Member Benefits
• Grainger – Offers 10 percent off catalog
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• ScriptSave – A prescription drug discount card that offers members and their families access to prescription discounts and free health/wellness info. Call 800-700-3957.
OFB highlights a few benefits in each issue of Perspective as a reminder of the savings available to OFB members. Find a complete list of savings online at okfarmbureau.org.
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(Resolutions, from page 1) conservation programs allowing farmers to produce crops while protecting the environment. “We strongly support programs such as EQIP (Environmental Quality Incentives Program),” said Neufeld. “Farmers are familiar and comfortable with these programs and want to continue efforts to protect and improve the environment.” The resolutions committee also passed measures opposing production of castor beans in Oklahoma and the practice of conjunctive (tying surface and groundwater rights together) use management anywhere in the state. The committee voiced support for legislation prohibiting the use of eminent domain to condemn water rights and for State Question 758, which changes the current cap on property tax increases from 5 percent to 3 percent of fair cash value in any taxable year. “SQ 758 is something this organization has been working on since our inception,” Spradling said. “We hope the voters agree with us when they go to the ballot box in 2012.” The Farm Bureau committee also passed a resolution opposing designation of a protected area for prairie chickens as an endangered species.
OFB Annual Meeting November 11-13, 2011 • OKC Contact: Monica Wilke, (405) 523-2303
TOP – OFB Director of Research & Policy Development Kinsey Money (right) looks up an OFB policy for resolutions committee member Karen Brewer (left). LEFT – OFB’s Resolutions Committee discusses hundreds of proposed resolutions, Oct. 18, in Oklahoma City.
FBW Rally December 2-3, 2011 • OKC Contact: Marcia Irvin, (405) 523-2405 YF&R State Committee Meeting December 9-10, 2011 • OKC Contact: Chris Kidd, (405) 228-4001
Oklahoma Farm Bureau Online Monitor the latest Farm Bureau and agricultural news and information online at okfarmbureau.org. Currently online: • 70th Annual Meeting – Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s 70th annual state convention begins Friday, Nov. 11. Check the OFB homepage for annual meeting details and a tentative schedule. • Publications Viewer – The fall issue of Oklahoma Country magazine is now available! View this issue’s feature stories, YF&R profile and so much more online by selecting the “publications” button under the News tab.
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Legislative staff tours Osage County
From left – Osage Co. FB member Will Cubbage, Sen. Tom Coburn field staff Brian Treet and Michael Junk, and Congressman Frank Lucas field rep Brianna Domnick. Osage County OSU Extension Agriculture Educator and Osage County Farm Bureau board member Will Cubbage recently hosted a county tour for staff members from the offices of U.S. Congressman Frank Lucas and U.S. Senator Tom Coburn. Congressional field staff members toured local cattle operations and learned about agricultural opportunities in Osage County, along with the effects the drought has had on both producers and local communities.