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American Farmers & Ranchers LEAD program is sponsoring the Rural to Urban Outreach reception, Dec. 9, as part of the Tulsa Farm Show. The reception starts at 4:30 p.m. in the lower level of the River Spirit Expo Building in Tulsa.
G.T. Bynum, the new mayor of Tulsa, will share remarks on the key role Tulsa plays in the state’s economy, especially in regards to the rural and agricultural sectors.
Tight budgets are forcing schools, and their patrons, to look at creative ways to meet the needs of students. AFR Insurance agents are meeting the challenge head on.
AFR sponsored the cattle grading contest at the Tulsa State Fair on Tuesday, October 4th.
Schools across Stephens County will receive an $8,039 financial boost thanks to a generous donation from the Stephens County chapter of American Farmers & Ranchers. The donation will be distributed equitably at $1 for every student, based on the average daily student enrollment from 2015-16.
Participants in this year’s American Farmers & Ranchers LEAD conference will receive an “inside the ropes” view of the horse racing industry. The statewide conference kicks off with a tour of the Remington Park stables followed by a presentation on the horse industry by the OQHRA.
AFR President Terry Detrick issued the following statement in support of the water rights agreement between the The State of Oklahoma and The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, The Chickasaw Nation, and The City of Oklahoma City following the press conference held on August 11th.
In response to the troubling economic situation facing U.S. dairy farmers, American Farmers & Ranchers today invited the Oklahoma congressional delegation to sign on to a letter of support urging USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to take immediate action.
AFR LEAD held a golf tournament in support of State Question 777: Oklahoma's Right to Farm. Thanks to all of our players and sponsors, with special note of appreciation to the Greens Country Club for their support.
The Toby Keith Foundation has been helping children with cancer since 2006 and continues its services through partnerships with hospitals, caregivers, foundations and civic groups.
In a letter today to the Oklahoma congressional delegation, AFR President Terry Detrick encouraged them to support the U.S. Senate’s GMO labeling legislation. The Senate is expected to vote on the issue after July 4th holiday.
AFR sponsored several awards at the Connors State College Cattle Grading contest this week in Warner, OK.
AFR Lobbyist Tommy Thomas wraps up the 2016 Oklahoma legislative session.
Jett owns KC Farms, a family farm and ranch southwest of Slapout. KC Farms is a diversified farm and ranch with irrigated and dryland wheat, forage crops and grass. They also have a commercial cow herd. His long term dedication to conservation was recognized this year by the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts as he was inducted into the OACD Hall of Fame.
Whitney Wilkinson, Cement, Okla., has begun a summer internship program at American Farmers & Ranchers in Oklahoma City. Wilkinson’s duties will focus on working with AFR’s youth program, specifically leadership summit, and other programs such as the LEAD program.
Micaela Danker has joined AFR as the AFR Youth Leadership Development Coordinator. Danker, whose family has a small livestock business near Wellston, Okla., earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Communications from Oklahoma State University. She has been involved in AFR youth programs since participating in AFR’s youth leadership summit as a first grade elementary student.
We stand for a strong, united animal agriculture industry, producing food in a science-based, safe and humane manner. The concept of a national agriculture advisory council by HSUS, a group that does not support this concept, is incomprehensible and unnecessary. We believe HSUS has formed this council as another way to combat such issues nationwide, as Oklahoma’s SQ777, right to farm, and to steer public opinion away from animal agriculture. HSUS, and other anti-animal agriculture groups, to form a number of minority splinter groups, each clamoring against SQ777,in a vain attempt to make it sound like the majority supports them, when in reality the opposite is true.
AFR spnsored the Redlands Community College livestock judging contest April 12. We had over 400 entries!
More than 225 Oklahoma FFA, 4-H members and adults participated in the annual commercial cattle grading school and contest, April 8, at OKC West Livestock Market, Inc., El Reno, Oklahoma.
American Farmers & Ranchers partnered with the Oklahoma Youth Expo to host the Youth Agricultural Achievement Contest, March 17. The contest recognizes Oklahoma youth who excel in showmanship skills and demonstrate superior knowledge of the livestock industry including production, management, processing, and end product utilization.
Lori and Benji White were married on a Tuesday, just three days after deciding to make the life-long commitment. More than 10 years later the Whites are continuing to make important decisions everyday on their B and L Registered Red Angus ranch near Putnam, Okla.
In the weeks following the late November ice storm, Bobby Scott rarely took a break from meeting the needs of AFR insureds who suffered storm damage. Scott is an AFR claims adjuster for central Oklahoma.