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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

OKFB President Eldon Merklin helps with a special presentation in 1996. OFB Journal April 1996, Page 4 “Special Presentation” Edlon Merklin on Left
In 1968, Oklahoma Farm Bureau drafted a bill referred to as the Right-to-Market bill, which increased penalties and specifically prohibited interference by force, coercion or intimidation of persons seeking to market farm products. The bill was aimed at giving additional protection against violence, such as that which occurred in the Midwest in prior years during withholding actions of the National Farmers Organization. This photo was taken as Gov. Dewey Bartlett signed the Farm-Bureau-sponsored bill into law as OKFB Executive Secretary Kenneth McFall, Sen. Anthony Massad of Frederick and Rep. Harold Hunter of Waukomis looked on. Massad was the Senate author for the bill, and Hunter was one of the chief supporters of the bill in the House.
In 1968, Oklahoma Farm Bureau drafted a bill referred to as the Right-to-Market bill, which increased penalties and specifically prohibited interference by force, coercion or intimidation of persons seeking to market farm products. The bill was aimed at giving additional protection against violence, such as that which occurred in the Midwest in prior years during withholding actions of the National Farmers Organization. This photo was taken as Gov. Dewey Bartlett signed the Farm-Bureau-sponsored bill into law as OKFB Executive Secretary Kenneth McFall, Sen. Anthony Massad of Frederick and Rep. Harold Hunter of Waukomis looked on. Massad was the Senate author for the bill, and Hunter was one of the chief supporters of the bill in the House.
On September 4, 1975, the Noble County’s WLC conducted a Ladies Tractor Driving School at the county fairgrounds. This photo shows Mrs. Ronnie Golliver, Chairman; Mrs. David Sherrard, Vice Chairman; and Mrs. John Main, Secretary, planning subject material for the school.
On September 4, 1975, the Noble County’s WLC conducted a Ladies Tractor Driving School at the county fairgrounds. This photo shows Mrs. Ronnie Golliver, Chairman; Mrs. David Sherrard, Vice Chairman; and Mrs. John Main, Secretary, planning subject material for the school.

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