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75 Years Strong history book now available

Preview our special 75th anniversary history book, 75 years strong, now available to order!

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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

OKFB President Eldon Merklin (right) receives Leader Award in 1996. OFB Journal November 1996, page 3 “Leader Award” AFBF President Dean Kleckner left, Eldon Merklin right
1953 Comanche County Farm Bureau Meeting
Members were faced with a highly divisive issue in the early days of Oklahoma Farm Bureau: commodity price supports. Several counties, such as Comanche County pictured here, held a series of debates on the issue to encourage members to research and present their opinions on the matter. This photo, taken in 1953, includes (left to right) Homer Turner, Charles Hasenbeck, Paul Scheetz, Charlie Bard, Stanley Caha and Elbrege Sullivan.

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