At Oklahoma City's Heritage Place Sale Barn, more than 50 Oklahoma agriculture advocates came together to discuss Farm Bill priorities within our state. Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture Blayne Arthur facilitated comments from the audience and dialogue with Senator James Lankford and Senator John Boozman.

Representatives from the pork industry participated in a Farm Bill roundtable with Oklahoma's senior senator James Lankford and the Senate Agriculture Committee's ranking member John Boozman of Arkansas. This event was similar to the Farm Bill listening session hosted by Congressman Lucas at the same venue last fall, but Friday's meeting focused on the anticipated Senate version of the bill and what Senators Lankford and Boozman can do to support Oklahoma agriculture priorities throughout upcoming negotiations.

With the 2018 Farm Bill expiration extended to September 2024, the roundtable served as a helpful avenue for Oklahoma agriculturists to share what programs are most important to our state in the upcoming $400+ billion omnibus bill. On behalf of our state's pork producers, Oklahoma Pork's Kylee Deniz provided robust comments on herd health programs for U.S. livestock, Foreign Animal Disease (FAD) preparedness, and the need for a federal solution to California's Proposition 12.

Pig farmers were well represented at Friday's meeting, including board members Joe Locke and Rich Robinson, student pork advocates Molly Buckmaster, Cooper Kline, and Will Jasper, and Oklahoma Pork's staff.