PERSPECTIVE OKLAHOMA FARM BUREAU
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November 29, 2013
Buchanan elected new Oklahoma Farm Bureau president
OKFB President Tom Buchanan
District 2 Director Monte Tucker
District 6 Director James Fuser
Voting delegates at the 72nd Oklahoma Farm Bureau Annual Meeting elected Jackson County Farm Bureau member Tom Buchanan to serve as president of the organization, Nov. 16, in Norman. Buchanan has represented District 2 on the OKFB Board of Directors for six years. “Oklahoma Farm Bureau is the voice for rural Oklahoma and agriculture, and that’s my passion,”Buchanan said. “Through my service at the county level and then as a state director, I feel I have a background with the federation and with the insurance company, and I’m looking forward to serving our members.” Buchanan raises a commercial beef herd and winter wheat on his farm near Altus.
He also grows irrigated cotton, when water is available. Buchanan is the manager of the Lugert-Altus Irrigation District, and he serves as vice chairman of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board. In addition, two new board members were elected and three were re-elected to serve three-year terms. Roger Mills County FB member Monte Tucker, of Sweetwater, will represent District 2, and Ottawa County FB member James Fuser, of Afton, will represent District 6. Rodd Moesel, of Oklahoma City, was re-elected to represent District 3, Roland Pederson, of Burlington, was re-elected to serve District 7 and Phyllis Holcomb, of Kellyville, was re-elected to represent District 9. The OKFB Young Farmers and Ranchers selected Marty and Crystal Williams, of Red Rock, to lead the state YF&R Committee in 2014, and three OKFB Leadership Team members were re-elected to serve. Sharlene Lambring, of Oklahoma (See Convention, page 3)
Stroms named OKFB Farm Family of the Year John and Macy Strom, of Copan, were named OKFB Farm Family of the Year at Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s 72nd Annual Convention, Nov. 15, in Norman. The Stroms were one of six OKFB district farm family finalists, chosen for their ability to best represent farming and ranching and the spirit of Oklahoma agriculture. As state winners, the family received the use of a General Motors pickup for one year, a trip to the American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting next January in San Antonio and other prizes. The Stroms operate VV Ranch in Osage County. They raise a commercial cattle herd on the tall grass prairie of northern Oklahoma. They use Hereford bulls on black cows to produce a two-way cross. The cows are then bred to exotic bulls for terminal three-way crossbred calves with high weaning weights. The couple also runs
stocker cattle on winter pastures. In addition to the cattle operation, the Stroms have a custom hay business producing 4,000 large round bales annually. The Stroms are lifelong members of Oklahoma Farm Bureau. In addition to several state committees, Macy has served on the Washington County Farm Bureau board since 1993 and has been president for the past seven years. She and John are members of the Osage County CattleJohn and Macy Strom pose by the GMC men’s and Cattlewomen’s Sierra pickup they receive a year’s use of as the Associations, and John Oklahoma Farm Bureau Farm Family of the Year. helped establish the Hulah Volunteer Fire Department.