OKFB hosts round table discussion with Rep. Stephanie Bice

Congresswoman Stephanie Bice visited with Oklahoma Farm Bureau members in a round table discussion Tuesday, March 10, at the OKFB home office in Oklahoma City.

Bice gave members an update on the latest happenings in Washington, D.C., including the progress being made on the Farm Bill as it passed the House Agriculture Committee in the first week of March.

She also visited with members about the military conflict in the Middle East, explaining the United States' involvement and her hope that resolutions will be reached quickly.

Members shared with her the effects of the conflict being felt stateside by the agriculture industry, including the nearly instantaneous spike in fertilizer prices at a critical time in the growing season.

Farm Bureau members in attendance also discussed the need for better commodity markets as farmers are feeling the pinch of ever-increasing input prices paired with commodity prices the same as they were 50 years ago.

Bice addressed a few additional issues, including renewable energy challenges, the quickly growing presence of data centers in the state of Oklahoma, Sen. Markwayne Mullin's appointment to the position of Homeland Security Secretary, and her thoughts on Mullin's vacant Senate seat.