Pruitt – speaking Friday at the 2016 Oklahoma Farm Bureau Annual Meeting in Oklahoma City – applauded farmers and ranchers for standing up for themselves. “It was right to take the risk,” Pruitt said. “It was right to advance […]
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