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The U.S. Senate is expected to vote Wednesday on S. 2609, the Biotech Labeling Solutions Act, bipartisan legislation passed by the Senate Agriculture Committee with a 14-6 vote. Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Tom Buchanan issued the following statement in support. “Genetically modified crops produce the most abundant, the highest quality, and the most affordable food supply […]

Temporary agricultural workers are one step closer to holding driver’s licenses and learner’s permits again, thanks to a bill passed Wednesday by the state Senate. Authored by Sen. Mike Schulz, the bill gives the Department of Public Safety the ability to issue driver’s licenses and learner’s permits to H2A temporary agricultural workers, which was hindered […]

A state representative from northeast Oklahoma has a plan that could bring excess water from his district to other parts of the state in need of water. Rep. Doug Cox represents parts of water-rich northeast Oklahoma including Grand Lake and Pensacola Dam. After hearing his colleagues in the state legislature discuss problems with drought in […]

The Oklahoma State Election Board and Attorney General Scott Pruitt today were sued by Save the Illinois River, Rep. Jason Dunnington and other parties challenging the constitutionality of State Question 777, or the Right to Farm. Tom Buchanan, Altus farmer and Oklahoma Farm Bureau president, responded with the following statement. “Right to Farm was created […]

The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry today adopted its proposed rules to eradicate feral hogs. The new rules create a feral swine-free zone which includes 10 northwest Oklahoma counties. They also increase recordkeeping requirements for transporting, handling and sporting facilities. Restrictions on bringing feral swine into the state also are made permanent by […]

The Trans-Pacific Partnership will tear down trade barriers and help level the playing field for U.S. agricultural exports to 11 nations across the Pacific Rim. Ratifying TPP will boost annual net farm income in the United States by $4.4 billion, compared to not approving the pact, according to an economic analysis conducted by the American […]

A bill to allow the state Department of Public Safety to issue nondomiciled driver’s licenses and learner’s permits to H2A agricultural workers today passed out of the state Senate Public Safety Committee. Authored by Sen. Mike Schulz, the bill is in response to a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration rule issued last year that prevents […]

Oklahoma Farm Bureau, along with more than 650 other agriculture and food organizations, yesterday sent a letter to U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts supporting his proposed biotechnology labeling bill. The bill would preempt all state genetically modified organism labeling laws, including Vermont’s, and create voluntary GMO labeling rules under the United States Department […]

The Oklahoma House of Representatives last week passed a bill to allow the Department of Public Safety to issue nondomiciled learner’s permits and nondomiciled driver’s licenses to qualified H2A temporary agriculture workers. Authored by Rep. Harold Wright, HB 2554 passed the House by a vote of 84 to 9. Temporary agriculture workers need learner’s permits […]

Rep. Scott Biggs today addressed the state House of Representatives in regards to recent threats of a lawsuit from the Humane Society of the United States, an animal rights organization. Biggs and Rep. Brian Renegar both received letters from HSUS after recent statements in a House committee meeting regarding the organization’s fundraising tactics in Oklahoma. […]