Oklahoma Farm Bureau honored achievements and accomplishments of the organization’s members during the past year at OKFB’s annual awards banquet held Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Omni Hotel in Oklahoma City.
Awards were presented to county Farm Bureaus for outstanding achievement in advocating for agriculture and Oklahoma’s rural communities with Presidential Star Awards, the John I. Taylor Award, the Lewis H. Munn Award and more.
Awards were also given to young farmers and ranchers, members of Oklahoma’s agriculture community, and nine farm and ranch families who were recognized for upholding our state’s richest agricultural traditions.
Awards presented during the evening included:
John I. Taylor Award – Comanche County Farm Bureau
Lewis H. Munn Award – Payne County Farm Bureau
YF&R Charles L. Roff Award – Payne County Farm Bureau
YF&R Achievement Award – Collin and Bayleygh Black, McClain County
YF&R Excellence in Agriculture Award – Nick and Dani Marlin, Mayes County
County Excellence Awards – Cherokee and Okmulgee County Farm Bureau
Distinguished Service to OKFB Award – Blayne Arthur
Journalist of the Year Award – Steve Shaw, OETA
OKFB Champion Award
Sen. Todd Gollihare
Sen. Grant Green
Sen. Brent Howard
Rep. Trey Caldwell
Rep. Mike Kelley
Rep. Mike Dobrinski
Friend of the Farm Award – Sen. Mary Boren
Presidential Star Awards
Six-Star Presidential Awards – Comanche, Haskell, Mayes, Okmulgee, Ottawa, Payne, Rogers, Texas and Washington County
Five-Star Presidential Awards – Caddo, Cherokee, Garfield, Grant, Hughes, Jackson, Kay, Kingfisher, Love, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee, Pottawatomie and Washita County
Four-Star Presidential Awards – Alfalfa, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Custer, Jefferson, LeFlore, Lincoln, Logan, Major, McIntosh, Noble, Pontotoc, Seminole, Tulsa and Woods County
Three-Star Presidential Awards – Cleveland, Greer, Kiowa, Latimer, McClain, McCurtain, Oklahoma, Pawnee, Pushmataha, Sequoyah, Stephens, Wagoner and Woodward County
District Farm and Ranch Families of the Year
District 1 – Chet Purvine – Dewey County
District 2 – Nocona and Jordan Cook – Washita County
District 3 – Whitney Lawson and Robert Mooneyham – Canadian County
District 4 – Mike and Shelly Johnston – Carter County
District 5 – Vernon and Shauna Wilson – Pushmataha County
District 6 – Carolyn Piguet – Craig County
District 7 – Troy and Amy Campbell – Alfalfa County
District 8 – Leroy and Karen Odell – McClain County
District 9 – Clayton and Leslie Ullrich – Washington County
To view photos of the award winners, visit Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s Facebook page.
The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Annual Meeting is the organization’s largest gathering of farmers and ranchers every year. At the event, members vote on grassroots policy, elect leaders and award outstanding individuals. OKFB has a presence in all 77 Oklahoma counties and serves as the voice of agriculture and the rural way of life. To learn more, visit okfarmbureau.org.
