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75 Years Strong history book now available

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Celebrating 75 Years of Oklahoma Farm Bureau History

Welcome to the Oklahoma Farm Bureau 75th anniversary website. Throughout 2017, we will be looking back at 75 years of our organization’s history and examine the people, places, and programs that formed Oklahoma’s largest farm organization.

Browse through our photo galleries, read through Farm Bureau history and check out the blog for unique moments in Oklahoma Farm Bureau history.

If this is your first visit to our 75th anniversary site, be sure to check out our welcome blog post, which outlines the features and sections of the site along with an overview of our history.

Moments in OKFB History

The latest from OKFB's history blog

OKFB launches the Votemobile

During the early years of Oklahoma Farm Bureau, the number of voters nationwide was a concern. OKFB reported that only 51 percent of eligible voters went to the polls in the 1948 presidential election. The American Farm Bureau Federation suggested the use of educational programs and contests to increase the number of voters, particularly in rural areas. … Continue Reading...

A voice for agriculture

By Dan Arnold, OKFB executive secretary, published in the first issue of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Farmer magazine in June 1949 Farm Bureau is a Service Organization, and is now the only Farmers Organization through which nation-wide farm thinking and united action can be reflected for him and his family. … Continue Reading...

A Farm Bureau Member’s Creed

By John I. Taylor, first OKFB president, and published in the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Farmer in December 1951 I am a human being living in a land of unlimited horizon. Having been born here, or journeyed here by choice, matters little, but the fact that my life and living are here is of great importance. … Continue Reading...

From the Gallery

With a 2012 deadline for a new farm bill looming on the horizon, Oklahoma Farm Bureau members created a farm bill committee to study the current farm program, consult agricultural experts, and present policy proposals to the delegate body to help craft the next iteration of farm policy. This input was taken and approved ideas were sent on for consideration by American Farm Bureau Federation delegates. Here, Scott Neufeld of Major County, a member of the OKFB Farm Bill Committee, speaks at the business session of the 2012 AFBF convention in Honolulu, Hawaii, about a proposed AFBF policy change to the national organization’s farm bill policy.
With a 2012 deadline for a new farm bill looming on the horizon, Oklahoma Farm Bureau members created a farm bill committee to study the current farm program, consult agricultural experts, and present policy proposals to the delegate body to help craft the next iteration of farm policy. This input was taken and approved ideas were sent on for consideration by American Farm Bureau Federation delegates. Here, Scott Neufeld of Major County, a member of the OKFB Farm Bill Committee, speaks at the business session of the 2012 AFBF convention in Honolulu, Hawaii, about a proposed AFBF policy change to the national organization’s farm bill policy.
In 1968, Farm Bureau Safety Service partnered with the American Automobile Association, Oklahoma Highway Patrol and KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City to present a television safety program, “Learn and Live.” The program involved five high schools located in central Oklahoma, including schools in Guthrie, Chickasha, Moore, Shawnee and Putnam City. Teams participated in the quiz-based television show by answering questions taken from the Oklahoma traffic code. This photo shows Trooper Bill Price of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol moderating the program during one of the airings.
In 1968, Farm Bureau Safety Service partnered with the American Automobile Association, Oklahoma Highway Patrol and KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City to present a television safety program, “Learn and Live.” The program involved five high schools located in central Oklahoma, including schools in Guthrie, Chickasha, Moore, Shawnee and Putnam City. Teams participated in the quiz-based television show by answering questions taken from the Oklahoma traffic code. This photo shows Trooper Bill Price of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol moderating the program during one of the airings.
This photo was taken during the 1978 resolutions meetings, where Oklahoma Farm Bureau members brought resolutions concerning a variety of issues, such as lack of adequate rural roads and bridges, tick eradication, school funding, a statewide water plan and the probate code.
This photo was taken during the 1978 resolutions meetings, where Oklahoma Farm Bureau members brought resolutions concerning a variety of issues, such as lack of adequate rural roads and bridges, tick eradication, school funding, a statewide water plan and the probate code.

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