More than 40 Oklahoma Farm Bureau members from across the state of Oklahoma gathered for the state resolutions committee meeting Oct. 21-22 in Oklahoma City.
The meeting serves as a major stepping stone in the organization’s grassroots policy development process, bringing together farmers, ranchers and agriculturists from all backgrounds to consider grassroots policy proposals submitted by county Farm Bureaus throughout the late summer and early fall.
The state resolutions committee is comprised of Farm Bureau members from the 25 counties selected to serve on the resolutions committee as well as representatives from the Women’s Leadership Committee, Young Farmers and Ranchers and the state board.
During the two-day meeting, members of the state resolutions committee discussed and voted on hundreds of resolutions on renewable energy, groundwater, land management, agricultural tax exemptions, the new world screwworm and more.
Committee members were divided into five sub-committees for initial consideration and discussion, and the resolutions that passed sub-committee were then considered by the full group.
Each resolution that advanced through the state resolutions committee will be presented before the full delegate body during the business sessions at the OKFB annual meeting Nov. 7-9 in Oklahoma City. Those that pass at the annual meeting will be added to the OKFB policy book, which guides the organization at the state Capitol and beyond.
